I-Leafsnap ingeyokuqala ochungechungeni lwemihlahlandlela yasensimini ye-elekthronikhi ethuthukiswa abacwaningi abavela e-Colombia University, University of Maryland, kanye ne-Smithsonian Institution. Lolu hlelo lokusebenza lwamahhala lweselula lusebenzisa isofthiwe yokubona okubonakalayo ukusiza ukukhomba izinhlobo zezihlahla ezithombeni zamaqabunga azo.
I-Leafsnap iqukethe izithombe ezinhle zokucaca okuphezulu zamaqabunga, izimbali, izithelo, i-petiole, imbewu, namagxolo. I-Leafsnap okwamanje ihlanganisa izihlahla zeDolobha laseNew York kanye ne-Washington, DC, futhi izokhula maduze ihlanganise nezihlahla zezwekazi lonke lase-United States.
Le webhusayithi ibonisa izinhlobo zezihlahla ezifakwe ku-Leafsnap, amaqoqo abasebenzisi bayo, kanye nethimba lamavolontiya ocwaningo asebenzela ukuyikhiqiza.