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A Field Guide to the Plants of Costa Rica
Margaret Gargiullo, Barbara Magnuson and Larry Kimball

At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts one of the widest varieties of plants in the wold, with habitats ranging from tidal mangrove swamps, and ....

512 pages, colour photos.
hardcover | 2008 | £40.99 | approx. $63/€49
softcover | 2008 | £22.99 | approx. $35/€28


Etymological Dictionary of Syrian Flora
Scientific Names and their Etymology Arabic, English and French Names
Moustapha Nehmé

Contains the scientific names of all the plant species reported in Syria, with explanations of their entymologies, as well as the Arabic, English and French names of ....

452 pages,
hardcover | 2008 | £37.99 | approx. $58/€46


Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman
Helen Pickering and Annette Patzelt

Designed for outdoor enthusiasts, the Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman will also be valued by those with more specialised botanical interests. The short introduction ....

281 pages, colour photos, 1 map.
hardcover | 2008 | £38.99 | approx. $60/€47


Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra: Volume 5, Part 1
Edited by TA Cope

This is the second published volume in this series. It is devoted to the grasses and includes accounts of approximately 470 species arranged in 20 tribes, accompanied by ....

408 pages, line drawings, distribution maps.
hardcover | 2008 | £195 | approx. $297/€232


Flora of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 3
Mimosaceae - Lentibulariaceae
Peter Sell and Gina Murrell

Planned in five volumes, this critical flora provides a definitive account of the native species, naturalised species, frequent garden escapes and casuals found in the British ....

624 pages, 2 maps.
hardcover | NYP 02/2009 | £110 | approx. $168/€131 (reduced from £129.99)


Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe
Margot Spohn and Roland Spohn

Buy any two of the books belonging to Black's Nature Guide series and get the third free! Order all three and NHBS will remove the price of the third when processing your ....

320 pages, photos and illus.
softcover | 2008 | £9.99 | approx. $16/€12


 
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Africa
 

Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southern Africa

Christopher DK Cook

In this comprehensive flora for the aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa, 482 species, subspecies or varieties are dealt with; they are given full descriptions, ....

281 pages | B/w line illus | Backhuys

Hbk | 2004 | 9057821427 | #145771 | £78.00 approx. $119/€93 add to basket

Atlas of the Vegetation of Madagascar / Atlas de la Vegetation de Madagascar

Justin Moat and Paul Smith

Madagascar is the world's fourth largest island, and is recognized as one of the world's top ten hotspots for biodiversity. It is estimated that there are about 10,000 plant ....

124 pages | maps, colour photos | Kew RBG

Hbk | 2007 | 1842461982 | #171004 | £80.00 approx. $122/€95 add to basket

Ecoguide: Fynbos

Colin Paterson-Jones and John Manning

The Cape Fold Mountains, which lie at the southern tip of Africa as ranges paralleling the western and southern Cape coastlines, together with the valleys between, and the ....

184 pages | 400 photos, distribution maps | Briza

Pbk | 2007 | 1875093664 | #166158 | £18.95 approx. $29/€23 add to basket

Ethnoflora of the Soqotra Archipelago

Anthony G Miller and Miranda Morris

User-friendly manual to the plants of this group of islands off the Horn of Africa. It provides comprehensive information on the traditional uses of all plants found and ....

776 pages | 64 plates, 500 col photos, 2500 illus | Edinburgh RBG

Hbk | 2004 | 1872291597 | #147962 | £89.00 approx. $136/€106 add to basket

Field Guide to the Common Trees and Shrubs of East Africa

Najma Dharani

Field guide to the more common trees and shrubs, indigenous, naturalized and exotic, that are found in East Africa. In addition to full-colour photographs and illustrations ....

320 pages | 1000 col photos | Struik

Pbk | 2002 | 1868726401 | #129738 | £12.99 approx. $20/€16 add to basket

Field Guide to Fynbos

John Manning and Colin Paterson-Jones

The southwestern Cape is home to one of the world's richest floras. From an estimated 7 000 species of true fynbos, Field Guide to Fynbos covers over 1 000 species of ....

508 pages | 1200 photos, distribution maps | Struik

Pbk | 2008 | 1770072659 | #172114 | £17.99 approx. $28/€22 add to basket

Field Guide to the Mangrove Trees of Africa and Madagascar

Henk Beentje and Salomao Bandeira

Growing on seashores between the low and high tide marks, mangrove trees are adapted to an amazing range of difficult environmental factors. They have evolved to cope with ....

91 pages | Illus, col photos, maps | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2007 | 1842461354 | #164441 | £26.99 approx. $42/€33 add to basket

Field Guide to the Palms of Madagascar

John Dransfield, Henk Beentje et al

Madagascar's native palms are of enormous economic and biological importance. Most are endemic and are part of Madagascar's great natural heritage and many are becoming ....

176 pages | colour photos, line drawings, distribution maps | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2006 | 1842461575 | #164409 | £24.99 approx. $39/€30 add to basket

Field Guide to the Rattans of Africa

Terry Sunderland

Identification guide to all 22 species found in Africa, their ecology and distribution, and their sustainable management. This is the first identification aid for the rattan ....

66 pages | colour photos | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2007 | 184246180X | #164438 | £20.00 approx. $31/€24 add to basket

Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa

Piet van Wyk and Braam van Wyk

Photographic field guide to the trees of southern Africa, covering more than 1000 species. ....

536 pages | Col photos, distribution maps | Struik

Pbk | 1997 | 1868259226 | #067728 | £29.99 approx. $46/€36 add to basket

First Field Guide to Fynbos of Southern Africa

John Manning

This first field guide gives an introduction to fynbos, the vegetation of the shrublands of south-western South Africa. The author explains the distribution, special ....

56 pages | Col photos, dist maps | Struik

Pbk | 2004 | 1868729540 | #148146 | £6.99 approx. $11/€9 add to basket

Flora of Egypt, Volume 4: Monocotyledons (Alismataceae-Orchidaceae)

Loutfy Boulos

This, the final volume in the series, covers 29 monocot families, 180 genera, 482 species and 29 infraspecific taxa. ....

617 pages | 159 col photos, 404 line illus | Al Hadara

Hbk | 2005 | 9775429412 | #134699 | £87.00 approx. $133/€104 add to basket

Flowers of the Moon

Afroalpine Vegetation of the Rwenzori Mountains

Sebastian Schutyser

The first sighting of the Rwenzori Mountain Range by non-Africans was made by Sir Henry Morton Stanley in 1876. Previous to his well-documented report, there were only rumours ....

144 pages | 80 b/w photos | 5 Continents

Hbk | 2007 | 8874394233 | #170093 | £24.99 approx. $39/€30 add to basket

Flore Pratique du Maroc, Volume 2: Angiospermae (Leguminosae - Lentibulariaceae)

Manuel de détermination des plantes vasculaires

Edited by M Fennane, M Ibn Tattou, A Ouyahya and J El Oualidi

636 pages | line drawings | Institute Scientifique

Hbk | 2007 | 9954834745 | #169121 | £85.00 approx. $130/€101 add to basket

Flowering Plants in West Africa

Margaret Steentoft

This volume is an account of the flowering plant flora of West Africa south of the Sahara (Gambia-Nigeria inclusive) with the emphasis upon species of ecological or ....

350 pages | 1 b/w photo, line diagrams | CUP

Hbk | 1988 | 0521261929 | #003145 | £80.00 approx. $122/€95 add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0521063124 | #176119 | £34.99 approx. $54/€42 add to basket

Flora of Somalia, Volume 3

Angiospermae (Ericaceae-Asteraceae)

Edited by Mats Thulin

Volume 3 - the final part to be published - completes the angiosperms, and includes an index to all of the genera described in the four volumes. With 404 line illustrations ....

626 pages | Col plates, line illus | Kew RBG

Hbk | 2006 | 1842460994 | #028547 | £60.00 approx. $92/€72 add to basket

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Aspleniaceae (2008)

Edited by HJ Beentje

78 pages | line drawings | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2008 | 1842462024 | #175632 | £22.99 approx. $35/€28 add to basket

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Acanthaceae, Part 1 (2008)

Edited by K Vollesen

A descriptive account of the flowering plants and ferns native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamental and crop plants. At ....

288 pages | line drawings | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2008 | 1842462172 | #175631 | £62.00 approx. $95/€74 add to basket

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Dracaenaceae (2007)

G Mwachala and PK Mbugua

44 pages | Illus | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2007 | 1842461877 | #171006 | £22.99 approx. $35/€28 add to basket

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Dryopteridaceae (2007)

Edited by HJ Beentje and SA Ghazanfar

54 pages | line drawings | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2007 | 1842461885 | #172096 | £29.99 approx. $46/€36 add to basket

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Hymenophyllaceae (2008)

Edited by HJ Beentje and SA Ghazanfar

Being a descriptive account of the flowering plants and ferns native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamental and crop ....

34 pages | line drawings | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2008 | 184246373X | #175681 | £20.99 approx. $32/€25 add to basket

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Polygalaceae (2007)

Jorge Paiva

64 pages | Illus, figs | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2007 | 1842461915 | #171007 | £27.99 approx. $43/€34 add to basket

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Sterculiaceae (2007)

Edited by HJ Beentje and SA Ghazanfar

136 pages | Figs | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2007 | 1842461850 | #164423 | £35.99 approx. $55/€43 add to basket

Flora of Tropical East Africa: Scrophulariaceae (2008)

SA Ghazanfar, Hepper. FN and D Philcox

212 pages | line drawings | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2008 | 1842461923 | #175633 | £50.00 approx. $77/€60 add to basket

Flora Zambesiaca, Volume 3, Part 2: Caesalpinioideae

Edited by Jonathan Timberlake

232 pages | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2007 | 1842461397 | #164426 | £40.99 approx. $63/€49 add to basket

Flora Zambesiaca, Volume 3, Part 3: Papilionoideae

Edited by RK Brummitt et al

Covers the following subtribes: 1. Swartzieae ....

258 pages | 36 line illus | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2007 | 1842461958 | #170277 | £44.99 approx. $69/€54 add to basket

How To Identify Trees in Southen Africa

Braam van Wyk and Piet van Wyk

With about 1800 native species of trees in southern Africa, plus several hundred more that have been introduced, the challenge of identifying even a small portion of these is ....

184 pages | 280 col photos | Struik

Pbk | 2007 | 1770072403 | #169056 | £14.99 approx. $23/€18 add to basket

Photoguide for the Forest Trees of Ghana

A tree-spotter's field guide for identifying the largest trees

William Hawthorne and Ntim Gyakari

A field guide to the larger trees that occur in Ghanaian forests. It is based on photographs and drawings and is designed to minimise the need for reading complicated ....

432 pages | colour photos, line drawings | OFI

Pbk | 2006 | 0850741645 | #165223 | £20.00 approx. $31/€24 add to basket

Photographic Guide to the Wildflowers of South Africa

J Manning

This countrywide guide includes nearly 900 of the most common and conspicuous wildflowers that occur in South Africa and the neighbouring countries of Lesotho, ....

352 pages | Maps, 900 col photos | Briza

Pbk | 2003 | 1875093427 | #144639 | £22.50 approx. $35/€27 add to basket

Plants of the Simen

A flora of the Simen Mountains and surroundings, northern Ethiopia

Christian Puff and Sileshi Nemomissa

The book covers 101 families (gymnosperms: 1; dicots: 79; monocots: 21), close to 300 genera and 545 species recorded from the Simen and surroundings. Brief descriptions are ....

258 pages | colour photos | National BG

Hbk | 2005 | 907261965X | #158535 | £34.00 approx. $52/€41 add to basket

Plantes Utiles du Bas-Congo, Republique Democratique du Congo

Paul Latham and Augustin Konda ku Mbuta

This book is designed to encourage the planting and conservation of useful plants. It is translated from the original English edition. ....

344 pages | Colour photos | Mystole

CD | 2008 | 0955420849 | #170581 | £15.86 approx. $25/€19 add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 0955420814 | #169611 | £34.99 approx. $54/€42 add to basket

Plants Visited by Bees and Other Useful Plants of Umalila, Southern Tanzania

Paul Latham

This book provides information on 188 plants in Umalila in Mbeya district. A forage chart indicates the months when bees collect pollen and/or nectar. The plants are listed ....

216 pages | Col photos | Mystole

Pbk | 2007 | 0955420830 | #169610 | £35.00 approx. $54/€42 add to basket

Protea

Colin Paterson-Jones

Protea is a spectacular introduction to the fascinating protea family in southern Africa. The title covers all of the protea groups, their origins, distribution, and the ....

128 pages | Col photos | Struik

Pbk | 2007 | 1770075240 | #168610 | £12.99 approx. $20/€16 add to basket

The Southern African Plectranthus

And the Art of Turning Shade to Glade

Ernst van Jaarsveld and Vicki Thomas

This comprehensive book on these beautiful plants, commonly known as spurflowers, is the result of information gathered over the past 30 years by botanical author Ernst van ....

176 pages | 60 plates and 105 colour photos | Fernwood

Hbk | 2007 | 1874950806 | #163581 | £30.00 approx. $46/€36 add to basket

A Traveller's Guide to the Wildflowers and Common Trees of East Africa

David J Allen

A well illustrated pocket sized guide to flora and trees most likely to be met whilst on safari. It includes notes on identification, distribution, plant use, as well as ....

248 pages | 116 colour photos | Camerapix

Pbk | 2007 | 1904722288 | #170743 | £12.99 approx. $20/€16 add to basket

The Vegetation of Egypt

MA Zahran and AJ Willis

The position of Egypt - at the cross-roads between the Middle East and Africa - has attracted the attention of naturalists and explorers for many centuries. Yet while there ....

