FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia

High Country Apps, LLC

About this app

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 and reviews

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.

Love this app but half the time I use it I am looking for good winter endbud and leaf scar pics for the woody plants and there are rarely if ever any pictures depicting these. frustrating and confounding that they are not automatically included.

A really well thought out app. As complete as any reference you can find for Georgia and the Carolinas.

What’s new

Imported 2026 flora.
Fixed emdash encoding that affected 2-4div (2 to 4 times divided) in Fern Graphic Key.
Added a "This key does not yet exist." message for cases where link to key goes nowhere.