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The Concise Flowers of Europe
Plant lovers, botanists, and trained naturalists alike will welcome this valuable field companion to the flowers of Britain and Europe. Designed for quick and easy plant identification, the guide identifies over 1,000 flowers by plant type and color. Simple marginal symbols and a key at the back of the book show at a glance flower shape, habitat, and distribution. Nearly 2,000 color photographs enhance the text and permit easy identification of all the plants described. The common English names of plants as well as the scientific Latin names are provided, and a fully illustrated glossary of botanical terms rounds out this invaluable reference source. With or without a specialist's knowledge, users will consult The Concise Guide to the Flowers of Britain and Europe with pleasure and have at their fingertips a clear and accessible flower guide to accompany their travels.
World who is who and Does what in Environment & Conservation
Full addresses with telephone and fax numbers are provided. Cross-referenced indexes list entrants by speciality and by country or major state, so that users can readily identify individuals in any given field and in any geographical location.
Flowers of Europe
Flowers of Europe describes 2800 of the most common and interesting wild flowers to be found growing in Europe. For over 1900 of these species, the book provides detailed descriptions, their distribution across the continent, and their uses as poisons, dyes, foodstuffs, or medicines. It also includes keys to the families and genera. The book's outstanding feature is its 192 pages of color plates containing roughly 1000 beautiful photographs of flowering plants in their natural settings. Line drawings are used to illustrate a further 280 species. Beginners in plant identification will appreciate the illustrated glossary of botanical terms. Equally useful are the lists of the names of well-kno...
Concise Flowers of the Himalaya
This concise edition features all of the illustrations contained in the definitive parent volume, with abbreviated descriptions, mostly of the illustrated species.
Flowers of Greece and the Balkans
Almost 3,000 species of flowering plants are named or described and keyed in this, the third of Oleg Polunin's guides to the flowers of Europe. It describes the 16 richest plant hunting areas from the author's experience travelling in the area.
Flowers of the Himalaya
This is the first book of its kind, helping readers to identify the wild flowers of the Himalaya, from Kashmir to Ladakh to the Nepal-Sikkim border in the east. The authors describe some 1500 species found mostly in the upper valleys, hills, and higher mountainous regions. The book includes over 690 color photographs of plants taken in the field, and hundreds of line drawings. It details where to go plant-hunting and at what seasons of the year. Also included are brief descriptions of types of climate, geology, soils, altitude effects, and the effects of people and animals on the vegetation of the region.