440 pages | 18 line drawings, 49 b/w illus | Springer

Hbk | 2008 | 1402087551 | #177727 | £135.50 approx. $207/€161 add to basket

Wild Flowers of the Central Namib

Antje Burke

Some 50 sketches and over 130 colour photographs illustrate the most commonly seen plants in the area around Swakopmund, Walvis Bay and the central Namib plains and ....

112 pages | 130 col photos, 50 illus | Scientific Society

Pbk | 2006 | 3936858756 | #177575 | £21.99 approx. $34/€27 add to basket

Wild Flowers of the Northern Namib

Antje Burke

Strictly speaking, the northern Namib extends way into Angola. However, due to the long years of political unrest, hardly any plant collections have been undertaken in that ....

112 pages | Photos, illus | Scientific Society

Pbk | 2005 | 9991640533 | #153617 | £23.50 approx. $36/€28 add to basket

Wild Flowers of the Table Mountain National Park - Standard Edition

Terry Trinder-Smith, Mary Maytham Kidd and Fay Anderson

This field guide for the identification of one third of the indigenous wild flowers growing in the world-renowned Table Mountain National Park, South Africa, showcases some ....

314 pages | Col photos, maps, col illus | Botanical SSA

Pbk | 2006 | 1874999600 | #161029 | £31.00 approx. $48/€37 add to basket

Woody Plants of Western African Forests

A guide to the forest trees, shrubs and lianes from Senegal to Ghana

William D Hawthorne and Carel CH Jongkind

This is a guide to the identification of all the woody plants (c. 2250 species in 740 genera) of the forest region of West Africa called `Upper Guinea', between Togo and ....

1023 pages | 2600 line drawings on 420 plates, 2600 colour photographs | Kew RBG

Hbk | 2006 | 1842460897 | #153842 | £69.00 approx. $105/€82 add to basket

Zambian Plants

Their Vernacular Names and Uses

Dennis G Fowler

An essential reference for any botanist working in Zambia, this comprehensive list of vernacular plant names is not only cross-referenced to the most up to date scientific ....

298 pages | - | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2007 | 1842462121 | #170991 | £50.00 approx. $77/€60 add to basket

 
 
North America
 

Alpine Beauty

Alpine and Subalpine Wildflowers of the Canadian Rockies and the Columbia Mountains

Neil L Jennings

Alpine Beauty explores the wildflowers and flowering shrubs commonly found in the subalpine and alpine environments in the Rocky Mountains of western Canada. Due to harsh ....

224 pages | 200 colour photos | Heritage House

Pbk | 2007 | 1894765834 | #166103 | £19.99 approx. $31/€24 add to basket

Cacti of Texas

A Field Guide

A Michael Powell, James F Weedin and Shirley A Powell

One hundred thirty-two species, subspecies, and varieties of cacti may be found in Texas. About one hundred of them occur in the states Trans-Pecos region, one of the most ....

383 pages | 314 col photos, 124 maps | Texas Tech UP

Pbk | 2008 | 0896726118 | #173709 | £21.50 approx. $33/€26 add to basket

Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia

Linda G Chafin

Abundantly illustrated with more than 400 colour photographs and 200 detailed drawings, this comprehensive guide to the state's rare and endangered plants provides photographs ....

526 pages | Col photos, illus, maps | Georgia UP

Pbk | 2007 | 0977962105 | #166925 | £23.95 approx. $37/€29 add to basket

Field Guide to Tidal Wetland Plants of the Northeastern United States an

d Neighboring Canada

Ralph W Tiner

A revised and expanded edition of an authoritative guide to coastal wetland plants of the Northeast. First published in 1987, Ralph W. Tiner's "A Field Guide to Coastal ....

416 pages | 570 illustrations, 11 maps | Massachusetts UP

Hbk | 2008 | 1558496661 | #177252 | £70.95 approx. $108/€85 add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 155849667X | #177253 | £21.95 approx. $34/€27 add to basket

Flora of the Northeast

A Manual of the Vascular Flora of New England and Adjacent New York

Dennis W Magee and Harry E Ahles

Designed as both a reference work and a year-round field manual, this volume contains more than 2,400 range maps and 995 line drawings, designed to clarify descriptions used ....

1264 pages | line illus, distrib maps | Massachusetts UP

Hbk | 2007 | 1558495770 | #166499 | £70.63 approx. $108/€84 add to basket

Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 21: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, Part 8: Asteraceae, Part 3

Asterales, part 3 (Aster order)

Edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee

616 pages | 175 line illus, 900 maps | OUP

Hbk | 2006 | 0195305655 | #153849 | £58.00 approx. $89/€69 add to basket

Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 24

Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, Part 1

Edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee

Volume 24 of Flora North America is one of two volumes on grasses to be published in this series (Volume 25, though it follows sequentially, was published in 2003). ....

911 pages | line drawings | OUP

Hbk | 2007 | 0195310713 | #153851 | £58.00 approx. $89/€69 add to basket

Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 27: Bryophytes, Part 1

Mosses, Part 1

Edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee

Flora of North America Volume 27 is the first volume of three on the bryophytes (mosses, hornworts, and liverworts). Thirty-five authors treat the first half of the mosses, ....

713 pages | 757 line illus, 621 species-distribution maps, tabs, figs | OUP

Hbk | 2007 | 0195318234 | #153853 | £58.00 approx. $89/€69 add to basket

Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 7: Magnoliophyta: Dilleniidae, Part 2

Salicales, Capparales

Edited by Flora of North America Editorial Committee

Flora of North America Volume 7 is the seventh volume of nineteen on dicotyledons to be published in the Flora of North America series. It treats more than 910 species ....

600 pages | 1000 line illus., 910 species-distribution maps | OUP

Hbk | NYP 01/2009 | 0195318226 | #032824 | £58.00 approx. $89/€69 add to basket

Flora of the Santa Ana River and Environs

With References to World Botany

Oscar F Clarke, Danielle Svehla, Greg Ballmer and Arlee Montalvo

The Santa Ana River is the largest watercourse in the heavily populated coastal plain of southern California and is home to over 800 plant species. Despite damaging ....

495 pages | 2000 illus | Heyday Books

Pbk | 2007 | 1597140503 | #166854 | £26.50 approx. $41/€32 add to basket

Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants

CR Bell and BJ Taylor

Reprinted from the original 1982 version (published by Laurel Hill). ....

308 pages | 550 col illus, 512 drawings, 503 maps | North Carolina UP

Hbk | 2007 | 0960868801 | #165525 | £20.50 approx. $32/€25 add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 0960868836 | #165526 | £12.95 approx. $20/€16 add to basket

Gleason's Plants of Michigan

A Field Guide

Henry A Gleason, Richard K Rabeler and Vivienne N Armentrout

Gleason's Plants of Michigan is a major revision and expansion of "The Plants of Michigan" by Henry A. Gleason - the 1918 classic field guide to the flowering plants and ....

400 pages | line drawings | Michigan UP

Pbk | 2007 | 0472032461 | #169790 | £17.50 approx. $27/€21 add to basket

Grass-pinks and Companion Orchids in Your Pocket

Paul Martin Brown

Native orchids are increasingly threatened by pressure from population growth and development but, nonetheless, still present a welcome surprise to observant hikers in ....

39 colour photos, 3 drawings | Iowa UP

Waterproof | 2008 | 1587297000 | #177246 | £7.50 approx. $12/€9 add to basket

A Guide to Native Plants of the New York City Region

Margaret B Gargiullo

Presents a detailed look at the full scope of flora that is native to this region and available for propagation. Geared specifically for landscape architects, designers, land ....

306 pages | line drawings | Rivergate

Hbk | 2007 | 0813540429 | #168051 | £34.50 approx. $53/€41 add to basket

Identifying Trees

An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America

Michael D Williams

Identify trees in any season, not just when they are in full leaf. This field-tested guide features color photos showing bark; branching patterns; fruits, flowers, or nuts; ....

406 pages | colour photos | Stackpole

Pbk | 2007 | 0811733602 | #168987 | £18.50 approx. $29/€22 add to basket

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Wild Flowers and Flora of the Americas

Martin Walters and Mick Lavelle

Flowering plants provide a welcome and colourful sight, whether long-loved shrubby perennials or bright and fleeting annuals. They are vital to our ecology and a clear ....

256 pages | Over 1750 colour photos, illus, maps | Lorenz Books

Hbk | 2008 | 0754817504 | #167970 | £16.99 approx. $26/€21 add to basket

An Illustrated Guide to Eastern Woodland Wildflowers and Trees

350 Plants Observed at Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland

Melanie Choukas-Bradley

This volume is an exquisitely illustrated guide to 350 eastern woodland wildflowers and trees found on site at Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland. The text describes each plant's ....

480 pages | 413 illus | Virginia UP

Hbk | 2004 | 0813922518 | #148069 | £27.50 approx. $42/€33 add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 0813926920 | #172451 | £13.95 approx. $22/€17 add to basket

Little Big Bend

Common, Uncommon, and Rare Plants of Big Bend National Park

Roy Morey

Plant life in Big Bend National Park is incredibly diverse. The wide range of habitats within the parkdesert, foothills, mountains and moist woodlands, river canyons and ....

336 pages | 301 col photos, 1 maps | Texas Tech UP

Pbk | 2008 | 0896726134 | #173711 | £53.00 approx. $81/€63 add to basket

Mosses, Lichens and Ferns of Northwest North America

A Photographic Field Guide

R Bovey, J Marsh and D Vitt

The classic guide to the bryophytes of the West (originally published in 1988) is back in print. This book brings the small yet beautiful world of mosses, liverworts, lichens, ....

296 pages | 391 col photos, 366 maps. | Lone Pine

Pbk | 2007 | 1551055694 | #170811 | £25.95 approx. $40/€31 add to basket

Mountain Wildflowers of the Southern Rockies

Revealing their Natural History

Carolyn F Dodson and William W Dunmire

More than a field guide, Mountain Wildflowers of the Southern Rockies offers cultural and botanical essays that present useful and fascinating facts about ....

192 pages | colour photos, drawings | New Mexico UP

Pbk | 2007 | 0826342442 | #171528 | £12.50 approx. $20/€15 add to basket

Pitcher Plants of the Americas

Stewart McPherson

Pitcher plants are the largest and most beautiful of the world's carnivorous plants and are viewed with fascination as objects of natural history and natural beauty. Pitcher ....

320 pages | Colour photos, figs | McDonald & Woodward

Hbk | 2007 | 0939923750 | #163016 | £38.99 approx. $60/€47 add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 0939923742 | #163017 | £30.50 approx. $47/€37 add to basket

Plants of Alberta

Trees, Shrubs, Wildflowers, Ferns, Aquatic Plants & Grasses

France Royer and Richard Dickinson

Comprehensive treatment of over 1500 plants native to Alberta, Canada. Includes keys, habitat notes, distribution maps, similar species descriptions, native and historical ....

528 pages | 520 colour photos, 52 line drawings, 704 maps | Lone Pine

Pbk | 2007 | 1551052830 | #161296 | £27.99 approx. $43/€34 add to basket

The Plants of Pennsylvania

An Illustrated Manual

Ann Fowler Rhoads and Timothy A Block

The second edition of "The Plants of Pennsylvania" identifies the nearly 3,400 species of trees, wildflowers, ferns, grasses, sedges, aquatic plants, and weeds native or ....

1061 pages | 2645 line illus, 4 maps | Pennsylvania UP

Hbk | 2007 | 0812240030 | #165611 | £45.50 approx. $70/€54 add to basket

Prairie Plants of the University of Wisconsin - Madison Arboretum

Including Horsetails, Ferns, Rushes, Sedges, Grasses, Shrubs, Vines, Weeds, and Wildflowers

Theodore S Cochrane, Kandis Elliot and Claudia S Lipke

A pioneer and leader in the preservation and restoration of native Midwest prairies since the 1930s, the University of Wisconsin - Madison Arboretum has a stellar ....

364 pages | Wisconsin UP

Pbk | 2007 | 0978959000 | #166500 | £23.95 approx. $37/€29 add to basket

Rare Plants of Texas

Jackie M Poole, William R Carr, Dana M Price and Jason R Singhurst

Since 1987, when Texas Parks and Wildlife Department botanists published their first in-house summary of Texas' threatened plants, more than 225 species have been identified ....

640 pages | 247 col photos, illus, maps | Texas A&M UP

Pbk | 2007 | 1585445576 | #169272 | £23.95 approx. $37/€29 add to basket

Rare Wildflowers of Kentucky

Thomas G/White, Deborah/Evans, Marc Barnes

"Rare Wildflowers of Kentucky" provides an introduction to Kentucky's signature rare plants with 220 full-colour photographs by naturalist and award-winning photographer ....

216 pages | Kentucky UP

Hbk | 2008 | 0813124964 | #177258 | £28.95 approx. $45/€35 add to basket

Steyermark's Flora of Missouri, Volume 2

Dicots, Acantheae through Fabaceae, first part

George Yatskievych

Steyermark's Flora of Missouri is an account of Missouri's vascular flora, including the pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and flowering plants growing spontaneously in the state. ....

1180 pages | 193 full page plates of black and white drawings | Missouri BG

Hbk | 2006 | 1930723490 | #157194 | £50.50 approx. $77/€60 add to basket

Synthesis of the North American Flora

Version 2.0

John T Kartesz and Christopher A Meacham

The most authoritative, complete reference to the vascular plants of North America ever produced, containing a checklist with synonymy of all 28,000 species, subspecies and ....

