FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia

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.