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Identification Guides
 
Blamey, M, Grey-Wilson, C, 1989. The Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe, Hodder and Stoughton; Botanical Society of the British Isles Handbooks:

No 1: Sedges of the British Isles, A C Jermy, A O Chater, R W David, 1982
No 2: Umbellifers ed A C Tutin, 1997
No 3: Docks and Knotweeds
No 4: Willows and Poplars
No 5: Charophytes of GB and Ireland, Moore, 1988
No 6: Crucifers, T C G Rich, 1991
No 7: Roses of GB and Ireland, Graham, 1993
No 8: Pondweeds of GB and Ireland, C Preston, 1995
No 9: Dandelions of GB and Ireland, A A Dodman and A J Richards, 1997 Alien plants, E Clement
 

Clapham A R, Tutin T G and Warburg E F, 1987. Flora of the British Isles, 3rd edn. Cambridge University Press.

Clapham A R, Tutin T G and Warburg E F, 1979. Excursion flora, Cambridge University Press.

Fitter R, Fitter A, Blamey M, 1974. The Wild flowers of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins.

Haslam et al, 1986. British Water Plants.

Hayward, J, 1995. A new Key to wild flowers, revised edn. Cambridge University Press.

Jermy A C, Camus, Edwards, 1991. The Illustrated Field guide to ferns and allied plants of the British Isles, BMNH.

Johns, 1996. Ferns, mosses and lichens of Britain and Northern and Central Europe, Harper Collins.

Keble-Martin, W Revd, 1974. The Concise British Flora in Colour, Ebury Press and Michael Joseph.

Keizer, G J, 1997. Encyclopaedia of fungi.

Merryweather/Hill, 1995. The Fern Guide: a field guide to the ferns, clubmosses, quillworts and horsetails of the British Isles, 2nd edn.

Paton, J, 1999. The Liverwort flora of the British Isles.

Plunin O, 1997. Flowers of Europe, Oxford University Press.

Rich T C G, Jermy C, 1998. Plant crib, BSBI, London.

Rose F, 1981, The Wild Flower Key, Frederick Warne.

Stace, C, 1997. New Flora of the British Isles, 2nd edn, Cambridge University Press.

Streeter, D, Garrard, I, 1983. The Wild Flowers of the British Isles, Midsummer Books Ltd.

Tutin T G ed, 1964-80. Flora europea Vols I to V, Cambridge University Press.

Wigginton M J, Graham G G, 1981. Guide to the identification of some difficult plant groups, Nature Conservancy Council.

Distribution and status
 

Cerovsky, J, 1995. Endangered Plants: A comprehensive illustrated guide to the conservation of flowers, treees and shrubs, Sunburst Books, London.

Fittter A, 1978. An Atlas of the Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins.

Hill, Preston, Smith, 1991-4. Bryophytes of Britain and Ireland, Vol 1: Liverworts; Vol 2 Mosses; Vol 3: Mosses, Harley.

Lucas, Synge, 1980. Plant Red Data Book, IUCN.

Perring F H, Walters, S M eds, 1976. Atlas of the British Flora, BSBI.

Perring, F H, Sell P D, 1978. A Critical Supplement to the Atlas of the British flora, BSBI, E P Publishing Ltd.

Stewart, A, Pearman, D A , Preston C D, 1994. Scarce plants in Britain, JNCC, Peterborough.

Wigginton, M, 1999. The British Red Data Book I: Vascular plants, 3rd edn, JNCC.

Background, history and customs

 

Allen, D E , 1986. The Botanists: A history of the BSBI through a hundred and fifity years, St Pauls bibliographies, Winchester.

Attenborough, D, 1995. The Private Life of Plants, BBC books.

Gilmour J, Walters, M, 1955. Wild flowers, botanising in Britain, Collins New Naturalist Library, London.

Gledhill, D, 1989. The names of plants, Cambridge University Press.

Goodwin, H E, 1975. History of the British Flora, 2nd edn. Cambridge.

Grieve, M. 1976. A Modern Herbal, Penguin.

