# Aquatic Plants

> Education

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id876023735](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id876023735)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id876023735`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** North Carolina State University
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 2.00 / 5 (21 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0
- **Last updated:** 2021-04-28
- **First published:** 2014-05-13
- **Size:** 1.88 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aquatic-plants/id876023735)
- **Website:** [http://www.TurfFiles.ncsu.edu](http://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.ncsu.edu/privacy](https://www.ncsu.edu/privacy)

## Description

Whether you're a professional botanist or a casual nature enthusiast, the NC State University (NCSU) Aquatic Plants app has detailed information on a wide variety of aquatic plants to assist in identification.

The NCSU Aquatic Plants app contains well organized and detailed information, as well as clear and highly detailed pictures. This handheld app is invaluable to making an accurate identification in a field situation. It's a must have app for any aquatics professional, botanist, or fresh water preservationist.

Please note, there is an initial download of the plant guide data when launching the app for the first time.

## Rankings

- #345,004 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app for great photos and usefulness in field identification of aquatic plants, but stability is a major issue: crashes when opening images or viewing details, and download problems that prevent use.

### Pros

- High-quality plant pictures and clear categories that aid identification.
- Content is useful for field identification of aquatic vegetation and weeds.
- Positive overall sentiment on the app’s usefulness for lake management and plant identification.

### Cons

- App frequently crashes when tapping a picture or requesting more information.
- Download/install process can be very slow or fail to complete (stuck downloads).

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