Camelot · Field Guide

Sources & licenses

Botany is built only on openly-licensed data. Here's everything it draws on, and how it's licensed.

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  • USDA PLANTS Database Public domain (U.S. Government)
    U.S. nativity, per-state invasive & noxious status, cold hardiness, growth & permaculture traits.
  • USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map Public domain (data) · USDA-ARS / Oregon State (PRISM)
    Hardiness zone by ZIP (via phzmapi.org), the basis of the "hardy here" verdict.
  • GBIF CC BY 4.0
    Canonical scientific names, taxonomy, and synonym resolution.
  • Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0
    Plant descriptions and lead photos.
  • Wikimedia Commons Per-image (CC / public domain)
    Plant photos — each credited under its image and on its file page.
  • iNaturalist Observation facts open · photos per-image (CC)
    "Grows near you" observation counts, phenology, and fallback photos.
  • OpenPlantbook Open ("free for any use", per the operators)
    Care guidance and indoor/container condition ranges.
  • ASPCA Used for pet-safety reference
    Per-animal (cat / dog / horse) toxicity.
  • Open-Meteo CC BY 4.0 · free, keyless
    The forecast behind the weather-actionable garden banner.
  • USGS US-RIIS Public domain
    Reference for introduced & invasive species (Resources page).

How this work is licensed

Data & content: the aggregated plant data and our written notes (the "Before you plant" warnings, pollinator overlay, etc.) are released under CC BY-SA 4.0 — reuse freely with attribution and share-alike. This keeps us compatible with Wikipedia's license.

Code: MIT.

Images: photos come from Wikimedia Commons and iNaturalist under their individual licenses — each is credited beneath the photo and links to its source file page for full author & license details. We don't re-host an image without a reusable license.

Public-domain U.S. government data (USDA, USGS, Open-Meteo) carries no restriction; we credit it anyway. If you believe something here is mis-attributed, please get in touch.