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Plants and habitats : an introduction to common plants and their habitats in Britain and Ireland/ Ben Averis.

By: Averis, B. (Ben) [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Edinburgh : Ben Averis, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: iv, 395 pages : color illustrations, drawings, tables ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780957608108 (paperback).Subject(s): Plants -- British Isles | Botany -- British IslesDDC classification: 581.941
Contents:
Section 1: Woody plants (trees, shrubs, drarf shrubs etc) -- Broadleaved trees & shrubs -- Conifers -- Dwarf shrubs -- Climbers & scramblers -- Section 2: Grasses and other grass-like plants -- Grasses -- Sedges -- Rushes -- Woodrushes -- Section 3: Other plants -- Leaves divided into lobes/leaflets along their left & right side -- Leaves divided into lobes/leaflets radiating out from centre -- Leaves undivided: in groups of three or more (whorls) -- Leaves undivided: in opposite pairs along the stems -- Leaves undivided: not in groups or opposite pairs -- Mosses & moss-like plants (liverworts, clubmosses & filmy ferns) -- Habitats -- Definition of upland and lowland -- Woodland & shrub -- Hedgerows, underscrup & tall fern vegetation -- Grasslands -- Heaths -- Wetlands -- Mountain habitats -- Rocks -- Coastal habitats -- Habitats disturbed by human activity -- List of UK habitat classifications.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Combines the species and habitat approaches to plants and vegetation. This book features 700 plant species that are selected as those which are common, conspicuous or useful ecological indicators; species which collectively make up most of the vegetation in Britain and Ireland.

The production of the first (2013) print run of this book was supported by financial contributions from Forestry Commission Scotland and Scottish National Heritage.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-386) and index.

Section 1: Woody plants (trees, shrubs, drarf shrubs etc) -- Broadleaved trees & shrubs -- Conifers -- Dwarf shrubs -- Climbers & scramblers -- Section 2: Grasses and other grass-like plants -- Grasses -- Sedges -- Rushes -- Woodrushes -- Section 3: Other plants -- Leaves divided into lobes/leaflets along their left & right side -- Leaves divided into lobes/leaflets radiating out from centre -- Leaves undivided: in groups of three or more (whorls) -- Leaves undivided: in opposite pairs along the stems -- Leaves undivided: not in groups or opposite pairs -- Mosses & moss-like plants (liverworts, clubmosses & filmy ferns) -- Habitats -- Definition of upland and lowland -- Woodland & shrub -- Hedgerows, underscrup & tall fern vegetation -- Grasslands -- Heaths -- Wetlands -- Mountain habitats -- Rocks -- Coastal habitats -- Habitats disturbed by human activity -- List of UK habitat classifications.