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Arable Plants - a field guide
By Phil Wilson and Miles King
(interactive version)
This website is a fully interactive, searchable version of the book; ARABLE PLANTS - a field guide, published jointly by English Nature and WILDGuides
This site concentrates on the group of plants showing the steepest decline of the British flora over the last 25 years, those plants which grow among the crops.
- Its easy-to-use format is designed to enable people to identify these species whether they are a beginner or an expert.
- The text covers the history and includes practical recommendations for managing the places where these plants still occur.
- 100 plant profiles include information on key features to aid identification, their flowering and germination times and indicates differences with similar species.
- Colour distribution maps show where they have been seen in the last 25 years while the accompanying text which makes clear the current position.
First published 2003 by WILDGuides Ltd.
WILDGuides Ltd.
Parr House
63 Hatch Lane
Old Basing
Hampshire
RG24 7EB
ISBN 1-903657-02-4
© 2003 English Nature and WILDGuides
Illustrations: Rick Havely, John Davis, Ani Overton and Marian Reed.
Maps: Rob Still, based on data collected by the BSBI Centre for Ecology and
Hydrology and published in The New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (OUP 2002)
Project managed by Dr Jill Sutcliffe, Botanical Manager, English Nature Edited by Andy Swash, Gill Swash and Rob Still (WILDGuides Ltd.)
Copyright in the photographs remains with the individual photographers.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
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