CD-ROM with 6 page booklet, 35,000 line illus, b/w & col photos | John Kartesz

CD | NYP 12/2008 | #139016 | £411.25 approx. $626/€488 add to basket

Terrestrial Vegetation of California

Edited by Michael G Barbour, Todd Keeler-Wolf and Allan A Schoenherr

This thoroughly revised, entirely rewritten edition of what is the essential reference on California's diverse and ever-changing vegetation now brings readers the most ....

712 pages | 53 b/w photographs, 60 line illustrations, 32 maps, 139 tables | California UP

Hbk | 2007 | 0520249550 | #165174 | £46.95 approx. $72/€56 add to basket

A Tour of the Flowering Plants

Based on the Classification System of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group

Priscilla Spears

With over 800 color photos showcasing a representative spectrum of the flowering plants of the United States and Canada, A Tour of the Flowering Plants provides an overview of ....

308 pages | 800 colour photos | Missouri BG

Pbk | 2006 | 1930723482 | #159471 | £43.50 approx. $67/€52 add to basket

Twayblades and Adder's-mouth Orchids in Your Pocket

Paul M Brown

Native orchids are increasingly threatened by pressure from population growth and development but, nonetheless, still present a welcome surprise to observant hikers in ....

48 colour photos, 3 drawings | Iowa UP

Pbk | 2008 | 1587297027 | #177506 | £7.50 approx. $12/€9 add to basket

Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico

A Guide to Identification

James H Everitt, Robert I Lonard and Christopher R Little

The book covers 189 species of broad-leaved herbaceous species, grasslike plants, and grasses, encompassing 144 genera and 45 families. These include one species of fern, 142 ....

222 pages | 188 col photos | Texas Tech UP

Pbk | 2007 | 0896726142 | #173712 | £15.50 approx. $24/€19 add to basket

Wildflowers of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island in Color

William K Chapman, Valerie A Chapman, Alan E Bessette and Arleen Bessette

This field guide will give nature enthusiasts instant access to the diverse and beautiful flora of these New England states. Combining 400 color photographs with ....

200 pages | 400 illustrations, glossaries, indexes | Syracuse UP

Hbk | 2008 | 0815631855 | #176408 | £40.95 approx. $63/€49 add to basket

Wildflowers of Ohio

Robert L Henn

Over the past decade, "Wildflowers of Ohio" has become the standard for field identification in Ohio, used by both college biology students and wildflower enthusiasts ....

215 pages | 287 col photos, 3 figs | Indiana UP

Pbk | 2008 | 0253219515 | #174457 | £11.99 approx. $19/€15 add to basket

Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains

George W Scotter and Halle Flygare

The Rocky Mountains are natural botanical gardens of enormous diversity and interest. Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains is a user-friendly field guide that features ....

256 pages | col photos | Whitecap Books

Pbk | 2007 | 1552858480 | #165532 | £22.50 approx. $35/€27 add to basket

Wildflowers of the Western Plains

A Field Guide

Zoe Merriman Kirkpatrick, Benny J Simpson and David K Northington

Stretching from western Texas and eastern New Mexico up through Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas, and into Canada, the vast western ....

264 pages | 247 full-color images; 2 B&W images; 15 line drawings; 1 full-color map | Nebraska UP

Pbk | 2008 | 0803219059 | #176743 | £12.99 approx. $20/€16 add to basket

Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States

A Field Botany Course on CD

B Kirchoff

This computer-based visual training program is designed to help users become experts in plant identification. ....

Missouri BG

CD | 2008 | 1930723628 | #177362 | £25.84 approx. $40/€31 add to basket

 
 
South & Central America
 

Brazilian Fruits and Cultivated Exotics

(for consuming in natura)

Harry Lorenzi, Luis Bacher, Marco Lacerda and Sergio Sartori

This book is about the "fruits" or the fruits and pseudofruits cultivated or native to Brazil, which are consumed in natura by man, whole or in parts (skin, pulp or seeds), ....

672 pages | 1214 colour photos | Instituto Plantarum EF

Hbk | 2006 | 8586714240 | #166100 | £69.99 approx. $107/€84 add to basket

Caribbean Spice Island Plants

Trees, Shrubs and Climbers of Grenada, Carriacou and Petit Martinique: a picture gallery with notes on identification, historical and other trivia

William D Hawthorne, Dean Jules and Guido Marcelle

The first comprehensive identification guide dedicated to the plants of this island group (the political entity is named after the principal island, Grenada), aimed to fill ....

330 pages | Col photos | OFI

Hbk | 2004 | 0850741629 | #156801 | £24.99 approx. $39/€30 add to basket

Costa Rica Field Guide: Birds of the Cloud Forest and Highlands

Mark Wainwright

Laminated field guide with illustrations of over 100 birds most commonly found in mountainous regions of Costa Rica. Each species is identified by their English, Spanish ....

2 pages | A4 laminated guide, col illus | HML Enterprises

Unbound | 2004 | 1888538082 | #150922 | £4.99 approx. $8/€6 add to basket

Costa Rica: Tropical Fruits

Enrique Leal C

Laminated fold out pocket guide with illustrations of tropical fruits found in the forest and at the fruit stand. ....

13 pages | 13 page concertina style, col illus laminated guide | HML Enterprises

Unbound | 2007 | 1888538872 | #169557 | £5.25 approx. $8/€7 add to basket

A Field Guide to the Plants of Costa Rica

Margaret Gargiullo, Barbara Magnuson and Larry Kimball

At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts one of the widest varieties of plants in the wold, with habitats ranging from tidal mangrove swamps, and ....

512 pages | colour photos | OUP

Hbk | 2008 | 0195188241 | #169893 | £40.99 approx. $63/€49 add to basket

Pbk | 2008 | 019518825X | #169891 | £22.99 approx. $35/€28 add to basket

Flores de Alta Montaña de los Andes Patagonicos / High Mountain Flowers of the Patagonian Andes

Marcela Ferreyra, Cecilia Ezcurra and Sonia Clayton

Field guide to the high mountain plants of the Patagonian Andes of southern Chile and Argentina. It includes descriptions and colour photographs of 170 species, with ....

239 pages | 200 col photos | LOLA

Pbk | 2006 | 9509725773 | #164890 | £29.99 approx. $46/€36 add to basket

Flowers of Cuba

Angela Leiva

A clear, concise and attractive guide to Cuba's most popular flowers, both native and cultivated, and an essential pocket companion to the exploration of Cuban gardens, parks ....

112 pages | Col photos, 1 map | Macmillan Caribbean

Pbk | 2007 | 1405029048 | #169866 | £8.50 approx. $13/€11 add to basket

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 82: Meilaceae

Edited by G Harling and C Persson

90 pages | Line illus | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2007 | #175533 | £28.50 approx. $44/€34 add to basket

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 80: Sapotaceae

TD Pennington

195 pages | line drawings | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2007 | 9185529028 | #169127 | £39.00 approx. $60/€47 add to basket

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 81: Combretaceae

CA Stace

63 pages | line drawings | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2007 | 9185529079 | #169128 | £23.99 approx. $37/€29 add to basket

Flora of Ecuador, Volume 83: 190 (3) Compositae-Eupatoreae

G Harling and C Persson

350 pages | B/w illus | Botanical Institute, Goteborg

Pbk | 2008 | #175534 | £62.00 approx. $95/€74 add to basket

Flora of the Guianas, Series A: 23: Acanthaceae and Mendonciaceae

Edited by MJ Jansen-Jacobs

188 pages | 39 figures, folding map | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2006 | 1842461311 | #163437 | £41.99 approx. $64/€50 add to basket

Flora of the Guianas, Series A: 24: 7. Hernandiaceae, 8. Chloranthaceae, 9. Piperaceae

Edited by MJ Jansen-Jacobs

214 pages | line drawings, fold out map | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2007 | 1842461842 | #164434 | £47.99 approx. $73/€57 add to basket

Flora of the Guianas, Series A: 25: 105a. Eremolepidaceae, 105b. Loranthaceae, 106. Visaceae

Edited by MJ Jansen-Jacobs

149 pages | line drawings, fold-out map | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2007 | 184246213X | #172097 | £44.99 approx. $69/€54 add to basket

Flora of the Guianas, Series A: 26: Gesneriaceae

MJ Jansen-Jacobs

136 pages | line drawings | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2008 | 1842463934 | #176025 | £43.99 approx. $67/€53 add to basket

Flora Neotropica, Volume 99: Piptocarpha

(Compositae: Vernonieae)

Gerald L Smith and Nancy C Coile

Piptocarpha (Compositae: Vernonieae) treats 46 species within two subgenera, four sections, and seven series. This treatment includes full synonymy, typification, species ....

94 pages | NYBG Press

Hbk | 2007 | 0893274828 | #170757 | £35.50 approx. $54/€43 add to basket

Flora Neotropica, Volume 100: Proteaceae

Ghillean T Prance, V Plana, KS Edwards and RT Pennington

A taxonomic monograph that covers the American genera of this unique family, and presents a systematic treatment of 8 genera, 84 native species, and two introduced ....

218 pages | line drawings, maps | NYBG Press

Hbk | 2007 | 0893274801 | #170759 | £55.50 approx. $85/€66 add to basket

Flora Neotropica, Volume 101: Fissidentaceae

Ronald A Pursell

The Fissidentaceae are acrocarpous mosses. The family, consisting of only the genus, Fissidens, is represented in the neotropics by 93 species, of which 62% are endemic. ....

279 pages | Figures, illus, maps | NYBG Press

Hbk | 2007 | 0893274836 | #170760 | £55.50 approx. $85/€66 add to basket

Flora Neotropica, Volume 102: Metzgeriaceae (Hepaticae)

Denise Pinheiro da Costa

The author describes Metzgeria and its 57 species, and proposes 15 new synonyms. The volume includes illustrations and distribution maps. Metzgeria is the only genus of ....

170 pages | 80 figures, maps | NYBG Press

Hbk | 2008 | 0893274925 | #170762 | £53.00 approx. $81/€63 add to basket

Florula de la Reserva Ecologica Inkaterra

Luis Valenzuela, Gloria H Calatayud, Jim V Farfan et al

In the late 1980s, Dr. Alwyn H. Gentry and Dr. Enrique Forero conceptualized the idea of local floristic inventories that would culminate in the publication of descriptive ....

448 pages | Col photos | Missouri BG

Pbk | 2007 | 6034504309 | #174731 | £22.50 approx. $35/€27 add to basket

Flora de Veracruz Fasc. 142: Sphenocleaceae

Bruno Senterre and Gonzalo Castillo-Campos

11 pages | map, line drawing | Instituto de Ecologia

Pbk | 2007 | 9707091029 | #174167 | £10.99 approx. $17/€14 add to basket

Gesneriads of Costa Rica / Gesneriaceas de Costa Rica

Ricardo Kriebel Haehner

This guide includes 25 genera and 99 native species (plus one that could become naturalized) of Gesneriaceae from Costa Rica, one of the most showy flowering plant ....

368 pages | colour photos | INBio

Pbk | 2006 | 9968927171 | #163890 | £19.50 approx. $30/€24 add to basket

Guía de Arboles y Arbustos del Chaco Húmedo

Maria del Carmen Peña-Chocarro, Juana Egea Juvinel et al

A handsome photographic guide to some of the more distinctive trees and shrubs of the Humid Chaco, an area of the country that is frequently ignored by field workers. Species ....

291 pages | colour photos | GUYRA Paraguay

Pbk | 2006 | 9992586869 | #171341 | £14.95 approx. $23/€18 add to basket

Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica: Volume VI

Dicotiledoneas (Haloragaceae - Phytolaccaceae)

Edited by Barry E Hammel, Michael H Grayum, C Herrera and N Zamora

Melastomataceae, with 303 species of mostly understory trees, is by far the largest family in this volume. Together with the two next largest families, Lauraceae (146 ....

933 pages | colour plates, line drawings | Missouri BG

Hbk | 2007 | 1930723601 | #171624 | £110.00 approx. $168/€131 add to basket

Plantas de la Amazonia Peruana: Clave para Identificar las Familias de Gymnospermae y Angiospermae

Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez and Rocio Rojas Gonzales

This book advances our botanical understanding of the unique assemblage of plants found in the Peruvian Amazonia. Taxonomic keys first identify similar families as groups. ....

258 pages | Line illus, colour photos, tabs | Missouri BG

Pbk | 2006 | #164187 | £27.50 approx. $42/€33 add to basket

Plants of the Falkland Islands

Ali Liddle

This is a simple identification guide to the most common and attractive plants of the Falkland Islands. It describes 56 different plants, selected because they are ....

96 pages | colour photos, map, tabs | Falklands Conservation

Pbk | 2007 | 095383719X | #175311 | £9.99 approx. $16/€12 add to basket

Plantes, Milieux et Paysages des Antilles Françaises

Ecologie, biologie, identification, protection et usages

Claude Sastre and Anne Breuil

Covers four areas: geography and ecology, species in their habitats, descriptions of species and walking itineraries. ....

666 pages | Col photos | BIOTOPE Parth‚nope

Hbk | 2007 | 2914817061 | #144262 | £55.50 approx. $85/€66 add to basket

Preliminary List of the Cyperaceae in Northeastern Brazil / Lista Preliminar da Familia Cyperaceae na Regiao Nordeste do Brasil

Edited by AC Araujo, E Cesar and D Simpson

Between 2002 and 2004, 1392 Cyperaceae specimens were examined and the information repatriated. This checklist records 191 species in 24 genera, with entries listed ....

