FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia

Name: FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia
Price: 19.99 USD
Rating: 5 (16 reviews)
Author: High Country Apps, LLC

UNC Herbarium Plant Identifier

$19.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

16 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Chart

#90
Education
Developer

High Country Apps, LLC
Language

EN
English
Size

841.9
MB

Identify 5,900+ plants in North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia—offline. Expert plant identification keys, 40,000 diagnostic photos, range maps, & plant descriptions. Identify 5,900+ plants across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia with FloraQuest™: Carolinas & Georgia. Built by the University of North Carolina Herbarium’s Southeastern Flora Team, this offline plant identification app helps you identify wildflowers, trees, shrubs, grasses, and other vascular plants with expert botanical tools. Whether you’re a field botanist, hiker, gardener, student, or naturalist, FloraQuest gives you fast, accurate plant identification throughout the Carolinas and Georgia—even without internet access. KEY FEATURES • Plant Identifier: Identify plants using photos, interactive graphic keys, dichotomous keys, and detailed species descriptions • 5,900+ Species: Native and naturalized vascular plants of NC, SC, and GA • Works Offline: No internet needed for field use • 40,000 Photos: High-resolution diagnostic images for accurate identification • 3-State Coverage: Comprehensive flora coverage for North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia • Habitat & Range Maps: See where species occur naturally • Physiographic Filtering: Filter by state and physiographic province • Built-in Glossary: Tap botanical terms for instant definitions • Great Places to Botanize: Curated sites across the region REGIONAL PLANT COVERAGE From Blue Ridge mountain wildflowers to Atlantic coastal plain species, FloraQuest covers major plant groups across the region, including ferns, grasses, sedges, rushes, orchids, monocots, dicots, conifers, gymnosperms, palms, cycads, cacti, and woody angiosperms. PERFECT FOR • Field botanists and plant taxonomists • Hikers and outdoor explorers • Gardeners focused on native plants • Students and educators learning plant identification • Master Naturalists and nature groups • Anyone interested in southeastern flora DEVELOPED BY EXPERTS Created by UNC Herbarium’s Southeastern Flora Team with decades of botanical research and field experience. Every species profile, photo set, and identification key is expert-vetted for regional accuracy. WHY FLORAQUEST? Unlike generic plant ID apps that rely only on AI, FloraQuest combines professional botanical expertise with region-specific keys and curated data for more reliable identification in NC, SC, and GA. Download FloraQuest™: Carolinas & Georgia and explore southeastern plant diversity with confidence—online or offline.

Ratings & Reviews

5.0

out of 5

16 Ratings

What a joyful discovery! Worth every penny.
03/09/2024
TWSCHMID
Best app purchase I’ve made in a long time: Useful, trustworthy information with full citations and reputable sourcing (without being overwhelming to a newbie like me)Straightforward interface that informs, not distractsFull capability and access with or without internet connection (!!)No ads, no data mining, and NO SUBSCRIPTION (!!!)This has already been useful as we transition our yard to native plants. Seeing a new native plant for sale? Before, I had to spend 5-10 minutes of screen time Googling and comparing info from various websites to verify a plant’s native bona fides, figure out its ideal growing conditions, and picture its mature form. All that information is right here, immediately, powered by scholarly sources rather than crowdsourcing and/or ad revenue. 30 seconds to a confident decision: less screen time, less distraction, less decision fatigue.I can go on hikes and make new discoveries without connecting to the internet and navigating through ads, distracting rabbit holes, and dubious information.And in an environment where every little thing is a subscription, I pay just once for all this utility! Big fan.

Developer Response
Thanks for your kind words and positive feedback!
What a joyful discovery! Worth every penny.
03/09/2024
TWSCHMID

Best app purchase I’ve made in a long time: Useful, trustworthy information with full citations and reputable sourcing (without being overwhelming to a newbie like me)Straightforward interface that informs, not distractsFull capability and access with or without internet connection (!!)No ads, no data mining, and NO SUBSCRIPTION (!!!)This has already been useful as we transition our yard to native plants. Seeing a new native plant for sale? Before, I had to spend 5-10 minutes of screen time Googling and comparing info from various websites to verify a plant’s native bona fides, figure out its ideal growing conditions, and picture its mature form. All that information is right here, immediately, powered by scholarly sources rather than crowdsourcing and/or ad revenue. 30 seconds to a confident decision: less screen time, less distraction, less decision fatigue.I can go on hikes and make new discoveries without connecting to the internet and navigating through ads, distracting rabbit holes, and dubious information.And in an environment where every little thing is a subscription, I pay just once for all this utility! Big fan.
Developer Response 05/13/2024
Thanks for your kind words and positive feedback!
Handy App - great for ID
03/04/2025
Anne Marie Talbott
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 it’s 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!
Handy App - great for ID
03/04/2025
Anne Marie Talbott

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 it’s 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!
Amazing implementation of the FSUS
03/09/2025
micah_lee
Carrying around the Radford manual is great. But you always have your phone!Up to date taxonomy, really easy to search cor 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!
Amazing implementation of the FSUS
03/09/2025
micah_lee

Carrying around the Radford manual is great. But you always have your phone!Up to date taxonomy, really easy to search cor 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!
Love of my life
09/10/2025
bibotanist
As a professional botanist, this app is one of the many loves of my life. It is so user friendly that I often recommend it to the landowners I work with. It is so thorough, and I love that it provides definitions to the highly specific words used in botany to ensure all have access to plant IDs. A perfect app
Love of my life
09/10/2025
bibotanist

As a professional botanist, this app is one of the many loves of my life. It is so user friendly that I often recommend it to the landowners I work with. It is so thorough, and I love that it provides definitions to the highly specific words used in botany to ensure all have access to plant IDs. A perfect app

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Seller: High Country Apps, LLC
Size: 841.9 MB
Category: Education
Compatibility: Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

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