Cove Field Guide

Look closer. Keep a record of the woods. Cove Field Guide combines a regional nature guide with a private field journal, inspired by mushrooms, acorns, walnuts, and walks through North Carolina and Tennessee. COMPARE PHOTO SUGGESTIONS Take or choose up to three views of one plant or fungus. Matching runs on your iPhone. Compare possible species or genus matches with available real reference photographs and sourced descriptions. Some finds return no useful match. The catalogue is broad but incomplete, and similarity is not a confirmed identification or a probability. An internet connection adds reference material from Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons. Only reference queries and ordinary connection information go to those services; your specimen photos, notes, observation dates, and precise location pins are not uploaded. Save available explanations and downloaded photographs for offline use, or keep an observation without a match. EXPLORE THE REGIONAL GUIDE Browse ten focused entries covering mushrooms, oaks, black walnut, hickory, and regional fruiting plants. Find observation features, habitats, approximate seasons, dangerous lookalikes, cautions, and citations. Guide illustrations are labelled AI artwork and must not be used for identification. KEEP PRIVATE FIELD NOTES Save dates, notes, and up to six photos per entry. Add a current-location pin only when you choose. Search, edit, and delete observations. The guide, local matching, and saved journal work offline. New reference material and external links need internet; an iCloud-only photo may need to download first. FREE AND SIMPLE No account, ads, subscription, or in-app purchase. No background location tracking or automatic sharing of pins. Wikimedia has its own connection-log and privacy practices, explained in the privacy policy. PLAN FOR THE DOWNLOAD The bundled matching resources are approximately 1.26 GB. Final App Store download and installed sizes vary; Wi-Fi is recommended for the initial download. OBSERVE WITH CARE Never eat a mushroom or plant based on a photo suggestion or this app. Dangerous lookalike lists are incomplete. Cove does not determine edibility or provide preparation instructions. Consult a qualified local expert and follow land-manager rules. Journal files are excluded from backups and cloud sync. This version has no journal export or recovery service. Removing the app or losing your iPhone can permanently remove your records. Keep original photos separately. Cove is independent and is not affiliated with the National Park Service. SCREENSHOT PHOTOGRAPHS Observation photograph: K. Chaikovska (Kate Chkv), “Amanita muscaria, Kyiv Region, Pushcha-Vodytsia Forestry.” Reference photograph: Kieran Roy Powell, “Amanita muscaria Aberystwyth 2023.” Both CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons; resized, with the reference partially shown. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amanita_muscaria,_Kyiv_Region,_Pushcha-Vodytsia_Forestry.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amanita_muscaria_Aberystwyth_2023.jpg License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/