Grigson, Geoffrey, 1958. The Englishman's Flora, Paladin.

Harrison, S G, Masefield, G B, Wallis M, Nicholson, B E, 1969. The Illustrated Book of Food Plants, Oxford University Press.

Ingrouille, M, 1995. Historical ecology of the British Flora, Chapman and Hall, London.

Mabey, R, 1996. Flora Britannica, Sinclair-Stevenson.

Marren, P, 1999. Britain's rare flowers. T and A D Poyser.

Pennington, W, 1969. The History of British Vegetation, English Universities Press.

Roles S J, 1957, 60, 63, 65 Vols I-IV, Line drawings of the species mentioned in Flora of the British Isles by CTW, Cambridge University Press.

Ross-Craig, S, 1948-74. Drawings of British plants.

Synge, H, ed 1981. The biological aspects of rare plant conservation, Wiley, Chichester.

Tansley, A G, 1968. Britain's Green Mantle, 2nd edn. Allen & Unwin.

Tansley, A G, 1939. The British Islands and their Vegetation, Cambridge.

Taylor, M B M, 1996. Wildlife Crime, A guide to wildlife law enforcement in the UK, HMSO, London.

Vickery, R, 1995. A Dictionary of Plant-lore, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Webb, D, 1967. An Irish flora.

Young, A, 1945. A prospect of flowers, Jonathan Cape, London.

Young, A, 1950, A retrospect of flowers, Jonathan Cape, London.

Species and habitats
 

BSBI Handbook: Alien plants of the British Isles, E C Clement, M C Foster, 1995.

Brookes, J, 1948. The Military Orchid, Bodley Head.

Duff, E et al, 1974. Grassland Ecology and wildlife management, Chapman and Hall.

Fisher J, 1991. A colour guide to rare wild flowers, Constable.

Hepburn, I, 1952. Flowers of the coast, Collins New Naturalist Library, London.

Hodgetts, N, 1992. Cladonia: a field guide, JNCC.

Hubbard, C E, revised J C E Hubbard, 1982. Grasses, 3rd edn. pelican.

Jefferson R, et al, eds, 1999. Grassland management handbook, 2nd edn. English Nature and Wildlife Trusts, Peterborough.

Lang, D, 1980. Orchids of Britain, Oxford University Press.

Lousley, J E, 1950. Wild flowers of the chalk and limestone, Collins New Naturalist Library, London.

Page, C, 1988. Ferns, their habitats in the British and Irish landscapes, Collins New Naturalist Library, London.

Page, C, 1997. The ferns of Britain and Ireland, 2nd edn. Cambridge University Press.

Phillips, R, 1980. Grasses, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland, Pan.

Wild flowers of Britain, Pan Books.

Trees in Britain, Europe and North America, Pan Books.

Pollar, Hooper and Moore, 1974. Hedges, Collins.

Preston, C D, Croft, J M, 1997. Aquatic plants in Britain and Ireland, Harley Books, Colchester.

Rackham, O, 1976. Trees and Woodland in the British landscape, Dent.

Rackham, O, 1980. Ancient woodland: its history, vegetation and uses in England, Edward Arnold, London.

Raven, J, Walters, M, 1956. Mountain flowers, Collins New Naturalist Library, London.

Rodwell, J S, ed 1991-1999. British plant communities, Vol I: Woodlands and Scrub; Vol 2: Mires and heaths; Vol 3: Grasslands and montane communities; Vol 4: Aquatic communities, samps and tall herb fens; Vol 5: Maritime and weed communities.

Salisbury, E J, 1961. Weeds and aliens, Collins New Naturalist Library, London.

Summerhayes, V S, 1968. Wild Orchids of Britain, Collins.

Tanner J and R, 1981. Woodland plants, Impact books.

Verner, Y, 1998. Creating a Flower Meadow, Green books.

Wilson, P J, 1990. The ecology and conservation of rare arable weed species and communities. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Southampton.

Wilson, P J, Sotherton, N, 1994. Field guide to Rare Arable Flowers, Game Conservancy Trust.

 
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