Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland: 2nd Edition - Softcover

A wonderful guide and a labour of love. Every home should have one. * Alan Titchmarsh * A truly fantastic flora * David Bellamy * This outstanding field guide is a real joy to use. * Adrian Lovatt, The Eden Project * Simply stupendous, both in its coverage and in the good and often radical ideas to crack plant identification problems. It is a breathtaking achievement... a crowning glory of a field guide. * Plantlife * A wonderful guide. Clear, relevant and accessible writing is combined with beautiful paintings and excellent maps... An essential tool. * Tony Juniper, Friends of the Earth * Exquisitely illustrated... Her flowers are so lifelike you can almost smell them on the page. Yet for all its encyclopedic content, it can easily be carried in the pocket and is incredibly user-friendly. * Sunday Express * It certainly remains the most visually attractive and comprehensive...illustrated companion to British and Irish flora. * Gardens Illustrated * Beautifully illustrated...this book is easy to carry in a pocket and very user-friendly. * English Garden *

The is the first fully-illustrated and fully-mapped guide to the British and Irish flora, covering more than 1900 species. Its restriction to the British Isles alone allows far more detail and more local information, and identification is made easier with the inclusion of maps for most species. Specific details about plants appearing in certain areas and accurate maps are designed to make location and identification easy, and this book also includes details of local specialities for the Isles of Scilly. Also featured is an illustrated survey of recently disappeared British and Irish plants, some of which may return. With over 5000 detailed colour paintings and more than 1600 maps, this is the most extensively illustrated wild flower guide to Britain and Ireland yet. Coloured, boxed keys to plants in complex or difficult groups are provided to assist identification. The Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland also features information about grasses, which are often omitted in other, shorter books, along with sedges, rushes, horsetails and clubmosses. Ferns, though not strictly speaking flowering plants, are also included. This new edition is fully revised to take into account recent taxonomic changes, as well as changes in status and distribution.