56 pages | - | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2007 | 1842462040 | #164967 | £24.99 approx. $39/€30 add to basket

Preliminary List of the Compositae in Northeastern Brazil / Lista Preiminar da Familia Compositae na Regiao Nordeste do Brasil

DJ Nicholas Hind and Elaine B Miranda

A checklist of 486 species, in 143 genera, with entries listed alphabetically and sorted by state, collector and number. The list brings together the results of an examination ....

104 pages | 1 map, 1 tab, 2 graphs | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2008 | 1842462199 | #176022 | £27.99 approx. $43/€34 add to basket

Preliminary List of the Leguminosae in Northeastern Brazil / Lista Preliminar da Familia Leguminoseae na Regiao Nordeste do Brasil

Edgley A Cesar, FS Juchum and GP Lewis

Many legume specimens from Bahia are deposited at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, a large proportion having been added to the collections as a direct result of the ....

209 pages | Figs | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2006 | 1842461427 | #164436 | £31.99 approx. $49/€38 add to basket

Threatened Plants of Central and South Chile

Distribution, Conservation and Propagation

Martin F Gardner et al

Threatened Plants of Central and South Chile is the result of a three year intensive study by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the University of Valdivia of ....

188 pages | Col photos, illus | Edinburgh RBG

Pbk | 2006 | 1872291252 | #161629 | £21.50 approx. $33/€26 add to basket

Tropical Plants of Costa Rica

A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora

Willow Zuchowski

Ranging from miniature epiphytic orchids to towering trees, and from mangrove forests lining coastal waterways to high-elevation cloud forests, Costa Rica's rich and varied ....

532 pages | 540 colour photos, 114 halftones, 56 line drawings | Cornell UP

Hbk | 2007 | 0801445884 | #165578 | £43.95 approx. $67/€53 add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 0801473748 | #165579 | £21.95 approx. $34/€27 add to basket

Tundra to Tropics: The Floristic Plant Geography of North America

Steven P McLaughlin

Floristic elements and floristic areas for North America were circumscribed using principle components analysis (PCA) of a sample of 245 local floras from Canada, the ....

58 pages | maps | Texas Botanical RI

Pbk | 2007 | 1889878170 | #175552 | £31.00 approx. $48/€37 add to basket

Wild Plants of Barbados

Sean Carrington

First published over ten years ago, this fully revised and updated edition now includes several plant species previously unrecorded for Barbados. This book aims to enable the ....

242 pages | Col photos | Macmillan Caribbean

Pbk | 2007 | 1405094079 | #164876 | £8.50 approx. $13/€11 add to basket

 
 
Asia-Pacific
 

Bulbous Plants of Turkey and Iran

A photographic guide

Peter Sheasby

Photo identification guide to over 600 species of bulbous, cormous, tuberous and rhizomatous species found in Turkey, the adjacent Greek Islands and Iran. The ....

280 pages | colour photos | AGS

Pbk | 2007 | 0900048778 | #166045 | £39.00 approx. $60/€47 add to basket

A Catalogue of Type Specimens (Cormophyta) in the Herbaria of China

The Supplement II

Edited by Jin Shuying

This new supplement includes 19 species in 10 families of bryophytes, 195 species in 15 families of ferns, 25 species in 2 families of gymnosperms, and 1250 species in ....

204 pages | - | Science Press

Hbk | 2007 | 7030190769 | #170545 | £40.50 approx. $62/€49 add to basket

The Comprehensive Guide to the Wild Flowers of the United Arab Emirates

Marijcke Jongbloed

Describes 550 wild plants in full detail with another 205 species recorded briefly. The scientific index serves as a checklist of 775 local species in 81 families. ....

576 pages | 1500 colour photos, distrib maps | Marycke Jongbloed

Hbk | 2003 | 9948408241 | #150547 | £50.00 approx. $77/€60 add to basket

Endemic Plants of the Altai Mountain Country

AI Pyak et al

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), under its 'Living Planet Campaign', has identified 200 of the Earth's most biologically outstanding habitats. One of these is the Altai-Sayan ....

368 pages | colour photos, tabs, figs, maps | Wild Guides

Hbk | 2008 | 1903657229 | #172941 | £29.99 approx. $46/€36 add to basket

Etlingera of Borneo

Axel D Poulsen

Borneo is one of the most exciting places to study the richness of plant life on Earth and home to more than 300 ginger species. Etlingera is among the most diverse and ....

263 pages | Col illus, line illus | Natural History Publications

Hbk | 2006 | 9838121177 | #158124 | £47.50 approx. $73/€57 add to basket

Etymological Dictionary of Syrian Flora

Scientific Names and their Etymology Arabic, English and French Names

Moustapha Nehmé

Contains the scientific names of all the plant species reported in Syria, with explanations of their entymologies, as well as the Arabic, English and French names of ....

452 pages | Librairie du Liban

Hbk | 2008 | 9953864101 | #174479 | £37.99 approx. $58/€46 add to basket

Field Guide to Forest Trees of Northern Thailand

S Gardner, P Sidisunthorn, Anusarnsunthorn and V

Covers 430 species with identification keys for all major families and genera. ....

540 pages | 1600 col photos, 330 illus | Asia Books

Pbk | 2000 | 9747799014 | #118553 | £42.99 approx. $66/€51 add to basket

Field Guide to the Palms of New Guinea

William J Baker and John Dransfield

New Guinea is one of the world's greatest palm diversity hotspots. With around 270 species, the island is home to some of the most beautiful and varied palms, many of ....

108 pages | colour photos | Kew RBG

Pbk | 2006 | 1842461389 | #164408 | £19.99 approx. $31/€24 add to basket

Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman

Helen Pickering and Annette Patzelt

Designed for outdoor enthusiasts, the Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman will also be valued by those with more specialised botanical interests. The short introduction ....

281 pages | colour photos, 1 map | Kew RBG

Hbk | 2008 | 184246177X | #175008 | £38.99 approx. $60/€47 add to basket

Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra: Volume 5, Part 1

Edited by TA Cope

This is the second published volume in this series. It is devoted to the grasses and includes accounts of approximately 470 species arranged in 20 tribes, accompanied by ....

408 pages | line drawings, distribution maps | Edinburgh UP

Hbk | 2008 | 0748634576 | #172546 | £195.00 approx. $297/€232 add to basket

Flora of China, Volume 13: Clusiaceae through Araliaceae

Flora of China Editorial Committee

Among the 33 plant families described in this volume are Clusiaceae, the mangosteen and St. John's-wort family, harvested for its wood, resin, fruits, seeds, and horticultural ....

548 pages | - | Missouri BG

Hbk | 2007 | 1930723598 | #039107 | £86.00 approx. $131/€102 add to basket

Flora of China, Volume 12: Hippocastanaceae through Theaceae

Wu Zhengyi, Peter H Raven and Hong Deyuan

Eighteen plant families are described in this volume. Among these, Hippocastanaceae comprises the horse chestnuts and buckeyes; Sapindaceae, the soapberry family, includes ....

534 pages | - | Missouri BG

Hbk | 2007 | 1930723644 | #039106 | £105.00 approx. $160/€125 add to basket

Flora of China, Volume 11: Oxalidaceae through Aceraceae

Wu Zhengyi, Peter H Raven and Hong Deyuan

622 pages | - | Missouri BG

Hbk | 2008 | 1930723733 | #039105 | £109.00 approx. $166/€130 add to basket

Flora of China Illustrations, Volume 14: Apiaceae-Ericaceae

Edited by Wu Zhengyi, Peter H Raven and Hong Deyuan

Companion of the text volume published in 2005, contains plants from the Apiaceae, Cornaceae, Aucubaceae, Helwingiaceae, Mastixiaceae, Toricelliaceae, Diapensiaceae, ....

725 pages | line drawings | Missouri BG

Hbk | 2006 | 1930723512 | #159474 | £104.00 approx. $159/€124 add to basket

Flora of China Illustrations, Volume 22

Poaceae

Edited by Flora of China Editorial Commitee

Both volumes are devoted to just one plant family, the grasses (Poaceae or Gramineae), and no group of plants is of greater economic importance. The Poaceae range from the ....

937 pages | Illus | Missouri BG

Hbk | 2007 | 193072361X | #173264 | £116.00 approx. $177/€138 add to basket

Flowers of the Eastern Mediterranean

Ori Fragman, Ran Levy-Yamamori and Pambos Christodoulou

Covering 530 species, this book provides the first comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the eastern Mediterranean region. Detailed species accounts, accompanied by ....

458 pages | 600 col photos | Gantner

Hbk | 2001 | 3904144278 | #120362 | £57.00 approx. $87/€68 add to basket

Flora of Hong Kong, Volume 1

Edited by Hong Kong Herbarium and South China Botanical Garden

The first volume in the definite Flora of Hong Kong treats 10 families of Gymnosperms and 75 families of Magnoliidae (Dicotyledons). Each species is described in detail with ....

329 pages | line drawings, colour photos, identification keys, maps | AFCD

Hbk | 2007 | 9889825368 | #168131 | £16.95 approx. $26/€21 add to basket

Flora of Hong Kong, Volume 2

Edited by Hong Kong Herbarium and South China Botanical Garden

The Flora of Hong Kong (Volume 2) treats the next 56 families (from Connaraceae to Apiaceae) of native, naturalized and cultivated species occuring in Hong Kong. A review ....

400 pages | colour photos, line drawings | AFCD

Hbk | 2008 | 9889825376 | #168133 | £18.50 approx. $29/€22 add to basket

Flora of the Loess Plateau in Central China

A Field Guide

Edited by Cun-Gen Chen, Anton Fischer, Walter Hermann and Ping-Hou Yang

The Loess Plateau of Central China is a breathtaking landscape with a long cultural history, and with a very rich and spectacular flora. The Flora Loessplateau ....

336 pages | 10 colour plates | IHW Verlag

Hbk | 2007 | 3930167638 | #168758 | £81.00 approx. $124/€97 add to basket

Flora Malesiana, Series 1: Volume 17, Part 1: Moraceae - Genera other than Ficus

CC Berg, EJH Corner and FM Jarrett

154 pages | line drawings | National Herbarium, Neth

Pbk | 2006 | 7071236641 | #134696 | £39.00 approx. $60/€47 add to basket

Flora Malesiana, Series 1: Volume 18: Apocynaceae

(subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae)

DJ Middleton

The family Apocynaceae has recently been much expanded to include the Asclepiadaceae. The Apocynaceae in the traditional sense now comprises two of the five subfamilies: ....

474 pages | 113 figures, 11 dist maps, 1 pollen plate | National Herbarium, Neth

Pbk | 2007 | 907123665X | #159616 | £69.00 approx. $105/€82 add to basket

Flora of Siberia, Volume 12: Solanaceae - Lobeliaceae

Edited by AV Polozhij and GA Peschkova

This volume publishes for the first time specific data for Siberia on taxonomy, chorology, ecological affinity of the species of 13 families of dicotyledonous plants: ....

221 pages | Illus, maps | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | 2007 | 1578081114 | #103050 | £53.20 approx. $81/€64 add to basket

Flora of Siberia, Volume 13: Asteraceae (Compositae)

Edited by IM Krasnoborov

499 pages | Col photos, plates, illus | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | 2007 | 1578081122 | #103051 | £80.60 approx. $123/€96 add to basket

Flora of Siberia, Volume 14: Additions and Corrections; Alphabetical Indexes

Edited by LI Malyshev et al

This represents the concluding volume of the comprehensive compilation on the taxonomy and chronology of the vascular plants of Siberia (Vols.1-13). The present volume covers ....

210 pages | - | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | 2008 | 1578081130 | #103052 | £54.60 approx. $84/€65 add to basket

Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, Volume 2: Crassulaceae - Apiaceae

SA Ghazanfar

The second volume of the Flora of Oman treats 277 taxa in 33 families of flowering plants. In the treatment of each family, keys are provided to genera as well as to all ....

220 pages | distribution maps; colour photos on CD | National BG

Pbk | 2007 | 9072619749 | #173835 | £26.99 approx. $42/€33 add to basket

Flora of Thailand, Volume 8 Part 2: Euphorbiaceae (Genera G-Z)

Peter C van Welzen and Kongkanda Chayamarit

The second and final part of the Euphorbiaceae of Thailand contains some of the larger genera: Mallotus, Phyllanthus, Sauropus, Glochidion and Macaranda. ....

300 pages | 16 colour plates, line drawings | Forest Herbarium

Pbk | 2007 | 9747627434 | #173316 | £72.50 approx. $111/€86 add to basket

Flora of Thailand, Volume 9 Part 2

Cannaceae, Caricaceae, Carlemanniaceae, Costaceae, Cunoniaceae, Heliconiaceae, Iridaceae, Lomandraceae, Marantaceae, Orobanchaceae, Plagiopteraceae, Plantaginaceae, Sabiaceae, Strelitziaceae, Typhaceae

188 pages | 8 colour plates | Forest Herbarium

Pbk | 2008 | #177806 | £51.50 approx. $79/€62 add to basket

Flora of Thailand, Volume 9 Part 3

Fagaceae

Forest Herbarium

Pbk | 2008 | #177807 | £69.99 approx. $107/€84 add to basket

Flora of Thailand, Volume 9 Part 4

Cucurbitaceae

136 pages | 12 coloured plates | Forest Herbarium

Pbk | 2008 | #177808 | £69.99 approx. $107/€84 add to basket

Flora of Turkey (11 Volume Set)

Peter Davis

This monumental series presents the richness and diversity of Turkish flora in nine volumes (1966-85), plus two supplements (1988;2001). It is a major contribution to the ....

