Landscape Alternatives
Free
2.4.5for iPhone, iPad and more
9.5
5 Ratings
Charles T. Bargeron
Developer
367.8 MB
Size
Sep 20, 2021
Update Date
Education
Category
4+
Age Rating
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About Landscape Alternatives
Everybody loves a beautiful garden. Gardeners love plants that are adaptable, tough, and fast-growing. It’s even better if that plant produces showy fruits that attract birds or is an annual that self seeds, so it doesn’t need to be replanted every year. Unfortunately, many of these plant traits desirable to gardeners can also increase the likelihood that a plant jumps the garden fence and invades natural areas.
Invasive plants threaten our environment and economy. They pose an enormous threat to our native plants, animals, and ecosystems, and they cost the United States approximately $35 billion per year (www.invasivespecies.gov).
Although invasive plants are almost always not native to a region, it is important to note that most non-native species are not invasive. We use the following definitions.
Native (indigenous): A species that was present in North American prior to European settlement or has arrived since through natural means of dispersal.
Non-native (exotic, alien, introduced): A species that was brought to North America by humans, either deliberately or accidentally.
Invasive: A non-native whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health (from Federal Executive Order 13112).
People have introduced invasive species both accidentally and deliberately. This app focuses on plant species that are used ornamentally and have become invasive in at least part of the Midwest. Cultivars or hybrids produced from these species may or may not be invasive. In the few published cultivar evaluation studies, some cultivars prove to be more invasive than the parent species, others less or not invasive. We lack research about cultivar invasiveness for many of these species. When we have good evidence about a problematic or relatively benign cultivar, we list those specifically.
Suggested alternatives include both native species and non-native species that currently show no signs of becoming invasive.
Invasive plants threaten our environment and economy. They pose an enormous threat to our native plants, animals, and ecosystems, and they cost the United States approximately $35 billion per year (www.invasivespecies.gov).
Although invasive plants are almost always not native to a region, it is important to note that most non-native species are not invasive. We use the following definitions.
Native (indigenous): A species that was present in North American prior to European settlement or has arrived since through natural means of dispersal.
Non-native (exotic, alien, introduced): A species that was brought to North America by humans, either deliberately or accidentally.
Invasive: A non-native whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health (from Federal Executive Order 13112).
People have introduced invasive species both accidentally and deliberately. This app focuses on plant species that are used ornamentally and have become invasive in at least part of the Midwest. Cultivars or hybrids produced from these species may or may not be invasive. In the few published cultivar evaluation studies, some cultivars prove to be more invasive than the parent species, others less or not invasive. We lack research about cultivar invasiveness for many of these species. When we have good evidence about a problematic or relatively benign cultivar, we list those specifically.
Suggested alternatives include both native species and non-native species that currently show no signs of becoming invasive.
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.4.5
Last updated on Sep 20, 2021
Old Versions
Added more colorblind-inclusive indication colors for invasive, exotic and native species.
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Version History
2.4.5
Sep 20, 2021
Added more colorblind-inclusive indication colors for invasive, exotic and native species.
2.4.4
Aug 10, 2021
Minor edits for Species details.
2.4.3
Jul 15, 2021
Updated App Icon
2.4.2
Jul 8, 2021
-Formatting and data revisions
2.4.1
Jun 19, 2021
Minor text edits and images updated.
2.4
Jun 7, 2021
-Updated Species List
-Minor user interface organizational changes
-Minor user interface organizational changes
2.3
May 30, 2018
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Updated Species List
Updated Species List
2.2
May 6, 2015
- Expanded Species Lists
2.1
Oct 25, 2013
-Updated to new iOS 7 UI
- fixed bugs
- fixed bugs
2.0
Aug 21, 2013
additional species descriptions
bug fixes
bug fixes
1.6
May 2, 2013
updates and minor corrections
1.5
Mar 14, 2013
iOS 6 and iPhone 5 optimized
new plant descriptions added
new plant descriptions added
1.3
Oct 24, 2012
color coding of species
1.2
Oct 9, 2012
minor updates
1.1
Sep 25, 2012
Fixed missing images
0.9
Sep 13, 2012
Landscape Alternatives FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Landscape Alternatives.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Landscape Alternatives supports English