The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been a reliable and fruitful method for many applications in ecology. Nevertheless, unavoidable technical and instrumental require-ments of PCR have limited its widespread application in field situations. The recent development of isothermal DNA amplifica-tion methods provides an alternative to PCR, which circumvents key limitations of PCR for direct amplification in the field. Being able to analyze DNA in the pol en cloud of an ecosystem would provide very useful ecological information, yet would require a field-enabled, high-throughput method for this potential to be realized. Here, we demonstrate the applicability of the loop-mediated DNA amplification method (LAMP), an isothermal DNA amplification technique, to be used in pol en analysis. Wedemonstrate that LAMP can provide a reliable method to identify species from the pol en cloud, and that it can amplify successful y with sensitivity down to single pol en grains, thus opening the possibility of field-based, high-throughput analysis.