7724 pages | Edinburgh UP

Hbk | 2008 | 074863777X | #176646 | £2000.00 approx. $3042/€2372 add to basket

Flowers of the Transcaucasus and Adjacent Areas

Including Armenia, Eastern Turkey, Southern Georgia, Azerbaidjan and Northern Iran

Eleonora Gabrielian and Ori Fragman-Sapir

623 different plant species are described. Most of them are typical to the Transcaucasus region, while some are rare or unique. All of the species are decribed and photographed. ....

416 pages | 650 photos | Gantner

Hbk | 2008 | 3906166341 | #170261 | £79.00 approx. $121/€94 add to basket

Flora Yunnanica, Volume 16: Spermatophyta

Edited by Institutum Botanicum Kunmingense Academiae Sinicae

876 pages | line drwgs | Science Press

Hbk | 2006 | 703014953X | #147197 | £91.00 approx. $139/€108 add to basket

The Genus Psychotria (Rubiaceae) in the Philippine Archipelago

SH Sohmer and AP Davis

The genus Psychotria (Rubiaceae) is probably the world's largest predominately woody genus with perhaps around 2000 species. It has a pantropical distribution and is often a ....

247 pages | b&w photos, line drawings | Texas Botanical RI

Pbk | 2007 | 1889878154 | #163588 | £36.50 approx. $56/€44 add to basket

A Guide to the Alpine and Sub-Alpine Flora of Mt Jaya

R Johns, T Utteridge, H Hopkins and P Edwards

Based on five expeditions to the area by Kew and its Indonesian collaborators, and incorporating records from previous expeditions, A Guide to the Subalpine and Alpine ....

687 pages | 24 pages of colour plates | Kew RBG

Hbk | 2006 | 1842460579 | #153838 | £85.00 approx. $130/€101 add to basket

Guide to Endemic Palms and Screw Pines of the Seychelles Granitic Islands

Denis Matatiken and Didier Dogley

This photographic guide covers the six endimic palms and four screw pines to be found on the granitic islands of the Seychelles. Introduced plants and screw pines which grow on ....

45 pages | colour photos | PCA

Pbk | 2006 | 9993170011 | #162491 | £10.99 approx. $17/€14 add to basket

Higher Plants of China: Volume 2 - Pteridophyta

This book introduces 63 families of PTERIDOPHYTA. ....

825 pages | 157 colour photos | Science Press

Hbk | 2008 | #106526 | £117.00 approx. $178/€139 add to basket

Himalayan Plants Illustrated

Toshio Yoshida

Illustrated guide to the plants of the Himalayas. Contains detailed descriptions in Japanese, and species names in Latin, maps, a bibliography, and an index of Latin names. ....

800 pages | colour photos | Yama-Kei Publishers

Hbk | 2005 | 4635580318 | #155531 | £105.00 approx. $160/€125 add to basket

Hong Kong Poisonous Plants

Mabel WL Chu

Introduces more than 50 species of Hong Kongs' commonly seen poisonous plants in parks and in the wilderness. Half of them are horticultural species and the other half are ....

80 pages | Col photos | Hong Kong Discovery

Pbk | 2007 | 9889717387 | #170796 | £6.50 approx. $10/€8 add to basket

Illustrated Flora of Lebanon

2600 Wild FLowers

Georges Tohmé and Henriette Tohmé

This photographic identification guide describes 2597 plants. Species descriptions include Arabic name, habitat type, description, status. ....

610 pages | colour photos | Librairie du Liban

Hbk | 2007 | 9953010854 | #174480 | £54.99 approx. $84/€66 add to basket

The Mountain Flora of Java

CGGJ Van Steenis

The mountain flora of Java constitutes a unique natural heritage of Indonesia and indeed of the whole world. This is a re-issue of the 1972 edition, with paintings of 456 ....

240 pages | 57 plates, b&w photos | EJ Brill

Hbk | 2006 | 9004153470 | #162010 | £139.00 approx. $212/€165 add to basket

The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies

BH Danser

First published in 1928 in the Bulletin de Jardin de Botanique, Buitenzorg, this vital work has been inaccessible to many enthusiasts of the genus due to the rarity of the ....

206 pages | - | Natural History Publications

Hbk | 2006 | 9838121150 | #160825 | £25.95 approx. $40/€31 add to basket

New Flora of Korea

2 volumes in slipcase

Yong No Lee

Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout, this floristic bible covers all the gymnosperms and angiosperms inhabiting Korea. Written in Chinese it also ....

1237 pages | 3102 col photos | Kyo Hak Sa

Hbk | 2007 | 8909118032 | #174264 | £450.00 approx. $685/€534 add to basket

Plants in Beijing

Wang Xiaoping et al

In this book 461 species of vascular plants in 321 genera, 99 families, which mostly naturally distributed in Beijing are recorded in both description and photograph. Each ....

494 pages | Col photos | Science Press

Pbk | 2008 | 7030215540 | #176653 | £147.00 approx. $224/€175 add to basket

Plants of Central Asia, Volume 13: Plumbaginaceae, Oleaceae, Buddlejaceae, Gentianaceae, Menyanthaceae, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae

VI Grubov

This volume of the illustrated lists of flowering plants of Central Asia (within the People's Republics of China and Mongolia) treats leadwort (Plumbaginaceae), olive ....

149 pages | 4 plates, 5 maps | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | 2007 | 1578084210 | #157872 | £47.60 approx. $73/€57 add to basket

Plants of Central Asia, Volume 14A: Compositae (Anthemideae)

NS Filatova

This volume of the illustrated lists of plants of Central Asia (within the People's Republics of China and Mongolia) treats the tribe Anthemideae of the largest family of ....

176 pages | 6 plates, 8 maps | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | 2007 | 1578084229 | #157871 | £49.30 approx. $75/€59 add to basket

Plants of Mount Emei

Edited by Li Zhen-yu and Shi Lei

This colour book includes 3703 species in 1271 genera, 280 families of higher plants of Mount Emei, which located in Sichuan province, southwest of China. ....

492 pages | 454 col photos | Beijing Science & Tech

Hbk | 2007 | 7530435973 | #175343 | £158.00 approx. $241/€188 add to basket

A Pocket Guide: Gingers of Sarawak

Axel Dalberg Poulsen

Sarawak is one of the most exciting place to study the richness of plant life and home to more than 150 gingers, the majority of which are found only in Borneo. Several ....

102 pages | Col photos | Natural History Publications

Pbk | 2006 | 9838121126 | #158123 | £7.95 approx. $13/€10 add to basket

Poisonous Plants of Pakistan

SH Abid Askari

In Poisonous Plants of Pakistan, the author has collected, in one volume, information about the poisonous plants that can be found in Pakistan, which previously could only be ....

400 pages | 175 illustrations, 1 colour map | OUP

Hbk | NYP 12/2008 | 0195977890 | #173622 | £26.99 approx. $42/€33 add to basket

Rafflesia: Magnificent Flower of Sabah

MS Kamaruddin

Reprint of the 1991 edition. Rafflesia expert Professor Dr Kamarudin Mat Salleh's close connections to Sabah stem ....

48 pages | Col photos | Natural History Publications

Pbk | 2007 | 9838121215 | #168874 | £10.99 approx. $17/€14 add to basket

A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon, Volume 15 Part A

Ferns and Fern-Allies

Edited by MD Dassanayake and Monika Shaffer-Fehre

This volume of the revised flora of Ceylon is published by Science Publishers. ....

310 pages | - | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | 2006 | 1578083842 | #155190 | £50.37 approx. $77/€60 add to basket

A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon, Volume 15 Part B

Ferns and Fern-Allies

Edited by Monika Shaffer-Fehre

Although ferns were not included in Trimen's original five-volume `A Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon', they form a significant part of the vascular flora of the island. A ....

330 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield

Hbk | 2006 | 1578084105 | #156872 | £50.37 approx. $77/€60 add to basket

The Rhododendrons of Sabah: Malaysian Borneo

Edited by G Argent, A Lamb and A Phillipps

This book is the product of many years of fieldwork by the authors. It can be used at three levels. Firstly, it is a comprehensive account of Sabah rhododendrons which can be ....

280 pages | Col photos, illus | Natural History Publications

Hbk | 2007 | 9838121118 | #166928 | £55.00 approx. $84/€66 add to basket

The Wild Flowers of Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim

D Maity and GG Maiti

Presents 260 wild flowers found in the areas of Sikkim, as well as in the Himalayas including Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet. Each species is depicted with one colour photo. The ....

174 pages | Col plates | Naya Udyog

Hbk | 2007 | 8189863002 | #171515 | £65.00 approx. $99/€78 add to basket

Wildflowers of Northern Mongolia

Jamsran Oyumaa and Claudia Rector

Excellent guide to the amazing wildflowers of Mongolia. ....

46 pages | Colour photos | C & C Alaska

Pbk | 2001 | #153667 | £14.99 approx. $23/€18 add to basket

Wild Plants of Guangzhou

Edited by Xing Fu-Wu, Zeng Qing-Wen and Xie Zuo-Zhang

This book introduces 1810 species of wild plants (mainly Tracheophyte) in Guangzhou. The 1810 species are in 220 families, 855 genera. ....

377 pages | 1762 col photos | Guizhou

Hbk | 2007 | 7806626859 | #176036 | £115.00 approx. $175/€137 add to basket

 
 
South Asia
 

Flora of Korea, Volume 1: Pteridophytes & Gymnosperms

Edited by Chong-Wook Park

198 pages | Academy Publishing

Flora of Pakistan, Volume 215: Liliaceae

SI Ali

A family consisting of 11 genera and about 550 species, distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, this volume of Flora of Pakistan covers the 7 genera and 47 species ....

108 pages | line drawings, colour plates | Missouri BG

Pbk | 2007 | #158020 | £17.99 approx. $28/€22 add to basket

The Genera of Vascular Plants of Korea

Edited by Chong-Wook Park

This book is essentially an introduction to 'Flora of Korea', which will be a series of eight volumes, published in 10 parts over the next years. The aim of this volume is to ....

1482 pages | - | Academy Publishing

Hbk | 2007 | 897616380X | #171884 | £250.00 approx. $381/€297 add to basket

The Rhododendrons of Nepal

Rene De Milleville

Comprehensive guide to Nepal's national flower, with chapters on its characteristics, preferred climate, the different types and their names found in Nepal, mean altitude per ....

144 pages | Col photos, figs, tabs, maps | Himal Books

Pbk | 2002 | 9993313238 | #136879 | £20.00 approx. $31/€24 add to basket

Vascular Flora of Ko Hong Hill, Songkla Province, Thailand

JF Maxwell

This flora, the first complete flora of vascular plants to be published for any region of Thailand, contains 637 species with extensive descriptions. Includes a key to 130 ....

472 pages | Line illus | BIOTEC

Pbk | 2006 | #170853 | £15.50 approx. $24/€19 add to basket

 
 
Australasia
 

Eremophila and Allied Genera

A Monograph of the Myoporaceae

RJ Chinnock

This book is the result of thirty years research by Dr R.J.(Bob) Chinnock, the world authority in the family Myoporaceae, in which he has produced a new classification of ....

672 pages | 335 colour plates, 300 maps, 325 line drawings | Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd

Hbk | 2007 | 1877058165 | #160664 | £39.99 approx. $61/€48 add to basket

Eucalypts of the Sydney Region

A Bushwalker's Guide

Gary Leonard

Eucalypts of the Sydney Region describes 77 eucalypt species that are commonly found in the Sydney Basin, between Newcastle in the north and the Shoalhaven and ....

80 pages | illus | UNSWP

Pbk | 2007 | 086840862X | #171529 | £17.95 approx. $28/€22 add to basket

Flora of Australia, Volume 2: Winteraceae to Platanaceae

Edited by Annette JG Wilson

This volume contains accounts of 24 families, including some of the more primitive kinds of flowering plants. Many of the species described are from the rainforests of eastern ....

504 pages | Col plates, line illus, maps | ABRS

Pbk | 2007 | 0643059687 | #067229 | £102.50 approx. $156/€122 add to basket

Flora of New Zealand: Lichens - 2 Volume Set

Including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi

DJ Galloway

This revised identification manual comprises two volumes and supersedes the version published in 1985 and includes for the first time a treatment of lichenicolous fungi, ....

2261 pages | colour plates | Manaaki Whenua Press

Hbk | 2008 | 0478093764 | #174607 | £99.00 approx. $151/€118 add to basket

History of the Australian Vegetation

Cretaceous to the Present

Edited by RS Hill

The Australian vegetation is the end result of a remarkable history of climate change, latitudinal change, continental isolation, soil evolution, interaction with an evolving ....

360 pages | 40 b/w photos, 100 line diagrams, 17 tables | CUP

Pbk | 2007 | 0521039576 | #170526 | £37.99 approx. $58/€46 add to basket

An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand Hebes

Michael Bayly and Alison Kellow

A comprehensive and authoritative guide to the identification, classification and biology of hebes, which are among New Zealand's best known native plants. These ....

388 pages | photos, distribution maps | Papa

Hbk | 2006 | 0909010129 | #166737 | £69.99 approx. $107/€84 add to basket

A Photographic Guide to Alpine Plants of New Zealand

Lawrie Metcalf

This pocket photographic guide showcases the flowers that add so much to the attractions of walking in New Zealand's alpine zone. ....

