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Situated in the North Atlantic off the coast of northwestern Africa, the Canary Islands are a volcanic archipelago, comprising of seven large and several smaller islands. The region attracts millions of visitors every year with many ecotourists drawn by its famously rich flora. This longawaited field guide covers more than 2000 of the regions exceptionally diverse and important plantlife, from the most common species to local endemics through the collaboration of British scientists and local experts. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs, each species profile includes nomenclature, description, dimensions, habitat, flowering times and distribution. With comprehensive, uptodate coverage sorted by habitat, this is the essential guide for students, professional botanists, scientists, gardeners and plantenthusiasts alike.

Get in tune with the rhythms of nature with this month by month guide to foraging Learn how to identify wild plants correctly harvest them at their prime and use them in delicious recipes and relaxing wildcrafting projects Each plant is accompanied by photography to help with accurate identification Gathering wild food summons us to become active participants in our environment fostering a profound sense of connection to the natural world around us At the heart of foraging lies an intricate understanding of the changing seasons the landscape and the delicate ecosystems that thrive within Danielle Gallacher has been foraging for over 20 years and in The Forager s Almanac she shares her expertise on how to safely harvest our countryside s edible bounties and how to use them in your cooking such as pickles preserves ciders and lemonades Danielle also shares her top wildcrafting ideas including resin firelighters home remedies salves and balms to sooth irritated skin Fully illustrated throughout and divided into 12 months you will find practical information on how to get started and what kit to bring when and where to forage each plant with photographs for accurate identification medicinal and nutritional information for edible plants imag

This brand new title in our ever popular series of Concise Guides will bring the delights of foraging to a new audience A practical pocket guide to the edible berries shoots leaves roots flowers and fungi of Britain and Europe This field guide includes accurate artwork to help with identification as well as information on where to find different species their descriptions and habitats and ideas on how to prepare and eat them

A special important book of hope action and integrity Mark Diacono food and garden writer After reading Adam s book I won t look at a handful of seed the same way again Joe Swift garden designer writer presenter BBC s Gardeners WorldAcross the world chefs farmers plant scientists and backyard growers are doing something extraordinary creating new generations of fruit vegetables and cereals all bred specifically to flourish locally taste delicious and contribute to our food future In The Accidental Seed Heroes Adam Alexander dons his seed detective homburg to meet these twenty first century seed heroes who are not only championing traditional varieties but also breeding delicious new ones that will help create a sustainable future for our planet We don t all need to become backyard breeders or even like Adam accidental ones We don t even need to eschew as growers the modern hybrid cultivars our seed catalogues are stuffed with or as consumers boycott those same uninspiring specimens that populate our supermarket shelves Adam just wants that choice to be better informed and infinitely more diverse and enjoyable This story is a celebration of the locally and sustainably grown produce whether traditional or innovative that is at the hear

Shortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing What a wonderful book this is I loved the enchanting and beautifully written story but also the fascinating and thoughtful excursions along the way Nigel Slater A garden contains secrets we all know that buried elements that might put on strange growth or germinate in unexpected places The garden that I chose had walls but like every garden it was interconnected wide open to the world In 2020 Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk an overgrown Eden of unusual plants The work drew her into an exhilarating investigation of paradise and its long association with gardens Moving between real and imagined gardens from Milton s Paradise Lost to John Clare s enclosure elegies from a wartime sanctuary in Italy to a grotesque aristocratic pleasure ground funded by slavery Laing interrogates the sometimes shocking cost of making paradise on earth But the story of the garden doesn t always enact larger patterns of privilege and exclusion It s also a place of rebel outposts and communal dreams From the improbable queer utopia conjured by Derek Jarman on the beach at Dungeness to the fertile vision of a common Eden propagated by William Morris New modes of living can and have

Derek Jarman s garden is in the flat expanse of shingle that faces the nuclear power station in Dungeness Kent He mixed the flint shells and driftwood of Dungeness with indigenous and introduced plants This book is his own record of how this garden evolved from its beginnings in 1985

This wild flower identification guide was first published in 1981 and is still widely accepted as the best of its kind for its combination of meticulous illustrations and the use of keys to aid recognition For this new edition the Latin names have been revised in accordance with the current classification system It is now published as the ideal book for the serious student of British and north west European wild plants providing a bridge between picture identification guides and the non illustrated academic floras

An illustrated mini encyclopedia about the weird and wonderful world of lichensLichenpedia is a delightfully entertaining and beautifully illustrated A Z treasury about the strange obscure and remarkable world of lichens from their unique and essential roles in nature and the ways they are used in dyeing brewing and drug making to how they have inspired writers and artists from Henry David Thoreau to modern painters In 100 brief entries written in a vivid lively style Kay Hurley introduces key aspects of lichen biology environmental roles emerging uses scientific history and myth She describes the variety of forms that lichens take from leafy to filamentous to things reminiscent of skin diseases with imaginative names like witch s hair She explains the surprising ways that birds and beasts from reindeer and moose down to tiny tardigrades use lichens and how lichens survive in extreme environments from deserts to Antarctica to outer space Hurley also introduces some of the innovators who have advanced the knowledge of lichens from the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus to today s professional lichenologists With charming drawings by Susan Adele Edwards Lichenpedia promises to put you in touch with the natural world in a new way by opening your

