Version 4.0 will be available in Fall of 2010. Price will be announced late summer of 2010. New features include compatibility with 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows 7, over 220 additional weed species (up from 447 in Version 3.0), and completely revised distribution maps and weed descriptions including toxicity.
Update July, 2009: For 'traditionalists' the Southern Weed Science Society and the University of Georgia Press has just published the book Weeds of the South. Available at all local and on-line booksellers.
Look for the new book Weeds of the Midwestern United States and Central Canada to be published by the University of Georgia Press in June of 2010.
Thundersnow Interactive and the Southern Weed Science Society are proud to announce the Interactive Encyclopedia of North American Weeds, Version 3.0. Four years of development have produced an all new high-resolution, comprehensive teaching and reference software program on weed, crop, and plant identification. The Windows DVD-ROM contains interactive tutorials on plant identification, animations, hundreds of custom illustrations, and over 2,400 photographs. Upgraded to 1024 x 768 XGA resolution, the program has been completely rebuilt with new high resolution, full color photographs and illustrations. Now covering 447 weed and crop species with complete descriptions, distribution maps for the continental United States (including Alaska) and Canada, habitats, and descriptions for 67 plant families. There are illustrations and World of Weeds history articles on many of the weeds. A unique graphical interactive key to all the weeds in the program is now included. An illustrated glossary of 565 botanical terms is a program in itself! The nearly three hours of professionally narrated interactive lessons on the principles of plant taxonomy and morphology make this a comprehensive resource for everyone interested in plants. An excellent resource for farmers, ranchers, gardeners, horticulturalists, groundskeepers, botanists, and plant lovers everywhere! This title is used by high schools, colleges and universities, and corporations around the world as a training and reference tool in the biological and agricultural sciences. ThunderSnow Interactive developed much of the content, coordinated content experts, digitized the media assets and produced the program. Version 1 of this title won the "Labor of Love" award at the 1996 Asymetrix Worldwide developers conference.
Click here to view a demonstration of the dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) home page from the Interactive Encyclopedia of North American Weeds DVD-ROM. We have duplicated the DVD-ROM as closely as possible within the limits of DHTML.
Click here to view the weed homepage demo!
You must have Firefox 2.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later to view these pages. Broadband connection recommended.
New features in Version 3.0 include:
- 85 additional weed and crop species (447 species total)
- Over 2,450 full-color photographs
- Detailed descriptions for every weed and crop
- Habitat key for each plant species
- Illustrated glossary of 565 botanical terms
- Presentation maker for user-customized navigation
- Interactive identification key to all weed and crop species
- Grass collar illustrations
- U.S. and Canada distribution maps
- Interactive educational quizzes and games
- Descriptions of 67 plant families
- Professionally narrated lessons
- World of Weeds: History of weedsDownload a list of weeds and crops in the program by common name:
(Adobe Acrobat pdf file)Download a list of weeds and crops in the program by scientific name:
(Adobe Acrobat pdf file)Download a list of weeds and crops in the program by plant family:
(Adobe Acrobat pdf file)
Click here for a list of places to purchase the program:
Version 3.0 Sold out
* For use in Windows 2000 you must install Service Pack 3 or later.
** Not compatible with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (64-bit
version) or the 64-bit version of Windows Vista. We expect to have a 64-bit Windows compatible version by the fall of 2010.Click here for Version 3.0 compatibility with Windows Vista.
September 2005: Click here to download the free update to Version 3.0!
Note: We produced this program as a donated gift to the SWSS and do not receive any compensation. We cannot accept orders at ThunderSnow Interactive.