Woodland Flowers: Colourful past, uncertain future
- Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
- Illustrations : 250 col photos
Description:
In this insightful and original account, the author explores how woodland plants in Britain have come to be where they are, how they cope with living in the shade of their bigger relatives and tolerate the attentions of grazing herbivores, the challenges they face with changing conditions throughout the seasons, and how they respond to threats in the form of storms, fires, droughts and floods. Along the way, the reader is introduced to the work of important botanists who have walked the woods in the past, collecting information on where plants occur and why, while profiles of some of our most important and popular ground flora species provide extra detail and insight.
Condition
Unread, but with a few small nicks to dust jacket.