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A highly illustrated and portable identification guide to the most common wild flowers and other plantsThis innovative photographic guide covers the most common wild flowers and other plants found in Britain and Ireland as defined by the very latest distribution maps It is designed so that anyone faced with an unfamiliar wild plant can confidently put a name to the species or recognise that it is a less common plant needing further investigation The identification process is based on standard botanical features that are straightforwardly described clearly illustrated and supported by a simple visual key to families This book can be your springboard into the wider world of botanical identification wherever you are and of plants both common and rare Covers the plants most likely to be seen including those in coastal areasIncludes more than 3 800 colour photographs with macro images of key features when neededFeatures a friendly easy to use design and text written in plain English with essential botanical terms described and illustrated

A comprehensive photographic identification guide to all of the native trees and shrubs of Great Britain and Ireland and many of the common non native species Trees of Britain and Ireland is packed with practical information photos and illustrations that will help you identify trees throughout the year It covers all of Great Britain and Ireland s native trees and shrubs as well as a range of ornamental and widely planted trees from other areas of the world This guide also offers an overview of tree biology and ecology describes the importance of trees as habitats and presents a brief history of British and Irish treescapes Includes more than 3 000 photographs and 270 illustrations showing key identification features of each tree and highlighting some of the animals plants fungi and lichens that depend on it Covers all 113 native trees and shrubs including all 42 currently recognised Whitebeam species as well as 190 common non native species and subspecies Features keys that allow easy accurate comparison of similar species up to date distribution maps and charts that summarise when trees flower fruit and leaf Explains how you can help with practical tree conservation

Este libro no pretende ser una obra exhaustiva sobre el extenso campo de la vegetación y de la ciencia del paisaje vegetal, sino aportar los aspectos generales y básicos, la nomenclatura, la descripcion de las principales comunidades vegetales y la dinamica que entre las diversas fitocenosis se establece con el fin de permitir al lector alcanzar un nivel basico de conocimientos y poner a su disposicion una serie de referencias bibliograficas que le pueden permitir, si este es su objectivo final, alcanzar un nivel mas elevado de conocimientos.Aquest llibre no preten ser una obra exhaustiva sobre el camp amplissim de la vegetacio i de la ciencia del paisatge vegetal, sino aportar els aspectes generals i basics, la nomenclatura, la descripcio de les principals comunitats vegetals i la dinamica que entre les diverses fitocenosis sestableix a fi de permetre al lector assolir un nivell basic de coneixements i posar a la seva disposicio un seguit de referencies bibliografiques que li poden permetre, si aquest es lobjectiu final, assolir un nivell mes elevat de coneixements.

A poca sensiblidad que se tenga, la flora alpina cautiva los sentidos y alegra el espíritu. Este libro, más que nada, intenta ser una guía de afecto entre las montañas del Pirineo aragonés y quienes las recorren. Para ello, nada mejor que decirlo con flores.

Los elementos y moléculas de la vida sirve de introducción a la Quimica biológica y a la Biología molecular y celular, tanto para profesores y estudiantes como para los lectores interesados en estos temas que, sin tener que depender demasiado de otros textos, buscan una base solida y sencilla para iniciarse en las Ciencias de la Vida, desde la Biofisica a la Ecologia. Por ello, esta obra resulta una herramienta imprescindible para adquirir un conocimiento firme y lucido sobre la Quimica de la materia inanimada y de la materia viva, y es esencial para comenzar con exito los estudios de Biologia, Farmacia, Medicina, Veterinaria y Ciencias de la Tierra y del Mar. INDICE RESUMIDO: La materia viva. Elementos y compuetos. Atomos y moleculas. El Sistema Periodico de los elementos. Energia. Foton. Electron. Proton y neutron. Particulas y antiparticulas. El nucleo atomico. El atomo de Bohr. El atomo de Schrodinger. Atomos polielectronicos. Estructura molecular.

The Plant-Book is widely accepted as an essential reference text for anyone researching, growing or writing about plants. In over 20,000 entries this comprehensive dictionary provides information on every family and genus of seed-bearing plants (including gymnosperms) plus ferns and other pteridophytes, combining taxonomic details with invaluable information on English names and uses. In this new edition each entry has been updated to take into consideration the most recent literature and over 2,500 new entries have been added, ensuring that The Plant-Book continues to rank among the most practical and authoritative botanical texts available. Well-known, well-loved, essential reference for anyone researching, growing or writing about plants All entries have been completely rewritten and 2500 new entries added Lists every family and genus of higher plant in the world and gives thumbnail descriptions, English names and common uses for each