Best Riparian Health Assessment Apps

Creek Critters

How healthy is your stream?

Free

Identify aquatic macroinvertebrates to assess stream health. This educational tool uses visual keys and automatically generates reports based on your findings, allowing you to map your stream's condition.

LeafByte

Measure leaf area & herbivory

Free

This application allows users to quickly and accurately measure leaf area and herbivory by taking photos. It supports various leaf types and conditions, and saves data to spreadsheets. Features include freehand drawing for reconstruction and automatic skew correction.

Wildr Places

Healthier more natural yards

Free

Discover native plants tailored to your location and transform your outdoor space into a wildlife haven. Get personalized recommendations, track your progress with a unique score, and learn how to support local ecosystems.

Gardeno: Plant Identifier

Plant Care, Disease Diagnosis

Free

Instantly identify plants and diagnose their issues with a photo. Get personalized care plans, watering reminders, and connect with a community of plant lovers to keep your garden thriving.

Wild Thumb: TX native plants

Plan Your Texas Native Garden

Free

Discover and cultivate Texas native plants with this interactive gardening guide. It offers personalized recommendations, landscape design tools, and step-by-step instructions for planting and care. Attract pollinators and restore local ecosystems with ease.

Seagull Coast

Coastal Safety Insights

Free

Provides real-time environmental conditions, hazard information, and safety guidance for coastal areas. It transforms complex data into clear, actionable insights to help you understand local conditions before heading to the water.

B-hyve

by Orbit Irrigation

Free

Control and monitor your sprinklers from anywhere with this smart watering app. It uses local weather data and plant information to create optimized watering schedules, saving water and money. You can also set custom programs and utilize an integrated irrigation audit tool.

MapSwipe

Humanitarian volunteering

Free

Contribute to humanitarian efforts by analyzing satellite imagery. Identify settlements, roads, and rivers in crisis-prone areas to help aid organizations locate vulnerable populations. Your contributions enable faster and more effective delivery of life-saving assistance.

HealthyWoods

Assess the health of your land

Free

This tool helps landowners evaluate their property's condition using professional assessment forms. It offers access to valuable forestry resources and information to support land management decisions.

TreeSnap

by University of Tennessee

Free

Contribute to vital tree research by identifying and tagging healthy trees in your area. Your data helps scientists study genetic diversity and develop better tree breeding programs to combat invasive diseases and pests.

GreenCast Connect by Syngenta

The Future of Digital Agronomy

Free

This app provides real-time insights and advanced tools for smarter turf and landscape management. It offers weather forecasting, pest and disease modeling, soil sensing, and tailored recommendations to optimize resources and improve turfgrass health.

VuSitu

Water Quality & Water Level

Free

Easily connect to water monitoring instruments to view, manage, and share water quality and quantity data. Configure, calibrate, and deploy instruments, view live readings, and set up logs. Securely store and share data through a cloud-based account.