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A richly illustrated guide to the wildflowers and other flora of coastal Britain, Ireland and Northwest EuropeThe rugged and beautiful coastal regions of Britain and Ireland are among the crowning glories of these islands. Few visitors can fail to marvel at the stunning sight of Cornwall’s clifftops resplendent with flowering Thrift, or be struck by the resilience of plants that thrive on the inhospitable shingle beaches of Dungeness on the coast of Kent. This field guide covers more than 600 species of wildflowers and other coastal flora found in the British Isles and coastal mainland Northwest Europe. Detailed species accounts describe wildflowers, grasses, sedges and rushes that occur on the coast or in abundance within sight of the sea. Stunningly illustrated throughout, this comprehensive, user-friendly guide also covers trees and shrubs, nonflowering plants like mosses and seaweeds and more broadly, the natural history of coastal habitats.Covers more than 600 speciesFeatures hundreds of spectacular colour photosDescribes nonflowering plants such as ferns, mosses, liverworts, lichens, fungi and seaweedsProvides the most up-to-date colour distribution maps for Britain and Ireland

Wild flowers --- Great Britain. --- Ireland. --- Agriculture. --- Alpine tundra. --- Alternation of generations. --- American Jews. --- Annelid. --- Asteraceae. --- Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. --- Botany. --- Bourgeoisie. --- Brassica oleracea. --- Brown algae. --- Chlorophyll. --- Christian socialism. --- Christian theology. --- Christianity and Judaism. --- Christianity. --- Church Fathers. --- Circulatory system. --- Cladonia. --- Coast. --- Conservative Judaism. --- Cultivar. --- Cultural Zionism. --- Digitalis purpurea. --- Dry grassland. --- Dune. --- Dungeness (headland). --- Early Christianity. --- Ecosystem. --- Equisetum variegatum. --- Estuaries. --- Estuary. --- Frond. --- Fucus serratus. --- Geranium maderense. --- Glebionis segetum. --- Grassland. --- Habitat. --- Hebrew literature. --- Himanthalia elongata. --- Isles of Scilly. --- Jewish studies. --- Jews. --- Judaism. --- Jurisprudence. --- Justification (theology). --- Leaf. --- Learning. --- Lichen. --- Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve. --- Machair. --- Mandatory Palestine. --- Marchantiophyta. --- Marine biology. --- Marsh. --- Mediterranean Basin. --- Modern philosophy. --- Nut (fruit). --- Orchidaceae. --- Ovary (botany). --- Peltigera. --- Perennial plant. --- Petal. --- Photosynthesis. --- Plantago maritima. --- Poaceae. --- Political movement. --- Pteridium aquilinum. --- Receptacle (botany). --- Reed (plant). --- Salt marsh. --- Saxifraga oppositifolia. --- Schocken Books. --- Seafood. --- Seaweed. --- Seminary. --- Sepal. --- Silene acaulis. --- Southampton Water. --- Southern Europe. --- Spartina alterniflora. --- Spartina. --- Spouse. --- Stipe (botany). --- Søren Kierkegaard. --- The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. --- Vascular tissue. --- Vegetation. --- Veronica arvensis. --- Veronica chamaedrys. --- Volk (German word). --- Vulpia bromoides. --- Western culture. --- Wildflower. --- Wrack (seaweed). --- Xanthoria parietina. --- Yeshiva University. --- Zionism. --- Zostera marina. --- Zostera noltei.