136 pages | colour photos, distribution maps | New Holland NZ

Pbk | 2007 | 1869661281 | #163058 | £9.99 approx. $16/€12 add to basket

The Plant Life of Western Australia

South of the Tropics

Ludwig Diels

Translated from the German "Die Pflanzenwelt von West-Australien, suedlich des Wendekreises", originally published in 1906. ....

373 pages | 82 figures, 34 photos | Gebrder Borntraeger

Pbk | 2007 | 3443010598 | #177801 | £42.00 approx. $64/€50 add to basket

Wild Flowers of Australia and Oceania

Michael Lavelle

An illustrated guide to the floral diversity of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of the Pacific Ocean, with 255 plant species and 700 botanical illustrations, maps and ....

128 pages | Over 700 maps, illus & photos | Southwater

Pbk | 2008 | 184476544X | #172149 | £8.99 approx. $14/€11 add to basket

 
 
Europe
 

Alpenpflanzen in ihren Lebensräumen

Ein Bestimmungsbuch

Peter Mertz

Introduction to the habitats and vegetation of the alps, with keys, colour photos and chapters covering climate, geology, 28 regions of the alps, 30 walking tours. Covers ....

472 pages | colour photos, diagrams | Paul Haupt Verlag

Pbk | 2008 | 3258071950 | #175304 | £37.50 approx. $58/€45 add to basket

Aquatic Plants in Britain and Ireland

CD Preston and Jane Croft

Over the past 50 years, major changes have taken place in the distribution of aquatic plants in Europe, with many species declining due to habitat loss, change or ....

365 pages | 72 line illus, 200 distribution maps | Harley

Pbk | 2001 | 0946589690 | #125233 | £28.99 approx. $45/€35 add to basket

Arable Plants

A Field Guide

Phil Wilson and Miles King

Concentrates on plants which grow among crops, which have showed the steepest decline of the British flora over the past 25 years. Covers history and includes practical ....

312 pages | 88 col photos, illus | Wild Guides

Hbk | 2003 | 1903657024 | #141224 | £14.99 approx. $23/€18 add to basket

Aromatic and Spicy Plants in Cyprus

From Antiquity to the Present Day

Georgios Hadjikyriakou

This book describes 206 woody, flowering, non-flowering and aromatic and spicy plants (189 species, 26 subspecies and a hybrid). These plants all contain or exude essential ....

441 pages | Illus, col photos | Bank of Cyprus

Hbk | 2007 | 9963428533 | #170175 | £31.50 approx. $48/€38 add to basket

Pbk | 2007 | 9963428525 | #170555 | £26.99 approx. $42/€33 add to basket

Atlas Florae Europaeae, Volume 14

Rosaceae (Alchemilla and Aphanes)

A Kurtto, SE Fröhner and R Lampinen

This is the second of four volumes devoted to the family Rosaceae and consists of only two genera (Achemilla and Aphanes) This is the first time this species has been mapped ....

200 pages | maps | Suomen Biologian

Pbk | 2007 | 9519108157 | #173824 | £90.00 approx. $137/€107 add to basket

Atlas de la Flore Remarquable du Val de Loire

entre le Bec d'Allier et le Bec de Vienne

Ludovic Boudin, Jordane Cordier and Jacques Moret

464 pages | colour photos, distribution maps | Paris MNHN

Pbk | 2007 | 2856536026 | #172079 | £40.50 approx. $62/€49 add to basket

Atlas de la Flore Sauvage du Départment du Loiret

Damien Pujol

This atlas covers 1400 species of plants, with status, colour photo and distribution map for each species. ....

480 pages | BIOTOPE Parth‚nope

Hbk | 2008 | 2914817193 | #172976 | £78.00 approx. $119/€93 add to basket

Atlas y Libro Rojo de la Flora Vascular Amenazada de Espana

Addenda 2006

Edited by A Banares, G Blanca, J Guemes, JC Moreno and S Ortiz

92 pages | Col photos, maps, tabs | OAPN

Pbk | 2007 | 8480147067 | #173452 | £18.99 approx. $29/€23 add to basket

Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East-European Flora

The Carpathian Mountains Region

Vit Bojnansky and Agata Fargasova

The Carpathian flora occurs not only in the Carpathian Mountains, but also in large lowlands extending towards the south, north and east and involves introduced and ....

1046 pages | line drawings | Springer

Hbk | 2007 | 1402053614 | #162569 | £315.50 approx. $480/€375 add to basket

Bildatlas der Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands

Alle 4200 Pflanzen in Text und Bild

Henning Haeupler and Thomas Muer

New edition of the popular photographic guide to the flowering plants of Germany. Covers all 4200 species with text descriptions. ....

784 pages | 4000 col photos | Ulmer Verlag

Hbk | 2000 | 3800133644 | #113103 | £98.00 approx. $150/€117 add to basket

Hbk | 2007 | 3800149907 | #168357 | £68.00 approx. $104/€81 add to basket

Botanical Links in the Atlantic Arc

Edited by SJ Leach et al

Proceedings of an Anglo-Hiberno-French meeting arranged by the Botanical Society of the British Isles, 8th-12th May 2003, Camborne, Cornwall. ....

336 pages | colour photo section, b&w photos, maps, figs | BSBI

Hbk | 2006 | 090115833X | #160115 | £22.99 £13.58 approx. $21/€17 add to basket

British Alpine Hawkweeds

A Monograph of British Hieracium Section Alpina

David Tennant and Tim Rich

The monograph covers every aspect presently known about alpine hawkweeds in Britain, including their identification, locations and conservation in an attempt to promote ....

234 pages | Col photos, illus, figs, tab | BSBI

Pbk | 2008 | 0901158399 | #171216 | £24.99 approx. $39/€30 add to basket

British Plant Communities. Volume 4: Aquatic Communities, Swamps and Tall-herb Fens

Edited by JS Rodwell

Containing 52 community descriptions, there are also introductions to the broad vegetative types, and indices of synonyms for these communities, and the species found ....

283 pages | 10 line illus, 51 tabs, 20 maps | CUP

Pbk | 1995 | 0521627184 | #066813 | £42.99 approx. $66/€51 add to basket

British Plant Communities, Volume 2: Mires and Heaths

Edited by JS Rodwell

Contains sixty community descriptions for these vegetation types, complemented by detailed background data, and keys. ....

628 pages | Illus, tabs, distrib maps | CUP

Hbk | 1991 | 0521391652 | #012800 | £105.99 approx. $162/€126 add to basket

Pbk | 1998 | 0521627206 | #066811 | £42.99 approx. $66/€51 add to basket

British Plant Communities, Volume 3: Grasslands & Montane Communities

Edited by JS Rodwell

Introductions, keys, and community descriptions for Mesotrophic grasslands Calcicolous grasslands, Calcifugous grasslands and montane communities. Index of synonyms to ....

540 pages | Illus, tabs, distrib maps | CUP

Pbk | 1998 | 0521627192 | #066812 | £44.99 approx. $69/€54 add to basket

British Plant Communities, Volume 1: Woodlands and Scrub

Edited by JS Rodwell

First volume in the pioneering series. Contents: sampling of woodland vegetation; data analysis and the description of woodland communities; mixed deciduous and oak birch ....

395 pages | Illus, tabs, distrib maps | CUP

Pbk | 1998 | 0521627214 | #066809 | £37.99 approx. $58/€46 add to basket

British Plant Communities, Volume 5: Maritime Communities and Vegetation of Open Habitats

Edited by John S Rodwell

The book breaks new ground in wedding the rigorous interest in the classification of plant communities that has characterised continental phytosociology with the deep ....

512 pages | 76 line diags, 95 tabs | CUP

Hbk | 2000 | 0521391679 | #017404 | £105.99 approx. $162/€126 add to basket

Pbk | 2000 | 0521644763 | #089725 | £44.99 approx. $69/€54 add to basket

British Water Plants

S Haslam et al

Split into two parts, the first part of the work is in the form of a series of keys incorporating thumbnail sketches to show the meaning of the descriptions used and giving ....

108 pages | Line drawings, figs | FSC

Pbk | 1975 | 1851531076 | #000234 | £6.95 approx. $11/€9 add to basket

Cassell's Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe

Christopher Grey-Wilson and Marjorie Blamey

Unavailable for several years, this classic modern flora (originally The Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe, 1989) has been completely revised and updated ....

544 pages | 7000 col illus | Cassell

Hbk | 2003 | 030436214X | #127169 | £29.99 approx. $46/€36 add to basket

The Caucasus and its Flowers

Vojtech Holubec and Pavel Krivka

This is the first flora of this region to be published in English. It contains stunning photographs and maps; a history of botanical exploration; orography and Geology of the ....

390 pages | Colour & b/w photos, illus, distribution maps | Loxia

Hbk | 2006 | 8090254136 | #164277 | £58.50 approx. $89/€70 add to basket

Change in the British Flora, 1987-2004

ME Braithwaite, RW Ellis and CD Preston

The Local Change report details the results of the Botanical Society of the British Isles' 1987-1988 Monitoring Scheme survey and its repeat in 2003-2004 as part of Local ....

382 pages | Col photos, dist maps | BSBI

Pbk | 2006 | 0901158348 | #160114 | £11.99 approx. $19/€15 add to basket

Collins Complete British Wild Flowers

Paul Sterry

A complete photoguide to all the wild flowers of Britain. There are 1039 main entries, which include wildflowers, shrubs, aquatic plants, grasses, sedges and rushes. A ....

304 pages | Col photos | Harper Collins

Pbk | 2006 | 0007204698 | #152992 | £15.99 approx. $25/€19 add to basket

Collins Complete Guide to British Wild Flowers

A photographic guide to every common species

Paul Sterry

A complete photoguide to all the wild flowers of Britain. There are 1039 main entries, which include wildflowers, shrubs, aquatic plants, grasses, sedges and rushes. A ....

320 pages | colour photos | Harper Collins

Pbk | 2008 | 0007236840 | #172269 | £15.99 approx. $25/€19 add to basket

Collins Scottish Wild Flowers

Michael Scott

Collins Scottish Wild Flowers is the ideal guide for both visitors and residents of Scotland who wish to learn about the fascinating wealth of wild flowers that can be ....

256 pages | colour illus | Harper Collins

Pbk | 2008 | 0007270690 | #170491 | £9.99 approx. $16/€12 add to basket

The Conservation of Lower Plants in Britain and Ireland

NG Hodgetts

A brief introduction to why lower plants should be protected. ....

16 pages | Col photos | JNCC

Pbk | 1993 | 1873701438 | #026088 | £1.95 approx. $3/€3 add to basket

Crete - A Unique Paradise of Flowers / Kreta - Ein einzigartiges Blumenparadies

Johannes Flohe

This book presents the exceptional variety and the outstanding beauty of the Cretan flora in photos as well as in text. Beneath each photo is given the scientific name of ....

182 pages | colour photos | Johannes Flohe

Hbk | 2006 | 3981007751 | #170512 | £21.95 approx. $34/€27 add to basket

Crucifers of Great Britain and Ireland

T Rich

Descriptions and illustrations of some 140 taxa of this, one of the most difficult genera in the British flora. With full keys. ....

334 pages | 111 pp of b/w plates | BSBI

Pbk | 1991 | 0901158208 | #012459 | £12.50 approx. $20/€15 add to basket

Dandelions of Great Britain and Ireland

AA Dudman and AJ Richards

Illus by Olga Stewart. Excellent handbook which covers all the `microspecies' of Taraxacum known to occur in Great Britain and Ireland. Everyone knows what ....

344 pages | Line illus, 179 distribution maps | BSBI

Pbk | 1997 | 0901158259 | #067671 | £17.50 approx. $27/€21 add to basket

Field Flora of the British Isles

Clive Stace

The first modern portable guide for those wishing to identify plants growing in the wild in the British Isles. Based on the author's now standard work, New Flora of the ....

736 pages | 16 b/w illus, 12 figs | CUP

Pbk | 1999 | 0521653150 | #090354 | £25.99 approx. $40/€31 add to basket

Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of Southern Europe

P Davies and B Gibbons

This identification guide describes many of the plants of Spain, Portugal, southern France, Italy and Malta. Over 700 colour photographs, line drawings and clear text ....

320 pages | 700 col photos, 250 line drawings | Crowood Press

Pbk | 1993 | 1852236590 | #024355 | £12.99 approx. $20/€16 add to basket

Fleurs Sauvages de Crète

Vangelis Papiomitoglou

Crete separated from continental Greece about 5,000,000 years ago. This isolation, together with the existence of large mountain massifs which have functioned as ....

204 pages | colour illus | Mediterraneo Editions

Pbk | 2006 | 960822778X | #160378 | £20.50 £12.70 approx. $20/€16 add to basket

Fleurs Sauvages de Grèce

V Papiomitoglou

The location of Greece at the meeting-point of three continents, together with the relief of its terrain which includes a multitude of high mountains and hundreds of ....

264 pages | colour photos | Mediterraneo Editions

Pbk | 2006 | 9608227720 | #159191 | £24.50 £13.89 approx. $22/€17 add to basket

Flora of the Azores

A Field Guide

Hanno Schafer

New enlarged edition of this useful guide, which provides short descriptions for 650 of the about 1200 species of vascular plants found in the islands, including 400 full ....

346 pages | 400 colour photos | Backhuys

Hbk | 2005 | 9057821583 | #154404 | £31.00 approx. $48/€37 add to basket

Flora Alpina English Introduction

David Aeschimann, Konrad Lauber et al

English introduction to the 3-volume set Flora Alpina. ....

