How to Read This Library

01 / A reference record, not a verdict

This library documents cannabis terminology and recorded cultivar information. Each entry describes what's been recorded about a cultivar across the sources we've inherited — not a lab measurement of your batch, not a prediction of your experience, not a recommendation.

Think of it as a field guide, not a scorecard. A field guide tells you what to look for and what questions to ask. It doesn't tell you what you'll find.

02 / What's inside an entry

Every reference entry carries the same honest structure:

Recorded name. The cultivar name as documented — Blue Dream, OG Kush, Jack Herer. Names get reused, renamed, and misapplied across the industry, so treat the name as a starting point, not a promise.
Recorded classification. Indica, Sativa, or Hybrid — the industry's traditional shorthand. The honest version: these categories originally described plant morphology, not effects, and the industry is slowly outgrowing them. We show them because the market still speaks this language.
Recorded aromas. The sensory descriptions attached to the cultivar across sources — earth, pine, diesel, berry. Aroma is data: it's the most direct sensory evidence of what's in a jar.
Recorded terpenes. The aromatic compounds documented for the cultivar. Kept separate from aroma descriptions — one is measured chemistry, the other is sensory language.
Recorded lineage. The reported parentage, with a confidence level: documented (traceable to a breeder or publication), disputed (sources disagree), or not documented. "Not documented" is also information — we'd rather show the gap than invent a story.

Recorded is the most important word on this site. It means: this is what sources say, and we're showing our work — not claiming we measured it ourselves.

03 / What "Sources pending review" means

Every entry in this library currently carries the badge Sources pending review. The collection combines manually assembled records, data-import scripts, and AI-assisted expansion — and the archive doesn't provide record-level source histories or laboratory reports. Until each record gets one, the badge stays.

Before a record can graduate from recorded to verified, it needs four things: a traceable source, permission to use that source, a review date, and a clear distinction between reported information and batch measurements. That's the bar. We're building toward it in the open.

04 / Batches vary

A strain name is a recipe, and a batch is the meal. Two growers can grow "the same" genetics and produce recognizably different flower. Same grower, different harvests — different flower. Light, nutrients, harvest timing, drying, curing: everything downstream of genetics shapes the final profile.

The entry tells you what's been recorded about the cultivar. The jar in your hand is one batch, from one grower, harvested on one date. The library tells you what questions to ask about it; only the batch's own lab report can answer them. Learn to read the label →

05 / What this library won't do

No rankings. We don't score strains. Anyone selling you a ranked list is selling you an opinion in a lab coat.
No promised effects. We never tell you what a strain will make you feel. Anyone who promises that from a strain name is guessing.
No medical advice. This is education, not healthcare. Health questions belong with a qualified professional.
No purchase recommendations. We don't name brands to buy or shops to visit. We're a teacher, not a salesperson.

06 / How to use it well

Search the library by cultivar, aroma, or dominant terpene. Read the record — note what's documented and what isn't.
Read your jar. Check the batch number, the harvest date, and the top terpenes — on this batch, not the strain's reputation page.
Find the COA. The batch's own lab report is the authority on what's in your hand. Compare its dominant terpenes against the entry's recorded profile and see batch variance in the wild.

Start with a question. Follow your curiosity. That's what this library is for.