Apps for use in the field or at home
Apps for your smartphone, tablet, or iPad

Many members now have smartphones (iPhone or Android based) or mobile tablets. In this section, we  
feature applications (apps) that we have come across that may be helpful to our members and our visitors.
You may go to either iTunes Appstore, Android Market or Amazon Appstore  to get these apps. Some are
free.

Please feel free (and you are encouraged) to provide us with any apps you may find or provide us with a
review for any apps that you have tried. Please send your comments, suggestions, and reviews to
webmaster@rivercitywildones.org.
Leafsnap: An Electronic Field Guide
FREE
iPhone, iPod touch and iPad

Leafsnap is the first in a series of electronic field
guides being developed by researchers from
Columbia University, the University of Maryland,
and the Smithsonian Institution. This free mobile
app uses visual recognition software to help identify
tree species from photographs of their leaves.

Leafsnap contains beautiful high-resolution images
of leaves, flowers, fruit, petiole, seeds, and bark.
Leafsnap currently includes the trees of New York
City and Washington, D.C., and will soon grow to
include the trees of the entire continental United
States.
Audubon Wildflowers A Field Guide to
North American Wildflowers
$9.99 For iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and
Android

Audubon Wildflowers, a mobile field guide app,
is your essential guide to the wildflowers of
North America with thousands of professional
color photographs, range maps, and authoritative
information and more.

Audubon Trees — A Field Guide to North
American Trees
For iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and Android

Your essential guide to the trees of North
America.
This field guide app includes thousands of
professional color photographs, range maps,
authoritative species information, and more.
Identify Birch Trees, Cedars, Oaks, Maples, and
more. Search by shape, bark, leaves, leaf
arrangement, leaf shape, conifer needle, spines,
fruits, fruit color, flower color, habitat, and region.
Landscaper's Companion
For iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch

Guide to trees, shrubs, and garden plants.
Thousands of plants and photos.
Landscaper’s Companion is your reference guide
to trees, shrubs, and garden plants.
Access thousands of beautiful plant photos. With
16 categories and information on over 2300
different plants. Plants include details such as a
short description, scientific name, common
names, cultivation tips, water usage
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