The California Grasses & Grass-like Plants app is a user-friendly, offline field app for identifying California's most common grasses and grass-like plants. This app is an essential resource for K–16 educators, students, ranchers, land managers, field technicians, recreationists, and nature enthusiasts.
Nearly 400 color images illustrate the vegetative and reproductive features of more than 100 grasses and grass-like plants in California. This app also includes an easy-to-use filter to help users narrow down their search of grass and grass-like plant species, plus information about each plant's forage value and importance for wildlife, erosion control, and use in restoration projects. Comparisons to similar species, synonyms, flowering periods, distribution maps, and black-and-white drawings are included to aid in identification. This app also consists of a search feature and an extensive glossary.
The California Grasses & Grass-like Plants app is an invaluable resource for people learning about the unique characteristics and the value of some of the most ubiquitous and important plant families living in the vast landscapes of California.