48 pages | 5 colour photos, 7 maps, 13 diagrams | Paul Haupt Verlag

Pbk | 2005 | 325806945X | #159503 | £14.99 approx. $23/€18 add to basket

The Flora of Berkshire

Including those Parts of modern Oxfordshire that lie to the South of the River Thames

Michael J Crawley

This comprehensive and timely work by one of Britain's leading plant ecologists is the first of its kind with a dedicated, regularly updated website with distribution maps and ....

1375 pages | colour plates, illus. | Brambleby Books

Hbk | 2005 | 0954334744 | #156993 | £50.00 approx. $77/€60 add to basket

Flora Briofitica Ibérica, Volumen 3

Bryophyta, Bryopsida: Pottiales & Encalyptales

Edited by J Guerra, MJ Cano and RM Ros

The first volume to be published in this new series on the bryophyte flora of Spain. ....

305 pages | line drawings, photos | SEB

Hbk | 2006 | 8460990974 | #159514 | £53.00 approx. $81/€63 add to basket

Flowers of Crete

John Fielding and Nicholas Turland

This is a celebration of an exceptionally rich, yet threatened flora. The largest island in the Greek archipelago, Crete's enchanting landscapes range from rugged mountains to ....

672 pages | 1900 colour photos | Kew RBG

Hbk | 2005 | 184246079X | #151703 | £55.00 approx. $84/€66 add to basket

Flora Corsica

Jacques Gamisans and Daniel Jeanmonod

Identification guide to the flora of Corsica. This book is the result of 30 years research, and the first to cover all the vascular flora of this island. ....

1055 pages | 136 Figs | Edisud

Pbk | 2007 | 274490662X | #166000 | £59.99 approx. $92/€72 add to basket

Flora of the Canary Islands

Pocket Guide

David Bramwell

Pocket guide with 248 colour photos and accompanying notes on the flora of the Canary Islands. ....

220 pages | Col photos | Rueda

Pbk | 1997 | 8472071030 | #095174 | £22.99 approx. $35/€28 add to basket

Flora von Deutschland und Angrenzender Länder

Schmeil-Fitschen

Siegmund Seybold

The most popular flora of Germany and Austria, now in its 93rd edition. ....

863 pages | Line illus | Quelle & Meyer Verlag

Hbk | 2006 | 3494014132 | #177106 | £46.50 approx. $71/€56 add to basket

Flore Forestiere Francaise, Tome 3: Region Mediterranéenne

JC Rameau, D Mansion, G Dume and C Gauberville

The third volume of the Flore Forestiere Francaise describes 845 plant species. ....

2432 pages | IDF

Pbk | 2008 | #020063 | £72.50 approx. $111/€86 add to basket

Flora of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 4: Campanulaceae - Asteraceae

Peter Sell and Gina Murrell

Planned in five volumes, this critical Flora provides a definitive account of the native species, naturalised species, frequent garden escapes and casuals found in the British ....

624 pages | keys, line illustrations, diagrams | CUP

Hbk | 2006 | 0521553385 | #050855 | £129.99 approx. $198/€155 add to basket

Flora of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 3

Mimosaceae - Lentibulariaceae

Peter Sell and Gina Murrell

Planned in five volumes, this critical flora provides a definitive account of the native species, naturalised species, frequent garden escapes and casuals found in the British ....

624 pages | 2 maps | CUP

Hbk | NYP 02/2009 | 0521553377 | #050854 | £129.99 £110.00 approx. $168/€131 add to basket

Flora Graeca Sibthorpiana, Volume 1 and 2

J Sibthorp, F Bauer, A Strid and B Strid

This is, according to the editors, a 'pseudo -facsimile' edition. The original Flora Graeca is in folio format. The plates have been reduced to fit a print area of 16 x 24 ....

165 pages | colour plates | Gantner

Hbk | 2008 | 3906166708 | #174823 | £184.00 approx. $280/€219 add to basket

Flora Hellenica Bibliography

Arne Strid

Second, revised edition listing 13.276 bibliographic references; includes a searchable CD-ROM. ....

650 pages | - | Polish Botany Institute

Hbk | 2006 | 8389648369 | #158133 | £95.00 approx. $145/€113 add to basket

Flora Helvetica: French Edition

Flore Illustree de Suisse

Konrad Lauber and Gerhart Wagner

Includes photos and decriptions of the 3000 species, sub-species and varieties of wild plants living in Switzerland; both ....

1631 pages | 3750 col photos, 3500 maps with 275 page Booklet | Paul Haupt Verlag

Hbk | 2007 | 325807206X | #168145 | £103.00 approx. $157/€123 add to basket

Flora Helvetica: German Edition

Konrad Lauber and Gerhart Wagner

Includes photos and decriptions of the 3000 species, sub-species and varieties of wild plants living in Switzerland; both flowering plants and ferns. As well as indiginous ....

1632 pages | With identification key, 3773 col photos, 2500 distrib maps, drawings | Paul Haupt Verlag

Hbk | 2007 | 3258072051 | #168143 | £95.00 approx. $145/€113 add to basket

Flora Iberica, Volume 21: Smilacaceae - Orchidaceae

Edited by C Aedo and A Herrero

Covers 28 genera, 94 species and 8 sub-species. ....

366 pages | 43 figures, 100 colour photos | CSIC

Hbk | 2005 | 8400083059 | #153547 | £34.50 approx. $53/€41 add to basket

Flora Iberica, Volume 18: Cyperaceae - Pontederiaceae

Edited by S Castroviejo, M Luceno et al

420 pages | line drawings | CSIC

Hbk | 2007 | 8400086244 | #153876 | £37.00 approx. $57/€44 add to basket

Flora Iberica, Volume 15: Rubiaceae to Caprifoliaceae

Edited by JA Devesa, R Gonzalo and A Herrero

448 pages | line drawings | CSIC

Hbk | 2007 | 8400085671 | #153873 | £32.50 approx. $50/€39 add to basket

Flora des Kantons Bern

Vom Jura zum Jungfraumassiv

K Lauber, G Wagner and Andreas Gygax

Completely revised field guide to this Swiss alpine region, covering both flowering and non-flowering plants. ....

1288 pages | 2100 col photos | Paul Haupt Verlag

Pbk | 2006 | 3258070520 | #160100 | £52.00 approx. $80/€62 add to basket

Flora of the Maltese Islands

A Field Guide

Hans Christian Weber and Bernd Kendzior

In this field guide to the wild flowers of the Maltese Islands, more than 600 of the approximately 1000 species of vascular plants found in Malta are considered. The guide ....

384 pages | Full colour illus | Margraf

Hbk | 2006 | 3823614789 | #161041 | £43.00 approx. $66/€51 add to basket

Flora of Russia, Volume X Part A

The European Part and Bordering Regions

Edited by NN Tzvelev

Volume 10A of the series features 19 families of Class Dicotyledones which includes the Ranunculaceae and Rosaceae, families with great economic importance. This volume ....

376 pages | Illus | Balkema

Hbk | 2007 | 9058097609 | #101171 | £140.00 approx. $213/€167 add to basket

A Flora da Serra do Acor (Portugal)

Paulo Cardoso da Silveira

The catalogue of the vascular plant flora presented in this study of the mountain region comprises 781 taxa. One new species is described, and 5 species are identified as new to ....

342 pages | Universidad del Pais Vasco

Pbk | 2007 | #171677 | £36.00 approx. $55/€43 add to basket

Flore de la Suisse et des Territoires Limitrophes

Le Nouveau Binz

D Aeschimann and HM Burdet

Classic pocket identification guide to the vascular flora of Switzerland. ....

602 pages | Line illus | Paul Haupt Verlag

Pbk | 2005 | 3258074186 | #177532 | £32.50 approx. $50/€39 add to basket

Flowers of Turkey

A Photo Guide

Gerhard Pils

The first plant guide in colour for the whole area of the Turkish Republic. Covers 4153 species of ferns and flowering plants. ....

448 pages | 408 Col plates | Gerhard Pils

Hbk | 2006 | #164859 | £59.95 approx. $92/€72 add to basket

Flora Vegetativa

Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Pflanzen der Schweiz im blütenlosen Zustand

Stefan/Möhl, Adrian Eggenberg

Identification guide to 2130 plant species in Switzerland. This unique guide allows the identification of plants throughout the year, even when they are not in flower. ....

680 pages | more than 3000 illus | Paul Haupt Verlag

Pbk | 2007 | 3258071799 | #164374 | £48.00 approx. $74/€57 add to basket

Guide des Fleurs de Montagne

Alpes, Pyrenees, Vosges, Jura, Massif Central

Christopher Grey-Wilson and Marjorie Blamey

Popular guide to 1600 flowers found in the mountainous regions of Europe. ....

384 pages | Col plates, b/w illus, maps | Delachaux et Niestle

Hbk | 2006 | 2603013696 | #158558 | £30.50 approx. $47/€37 add to basket

Guide to Grassland Plants 1

Mavis Gulliver and Richard Gulliver

Contains illustrations of common grassland plants, other than those occurring on chalk or limestone. The key is based on leaf characteristics so that plants can be identified ....

10 pages | 64 col & 23 b/w illus | FSC

Unbound | 2002 | #133456 | £3.50 approx. $6/€5 add to basket

Guide to Grassland Plants 2: Chalk and Limestone

Anne Bebbington and Carol Roberts

Guide to grassland plants 2 covers plants commonly found on lowland chalk and limestone soils. The 12 page chart has clear colour illustrations of sixty-three of the plants and ....

12 pages | colour illus | FSC

Unbound | 2005 | 1851532919 | #157201 | £3.50 approx. $6/€5 add to basket

Guide to the Saltmarsh Plants of Britain

J Oldham and C Roberts

Useful key, arranged to reflect the general pattern of zonation in most saltmarshes. ....

8 pages | Col illus, fold-out chart | FSC

Unbound | 1999 | #141378 | £2.75 approx. $5/€4 add to basket

Heukels' Interactive Flora van Nederland 2.0 (DVD ROM)

R van der Meijden

Heukels' Interactieve Flora van Nederland version 2.0 is based on the 23rd edition of the book "Heukels' Flora van Nederland" by R. van der Meijden (2005). Heukels' Flora is ....

- | ETI

DVD-ROM | 2007 | 9075000898 | #174372 | £29.32 approx. $45/€35 add to basket

Illustrations of Alien Plants of the British Isles

EJ Clement, DPJ Smith and IR Thirlwell

This BSBI volume on alien plants of the British Isles fills a long-standing gap. The 444 full page black and white illustrations will be indispensable to naturalists, ecologists ....

466 pages | 444 full page plates [b/w drawings] | BSBI

Pbk | 2005 | 0901158321 | #153664 | £18.75 approx. $29/€23 add to basket

An Illustrated Flora of North Cyprus, Volume 2

Sedges, Grasses and Ferns

DE Viney

Second volume in this key flora, covering the pteridophytes and monocotyledons. While covering only the northern area of the island, 75% of the islands total flora is ....

187 pages | 168 line drawings | Gantner

Pbk | 1996 | 3904144049 | #054412 | £27.50 approx. $42/€33 add to basket

An Illustrated Guide to British Upland Vegetation

A Averis, B Averis, J Birks, D Horsfield, D Thompson and M Yeo

The first single, comprehensive book on plant communities in the British uplands, bringing together all the upland communities described in the National Vegetation ....

454 pages | Figs, maps, b/w illus | JNCC

Pbk | 2004 | 1861075537 | #143741 | £25.00 approx. $39/€30 add to basket

Interactive Flora of the British Isles: DVD ROM

A Digital Encyclopedia

CA Stace, R Van der Meijden and I De Kort

This interactive multimedia DVD ROM, compiled from authoritative sources, presents an overview of the entire flora of the British Isles. It encompasses more than 3500 taxa ....

2000 drawings, 6500 col photos | ETI

DVD-ROM | 2004 | 9075000693 | #146930 | £39.17 approx. $60/€47 add to basket

Island of Flowers

A Seasonal Guide to Wild Flowers of the Wight

Judith Hammer

This is a personal gathering of some 200 flowers and fruits. They are not grouped into families but roughly in order of flowering throughout the year. Their identification has ....

104 pages | 46 colour illustrations | Ampersand Publishing

Pbk | 2008 | 0955635411 | #176490 | £17.50 approx. $27/€21 add to basket

Key to Identifying Common Grasses

L Merrick

A double sided key for identifying common grasses. Identification is the shape of the flower head, spikelet and ligule. Diagrams explain all of these features. ....

4 pages | A3 Laminated | Gatekeeper

Unbound | | #175868 | £2.50 approx. $4/€3 add to basket

Key to Plants Common on Moorlands: Bogs, Wet Heath, Dry Heath and Moorland

Cory Jones

Illustrated key to 36 plants commonly found on British Moorlands. Arranged according to 4 habitat types: bog, wet heath, dry heath, and woodland. Identification is based on ....

8 pages | Laminated concertina style, col and b/w illus | FSC

Unbound | 1998 | #082626 | £2.75 approx. $5/€4 add to basket

Key to Plants Common in Woodlands

Richard Gulliver and Mavis Gulliver

Concentrates on the most common plants in woodland, and bases the identification around leaf characteristics, so that plants can be identified when not in flower. Colour ....

8 pages | 8 page concertina style, col and b/w illus | FSC

Unbound | 1998 | 1851538607 | #087618 | £2.75 approx. $5/€4 add to basket

Madeira: Plants and Flowers

Luiz de O Franquinho and Antonio da Costa

Contains colour photographs of main species. ....

