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Grasses of Australia
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Description | Features | Sample | System Requirements | Readership | Reviews | Related Titles
Description
AusGrass is the largest and most comprehensive identification guide to a plant group ever published. Using either interactive or dichotomous keys, AusGrass enables quick and accurate identification of any of the 1323 species of grass, native or naturalised, growing wild in Australia. This powerful identification tool can be used with living plants or dry specimens, even when they are not in flower or fruit.
The latest web-integrated Lucid Player provides an easy-to-use interface with comprehensive fact sheets for each species, including a botanical description, notes on distribution and taxonomy, as well as images including diagnostic line drawings, scanned specimens, photographs and stereomicrographs.
For problems with the Lucid Player, or for more information on the Lucid Player, please contact Lucidcentral.com.
- Interactive identification of many grasses to subspecies or variety
- Fast navigation between taxa using hyperlinks
- Over 4000 photographs and illustrations, including more than 1400 maps
- Browse species by species name, genus name, common name or synonym
- Comprehensive glossary of terms and an extensive list of references
- More than 220 characters to aid accurate identification
Sample
View a sample of AusGrass.
Reviews
"AusGrass software and user's guide bring grass identification within reach of non-specialists, and are well worthwhile for specialists too. . . the most powerful identification tool available for Australian grasses."
Graeme Lorimer, Biosphere Pty Ltd, Australia (Austral Ecology v.29, 2004)
"AusGrass is comprehensive, innovative, user-friendly, data rich, and full of illustrations and photos - over 4 000, including 1 4000 maps. . . Biodiversity has a new friend with interactive keys, and AusGrass reflects how far this technology has advanced."
TAXON v.52 no.2, May 2003
“The program was easy to install and use, and I enjoyed the challenge of learning about the names and functions of the various parts of grass plants.”
Grassland Society of Victoria Newsletter November 2002
"AusGrass is another excellent and inspiring product from Australia. . . . All in all I find AusGrass very easy and user-friendly to move around in and to use and I wish to congratulate and thank the authors and all those involved for a great piece of work."
L Fish, National Herbarium, Pretoria, South Africa (South African Journal of Botany v.69 no.3, 2003)
Readership
AusGrass will be an invaluable tool for taxonomists, ecologists, agricultural extension officers, weed managers, Landcare and Bushcare coordinators, environmental consultants, or anyone with an interest in Australian grasses.
- Windows 95/98/ME/NT(SP6)/2000/XP
- 16MB RAM; 32MB NT/2000/XP
- 32MB RAM or higher is recommended
- Internet Explorer (recommended) 5.0 or greater OR;
- Mozilla Web Browser 0.9 or greater
- SVGA monitor (800 x 600 or better)
- CDROM 4x speed or greater
- Mouse
- Internet connection optional
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