New Flora of the British Isles

Stace, Clive Anthony

ISBN 10: 0521589355 / ISBN 13: 9780521589352

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1997

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR004969654

Synopsis:

New Flora of the British Isles is the standard work on British plant identification. It is designed to be user-friendly, serving as a practical database for taxonomists, ecologists, conservationists, plant geographers, teachers and students, as well as for amateur botanists and plant hunters. The Flora includes all native, naturalised and crop plants, and all recurrent casuals. Over 150 pages of specially prepared illustrations are provided to aid identification of critical groups and less familiar alien taxa. Technical terms are kept to an essential minimum. In this new edition the text has been revised thoroughly throughout and adjustments made to many of the illustrations to ensure that the work is fully up-to-date. Over 200 species and subspecies have been added, together with numerous extra hybrids, bringing the total number of taxa covered to over 4500.

Review: 'Clive Stace has become a household name amongst British field botanists since his first edition of this guise was published in 1991 and it is pleasing to see that an updated edition is on the bookshelves so soon. The latest edition includes over 200 species and sub-species and has greatly improved text quality ... The inclusion of additional line drawing ... for the difficult groups such as brambles is a major advantage for the serious botanist. The further revision of alien and naturalised plants also helps to remove any ambiguities relating to these plants ... I would recommend this new edition to any serious botanist.' Dave Garner, Scottish Wildlife

'If you enjoyed using the first edition, it is well worth paying for the upgrade.' Rodney Burton, The London Naturalist

'I can recommend it to everyone who looks for an outline of the plant diversity in the British Isles, a quick tool for identification of British plants and a model work for a synoptical treatment covering floristic and taxonomic knowledge.' Zdenek Kaplan, Flora Giobotanica

'To conclude, Stace's Flora is a mine of information, a model of clarity and organization, and one that no serious Irish or British botanist should be without.' Daniel L. Kelly, The Irish Naturalist Journal

'The second edition of this remarkable and now indispensable Flora of the vascular plants of the British Isles is much improved over the 1991 edition ... I regret this edition was unavailable when I prepared my article 'Some desiderata to make Floras and other types of works user (and reviewer) friendly', which compared 24 Floras. Stace's would have ranked 'Among the very best of Floras'.' Rudolf Schmid, University of California

Bibliographic Details

Title: New Flora of the British Isles
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: Thompson, Hilli
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 2nd Edition