High Country Apps
FLORAQUEST: CAROLINAS & GEORGIA
A guide to more than 5,800 wildflowers, trees, shrubs, grasses, and other vascular plants occurring in North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia. Partner: University of North Carolina's Southeastern Flora Team. ($19.99)
University of North Carolina's Southeastern Flora Team is pleased to present FloraQuest™: Carolinas & Georgia, a new plant identification and discovery app covering more than 5,800 wildflowers, trees, shrubs, grasses, and other vascular plants occurring in southeast part of our Flora area (North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia).
With easy-to-use graphic keys, advanced dichotomous keys, habitat descriptions, range maps, and 20,000 diagnostic photographs, FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia is the perfect companion for your botanical explorations.
You can use FloraQuest to make plant identifications in the field or learn about plants anywhere in the region. The app allows you to customize your search by state and physiographic province so you only see relevant results. FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia doesn't need an internet connection to run, so you can take it with you wherever you go. The app's "Great Places to Botanize" section will guide you to visit the best sites for botanical exploration throughout the 3-state region. Do you struggle to remember complicated botanical terms? We've got you covered: click on a word you don’t know, and the definition will pop up in the app without you having to leave the page!
Stay tuned following the release of the FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia app, as we will be working diligently to provide similar versions for the three remaining regions across the Flora of the Southeastern States, until all 25 states are covered! Next up: Florida!
Press Reviews
Available Now: FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia App
"Since last year’s release of FloraQuest: Northern Tier, Alan Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team have been hard at work to bring you FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia. This is the next plant identification and discovery app released by the UNC Herbarium (NCU) and North Carolina Botanical Garden, covering more than 5,800 wildflowers, trees, shrubs, grasses, and other vascular plants occurring in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. We’re proud to now offer an app covering all the plants that grow in our home state!"
North Carolina Botanical Garden News, Emily Oglesby, March 4, 2024
User Reviews
***** Amazing implementation of the FSUS -- Carrying around the Radford manual is great. But you always have your phone! Up to date taxonomy, really easy to search for taxa, PHOTOS, explanation of random botanical terms in the keys, and filtering by region. It makes this app a great tool to learn plants, key plants, remember plants, teach plants, and so on and so forth! Thanks to Scott Ward and all of the collaborators for putting the many hours in. And to Dr. Weakley for FSUS in general!
by micah_lee - FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia, iOS version
***** Handy App - great for ID -- This app is by far the best plant identification tool I’ve come across. Intuitive, easy to use, excellent keys and information etc. it’s like Merlin, but for flowers! I will sing its praises to anyone who will listen. It might seem a little pricey, but it’s a onetime investment that will continue to serve you, and personally I want to support the creators so they can continue to make such excellent resources!
by Anne Marie Talbot - FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia, iOS version
***** I absolutely love this app -- I’m obsessed with this app. Great for IDing native and invasive species. Helps tremendously with making custom seed mixes for native plant restoration. In the future, I’d love to be able to filter my searches for native plant communities - ie) species that occur in Piedmont dry basic woodlands, etc.
by Alice Ballard - FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia, iOS version
***** My Favorite! -- This app is a work of genius! It has great photos, easy to decipher range maps and up to date information on Carolina botany. Bravo!!!
by Riverkane - FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia, iOS version
***** So Intuitive -- Makes me feel like I’m a decent botanist! Completely changed my ID procedure for the better.
by Kinser1000- FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia, iOS version
***** I initially hesitated due to the cost, but now I realize this is like a better version of two or more field guides that would cost at least that each. I love that I can filter down to my sub-region as that greatly narrows the possibilities. The graphic key is a nice addition to the dichotomous keys (which are also region-filtered!). The one-time purchase entitles you to ongoing updates as work continues on the Flora of Southeastern US. Perfect complement to your favorite AI id app.
by jonathan hunsberger - FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia, Android version
***** A really well thought out app. As complete as any reference you can find for Georgia and the Carolinas.
by mark connolly - FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia, Android version