Webb's An Irish Flora / by John Parnell and Tom Curtis ; with drawings by Elaine Cullen.

• HOW AND WHERE TO LOOK FOR PLANTS -- CONSERVATION AND LEGAL PROTECTION -- HOW TO USE THIS BOOK -- NOTES ON THE TEXT -- GENERAL KEY TO FAMILIES OR GENERA -- KEY TO TREES, LARGE SHRUBS AND CLIMBERS IN WINTER -- AUTHORSHIP OF FAMILIES -- DESCRIPTIONS OF FAMILIES, GENERA AND SPECIES. 

• This handbook will provide the reader with a clear and reliable means of identifying those plants which grow wild in Ireland. This book is a comprehensive re-working of the classic and standard Flora of Ireland which was last published 16 years ago: this will be the eighth edition of that work. It has been brought fully up to date through incorporating the latest in botanical research and it reflects contemporary and modern approaches to plant classification based on recent advances in genetics. Trees, shrubs and climbers in winter are now covered for the first time. Also included is a list of plants that have legal protection in Ireland. Webbs an Irish Flora is illustrated throughout with hand-coloured drawings. This book is about the higher plants that grow wild and which are commonly naturalised or otherwise encountered in Ireland. It is designed to help you identify and provide you with background information on plant morphology, distribution and rarity and to educate all those interested in recognising the species of the flora of Ireland. Previous editions of the book have been used by workers outside of the specific field of study of plant identification, such as environmental consultants, the general public, students, professional and amateur botanists etc. There is a genuine demand for a Flora whose subject matter refers explicitly to Ireland whilst placing that flora in a wider context. Furthermore, a concise flora of a discrete geographical area is of interest internationally to many professional and amateur botanists and gardeners. The book has, is and will be used in student training (it is used as a basic botanical text book in some Universities in Ireland) and on training courses for professionals wishing to improve their skills and for all those needing to improve their levels of botanical expertise.

Ämnesord

Botany  -- Ireland (LCSH)

Plants  -- Ireland -- Identification (LCSH)

Genre

Electronic books 

Publikations- och innehållstyp

580.9417 (DDC)

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