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The Flora Area

Map of the Flora Area, the southeastern United States from Long Island in New York west through Pennsylvania and the unglaciated parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri; southward to the Gulf of Mexico including parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas

More about the flora area, including regional FloraQuest mobile apps and how it's changed over time.

screenshot of FloraQuest App's Major Keys screenshot of FloraQuest App's Graphic Key screenshot of FloraQuest App's Dichotomous Key

FloraQuest Mobile App

Our mobile app called FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia is a plant identification and discovery app covering over 5,800 vascular plants. With graphic keys, dichotomous keys, habitat descriptions, range maps, 33,333 diagnostic photos, and a set of great places to botanize, this and all the FloraQuest apps are the perfect companion for your botanical explorations. It doesn't need internet, so you can take it with you anywhere.

Check out our talk on FloraQuest, the FSUS Web App, and all things Flora of the Southeast.

Screenshot of FloraQuest App's Region and Title Screenshot of FloraQuest App's Species Detail Screenshot of FloraQuest App's Browing Plants

Vision of the Flora Team

About

The Flora of the Southeastern United States is brought to you by Alan S. Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team. The Flora consists of PDFs (of the full flora area, of individual states, and subregions), a set of mobile apps called FloraQuest, and this, the Flora of the Southeastern United States web app.

Southeastern Flora Team: M. Lee, S. Ward, J.C. Ludwig, B. Sorrie, D. Poindexter, R. LeBlond, J. Kees, C.A. McCormick, S. Oberreiter, E. Ungberg, R. Lance, H. Ballard, R. Carter, M. Pyne, W. Knapp, K. Bradley, S. Zona, W. Barger, L. Musselman, P. Schafran, D. Spaulding, J. Nelson, E. Keith, G. Fleming, D. Estes, L. Majure, H. Medford, E. Bridges, R. Folk, Z. Murrell, R. Peet, J. Townsend, G. Nesom, A. Floden, J. Horn, E. Schilling, J. Triplett, T. Murphy, Z. Irick, K. Schoonover McClelland, M. Alford, M. Brock, and others.

Form background photos on this page © Scott G. Ward