At the AGA Convention, Dr. Shaun Winterton mentioned a database he was developing for APHIS where one could search and identify aquatic plants based on characteristics (Aquatic and Pond Plants of the World). I noticed that it's now available as a free download (117K) at: http://www.lucidcentral.org/keys/appw/ You need the free Lucid Player to use the identification key. The player is a 25MB download (or available in 2MB chunks), available at: http://www.lucidcentral.org/downloads/download.aspx There is also much information available online at the first site listed above. It appears that you only need the Lucid Player and the plant identification key downloads if you want to use the feature where you identify a plant based on its characteristics. Mike Wickham ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com with "Unsubscribe aga-member" in the body of the message. Archives of this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-member/