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1,000 Broadleaf Weeds of North America, an Interactive Guide toIdentification.The must-have plant identification app for gardeners,landscapers, farmers, Noxious weed control personnel, botanists,horticulturists, nature-lovers, wildflower enthusiasts, hikers,ranchers, homeowners – for anyone who has ever wondered, “what isthat weed?” The app is as useful to the amateur enthusiast as it isfor professionals in the field of weed science.The app allows you to identify plants by specifyingcharacteristics from a variety of categories (e.g. flowers, leaves,stem) and sub-categories (e.g. flower color, leaf shape, stemcross-section). You simply examine your plant and make choicesbased on its traits. You can choose to focus on very sophisticatedcharacteristics like ovary position, or you can choose to focus onmore obvious characteristics such as flower color, plant height, orleaf shape. All characteristics are displayed via detailedscientific illustrations in the interactive botanical glossary,which is as useful to novices as it is to professionals. With eachchoice you make, the list of possible plants shrinks.For example, to identify dandelion:Flower color > yellow: reduces the remaining species from 1,000to 385Milky juice > yes: reduces the remaining species from 385 to44Plant height > 2 - 4 inches: reduces the remaining species from44 to 8Now compareHighly interactive, the app can even provide suggestedcharacteristics based on ease of use, effectiveness, and theremaining species.It is easy to confirm your identification by comparing yourspecimen to the many colored photos or be directed to the specificpage number in your favorite weed reference book.Features:Multiple color images of each species (over 4,000 images)County/Province-level distribution maps for each speciesPage number references for each species in over 50 of the mostcommonly used weed identification booksAn interactive glossary of botanical terminology, with beautifulscientific illustrationsAccess to the full data for each speciesAlphabetize the species list by either common or scientific nameor search by text stringIn printed form, the information in the database would be over4,000 pages!All images and data can be cached to your Android device,allowing the app to be used in the field where phone and internetaccess may not be availableFull in-application documentation is available by pressing Menu> Help and can be printed from xidweb.comThis app is based on the 1,200 Weeds of the 48 States andAdjacent Canada DVD (see http://www.xidservices.com ) created by Dr.Richard Old. The interactive DVD is the most comprehensive weedidentification reference ever created for North America.Dr. Old is a renowned national and international speaker on thesubject of weed identification and newly invasive weed species. Healso chaired the session on Interactive Identification Systems atthe XVI International Botanical Congress. An expert in forensicbotany, he has worked with many law enforcement agencies to solvecrimes where plant evidence was involved (see the Forensic Filesepisode "The Smiley Face Killer" on Discovery Channel). Dr. Old hasbeen the weed identification specialist for Washington StateUniversity since 1976 and has also performed the weedidentifications for the University of Idaho for many years. Hereceived the Idaho Weed Worker Hall of Fame award in 1990 and waspresented the highest award of the Washington State WeedAssociation in 2005.Flora-ID-Northwest.com has used the XID Identification System toproduce PC based databases similar to this one for ALL plants,native and naturalized, in 18 western states and 4 Canadianprovinces.Want to create your own interactive database for identificationof any subject matter? Contact us!Richard Old [email protected] and design by Yuna WuProgramming by Jeremy Scotthttp://www.xidservices.com/order