436 pages | Col photos | Ribeiro

Hbk | 2002 | 9729177376 | #158860 | £29.99 approx. $46/€36 add to basket

Mediterranean Wildflowers

A Unique Photographic Guide to Mediterranean Wild Flowers

Neil Fletcher

Lists over 320 species of wild flowers in the Western Mediterranean. This manual includes in-situ photographs and notes which help you identify wild flowers in the ....

224 pages | colour illus | Dorling Kindersley

Pbk | 2007 | 1405318139 | #165583 | £9.99 approx. $16/€12 add to basket

A New Key to Wild Flowers

John Hayward

This is a 2004 reprint by the Field Studies Council of the title originally published by Cambridge University Press. An essential reference for field botanists, ecologists and ....

278 pages | Line figs | FSC

Spiralbound | 1995 | 1851532854 | #154039 | £16.95 approx. $26/€21 add to basket

Ombellifères de France

Jean-Pierre Reduron

Treats all 356 species of umbelliferes found in France. Includes detailed information on taxonomy, status, biology, ecology, and chemical composition for each species. ....

564 pages | colour photos, b&w illus | SBCO

2007 | #166849 | £59.00 approx. $90/€70 add to basket

Die Pflanzen der östlichen Ägäis, inklusive Kreta und Zypern

Walter Strasser

Field guide to 3000 plants of the islands of Crete, Cyprus, Rhodes, Lesbos, Chios, Samos and Kos. ....

270 pages | 96 colour photos, 900 line drawings | Gantner

Pbk | 2006 | 3906166325 | #157599 | £29.99 approx. $46/€36 add to basket

Philip's Guide to Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe

Bob Gibbons and Peter Brough

"Philip's Guide to Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe" begins with a valuable introduction to wild flowers, with detailed text and artwork on structure, reproduction, ....

376 pages | colour illus, maps | Philip's

Pbk | 2008 | 0540090204 | #173074 | £9.99 approx. $16/€12 add to basket

Philip's Mini Guide to Wild Flowers

Bob Gibbons and Peter Brough

A new small-format field guide to 250 of the most commonly found wild flowers in Northern Europe, with particular emphasis on those species found in Ireland and the ....

272 pages | Illus | Philip's

Pbk | NYP 03/2009 | 0540092851 | #173873 | £4.99 approx. $8/€6 add to basket

Philip's Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe

Bob Gibbons and Peter Brough

One of the most comprehensive collections of colour photographs of European plants (including many species of tree) ever published, the "Philip's Photographic Guide to ....

368 pages | Col photos, illus, maps | Philip's

Hbk | 2007 | 0540089826 | #168919 | £24.99 approx. $39/€30 add to basket

PLANTATT: Attributes of British and Irish Plants

Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats

MO Hill, CD Preston and DB Roy

In 2002, the publication of the New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora, together with results of a companion project to analyse change has allowed the completion of this ....

73 pages | Tabs | CEH

Pbk | 2004 | 1870393740 | #153341 | £5.99 approx. $10/€8 add to basket

Plants of the Balearic Islands

Anthony Bonner

Excellent new editiion of this indispensable pocket guide to the marvellous flora of Majorca and the other Balearic islands. ....

148 pages | 20 colour photos, & b/w photos | Moll

Pbk | 2005 | 8427308744 | #152510 | £14.99 approx. $23/€18 add to basket

Plant Crib 1998

TCG Rich and AC Jermy

Compendium of information designed to help with the recording and identification of British and Irish plants for Atlas 2000. It aims to augment the coverage of taxa ....

391 pages | Illus, tabs | BSBI

Pbk | 1998 | 0901158283 | #082033 | £18.75 approx. $29/€23 add to basket

Playing Field Plants

Rebecca Farley and Carol Roberts

Playing fields and sports grounds aren't just for sport; they can also be a great place for science investigations. This foldout chart is the first in the new series of FSC ....

8 pages | Fold-out | FSC

Unbound | 2005 | 1851532935 | #157202 | £2.75 approx. $5/€4 add to basket

Poisonous Plants in Britain

A Celebration

Chris Howkins

Reviews plants that contain toxins that affect man and beast. It is unusual for including crops and foods, house and garden plants, rather than just the wild flowers. ....

112 pages | line drawings | Christopher Howkins

Hbk | 2006 | 1901087611 | #162807 | £19.99 £11.81 approx. $18/€15 add to basket

Pbk | 2006 | 1901087603 | #162941 | £14.99 approx. $23/€18 add to basket

Rare Plants of Shetland

Walter Scott, Paul Harvey, Roger Riddington and Morag Fisher

Provides an up-to-date account of 138 of Shetland's rarest plants. Their distribution in Shetland is mapped, and current population status described, including details of the ....

166 pages | Col photos, maps | SBRC

Hbk | 2003 | 0954324609 | #138956 | £21.75 approx. $34/€26 add to basket

Rare Plants of Shropshire

Alex J Lockton and Sarah J Whild

Excellent third edition on the rare wild plants of Shropshire, an English county where wildlife is flourishing more than elsewhere in the UK, and which has a range of ....

127 pages | 7 line drawings | Shropshire BS

Pbk | 2005 | 0953093719 | #104509 | £13.99 approx. $22/€17 add to basket

Rothmaler - Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3

Gefässpflanzen: Atlasband

Edited by Eckehart J Jäger and Klaus Werner

753 pages | 2814 b&w illus | Spektrum

Hbk | 2007 | 3827418429 | #165084 | £25.99 approx. $40/€31 add to basket

Rothmaler - Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 5

Krautige Zier- und Nutzpflanzen

Edited by Eckehart J Jager, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt and Gerd K Muller

Covers 3500 species of cultivated plants. ....

880 pages | line drawings | Spektrum

Hbk | 2008 | 3827409187 | #174669 | £31.99 approx. $49/€38 add to basket

Structure and Dynamics of Alvar Vegetation on Oland and Some Related Dry Grasslands

Edited by E van der Maarel

94 pages | Opulus Press

Pbk | 2007 | 9172104880 | #175807 | £71.00 approx. $108/€85 add to basket

Svensk Fältflora

Bo Mossberg and Lennart Stenberg

Well-illustrated field guide to Sweden's flora. ....

316 pages | Col illus, maps, line illus | Wahlstr”m & Widstrand

Pbk | 2006 | 9146213368 | #169534 | £26.50 approx. $41/€32 add to basket

Taschenlexikon der Mittelmeerflora

Ein botanisch-okologischer Exkursionsbegleiter zu den wichtigsten Arten

Ruprecht Düll and Irene Düll

Photo identification guide to 350 plant species in the Mediterranean. ....

396 pages | colour photos | Quelle & Meyer Verlag

Hbk | 2007 | 3494014264 | #173033 | £38.50 approx. $59/€46 add to basket

Umbellifers of the British Isles

TG Tutin

Classic handbook to 73 species of British Umbelliferae. ....

197 pages | Line illus | BSBI

Pbk | 1980 | 090115802X | #001591 | £9.99 approx. $16/€12 add to basket

Die Vegetation Europas

Wiesen und Weiden und Andere Offenland-Vegetationen der Schweiz und Europas

Frank Klotzli et al

500 pages | Ott

Pbk | 2008 | 3722567912 | #144884 | £40.00 approx. $61/€48 add to basket

Walks with Crete's Spring Flowers

Jeff Collman

Lively personal account of botanical walks (mainly from Loutro and Paleohora) which the author has conducted for the last 10 years, with much practical advice. The island's ....

190 pages | Col photos throughout | Beechwood Press

Hbk | 2003 | 0954598806 | #144177 | £25.00 approx. $39/€30 add to basket

Die Wälder und Gebüsche Osterreichs (2 Volume Set)

Ein Bestimmungswerk Mit Tabellen

Wolfgang Willner and Georg Grabherr

Deals with the taxonomy of all trees and shrubs in Austria. The text volume contains identification keys and more than 150 species accounts with detailed information on ....

592 pages | 4 b&w illus, 2 colour illus, tabs | Spektrum

Hbk | 2007 | 3827418925 | #166971 | £35.50 approx. $54/€43 add to basket

The Wildflowers of Britain and Ireland

Charles Coates

This book offers a completely new quick and easy way to identify almost any wildflower you may come across in Britain or Ireland. It is unique in the simplicity of its method ....

384 pages | colour line drawings | Frances Lincoln

Pbk | 2008 | 0711228752 | #175604 | £14.99 approx. $23/€18 add to basket

Wildflowers of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

David Chapman

This handy photo identification guide describes over 300 species, with 240 colour photographs, and a brief list of sites to visit. Each species account includes ....

104 pages | colour photos | Alison Hodge

Pbk | 2008 | 0906720648 | #173424 | £9.99 approx. $16/€12 add to basket

Wild Flowers

Reader's Digest Wild Britain

Discover the rich tapestry of wild flowers that is woven into the landscape of the British Isles with this handy new spotter's guide as your expert companion. Whether your ....

416 pages | Over 300 col photos | Reader's Digest

Pbk | 2007 | 027644213X | #168140 | £7.99 approx. $13/€10 add to basket

Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe

Margot Spohn and Roland Spohn

Buy any two of the books belonging to Black's Nature Guide series and get the third free! Order all three and NHBS will remove the price of the third when processing your ....

320 pages | Photos and illus | A & C Black

Pbk | 2008 | 140810153X | #170923 | £9.99 approx. $16/€12 add to basket

The Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland

The Complete Guide to the British and Irish Flora

Marjorie Blamey, Richard Fitter and Alastair Fitter

Fully illustrated and mapped guide to the British and Irish flora. Its restriction to the British Isles alone allows for more detail, more local information, easier ....

512 pages | 5000 col illus, 1600 maps | A & C Black

Pbk | 2003 | 0713659440 | #116119 | £16.99 approx. $26/€21 add to basket

Wild Flowers of Crete

Vangelis Papiomitoglou

Crete separated from continental Greece about 5,000,000 years ago. This isolation, together with the existence of large mountain massifs which have functioned as ....

204 pages | colour illus | Mediterraneo Editions

Pbk | 2006 | 9608227771 | #160377 | £29.99 approx. $46/€36 add to basket

Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands

David Bramwell and Zoe Bramwell

The Canary Islands boast one of the richest and most unique floras in the world. This is the only book that covers all of the 650 species endemic to the islands, as well as all ....

437 pages | 616 col photos, 150 col illus, maps | Rueda

Pbk | 2001 | 8472071294 | #126060 | £43.99 approx. $67/€53 add to basket

Wild Flowers of Greece

Vangelis Papiomitoglou

The location of Greece at the meeting-point of three continents, together with the relief of its terrain which includes a multitude of high mountains and hundreds of ....

264 pages | colour photos | Mediterraneo Editions

Pbk | 2006 | 9608227747 | #159190 | £33.00 approx. $51/€40 add to basket

The Wild Flower Key

How to identify wild flowers, trees and shrubs in Britain and Ireland

Francis Rose and Clare O'Reilly

Revised and expanded edition of this essential guide with full keys to more than 1600 wild plants found in Britain and Ireland. ....

480 pages | Col plates, line illus | Warne Books

Pbk | 2006 | 0723251754 | #143162 | £19.99 approx. $31/€24 add to basket

Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean

Marjorie Blamey and Christopher Grey-Wilson

This book is the standard field guide to the flowers, fruit trees, grasses and ferns found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean. It covers the following countries: ....

560 pages | 1500 col and 1200 b/w illus | A & C Black

Pbk | 2004 | 0713670150 | #146204 | £16.99 approx. $26/€21 add to basket

Wild Flowers of Tenerife: Identification Guide

Illustrated Map and Book

Luca de Saa and Lazaro Sanchez-Pinto

20 pages | Col illus | Turquesa Publicaciones

Map | 1996 | 8492063149 | #118440 | £11.50 approx. $18/€14 add to basket

Wild Flowers and Where to Find Them in the Chilterns

Laurie Fallows and Gay Fallows

This handy paperback gives straightforward details of the identification, habitat, folklore, and culinary and medicinal use of all the common wild flowers of the Greater ....

160 pages | Maps, col photos, figs | Frances Lincoln

Pbk | 2007 | 0711227802 | #165584 | £7.99 approx. $13/€10 add to basket

Wild Plants of the Burren and the Aran Islands

Charles Nelson

The Burren and the Aran Islands are renowned worldwide for their beautiful wild flowers and plants. Charles Nelson has selected 136, the most widely occurring plus a number of ....

160 pages | Col photos, maps | Collins Press

Pbk | 2008 | 1905172672 | #173468 | £11.99 approx. $19/€15 add to basket

Wonderful Wildflowers of Wales - 4 Volume Set

Pat O'Reilly and Sue Parker

Includes the following volumes: Volume 1: Woodland and Waysides ....

264 pages | 4 volumes, col illus | First Nature

Pbk | 2006 | #165490 | £22.95 approx. $35/€28 add to basket

 
 
Polar
 

Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

SG Aiken, MJ Dallwitz, LL Consaul, CL McJannet, RL Boles et al

This CD contains a comprehensive guide to the 357 ferns and flowering plants of the Canadian Arctic Islands, featuring detailed morphological descriptions, distribution ....

3000 col photos | NRC

CD | 2007 | 0660197278 | #171738 | £19.92 approx. $31/€24 add to basket

Flora of Svalbard

Olaf I Ronning

Svalbard is the collective name for all islands situated between longitudes 10~ and 35~ E, and latitudes 74~ and 81~ N. This ....

184 pages | Col photos, line illus, 2 maps | Norsk Polarinstitutt

Hbk | 1996 | 8276661009 | #062170 | £26.50 approx. $41/€32 add to basket