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This user-friendly, original key provides an easy route to the accurate naming of flowers, trees, grasses, sedges, rushes and ferns in the British Isles. No expert botanical knowledge is expected and with a little practice the key can quickly be mastered. This handy book is not a descriptive flora, but it is intended for students of all ages, and for all who like to know the names of flowers but who are discouraged by more sophisticated, wordy floras. The key has its origins in courses run by the author where a simple field key was required. Subsequent testing through the AIDGAP (Aids to Identification in Difficult Groups of Animals and Plants) organisation further refined the key as a working tool for field and bench use. In this revised edition the plant names have been brought in line with those used in Stace's <em>New Flora of the British Isles. The Field Studies Council administers the AIDGAP project which developed and tested this key. Publication was through formal cooperation between AIDGAP and the Cambridge University Press. When the book went out of print in 2003 the Syndicate of the Press of the University of Cambridge kindly granted permission for this reprint.
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B ringing Environ ment al U n d e r s t a n d i n g To A l l A new key to wild flowers By John Hayward Illustrated by Michael Hickey 4^ A IDGAP ^ Aids to Identification in Difficult Groups of Animals and Plants rs This user-friendly, original key provides an easy route to the accurate naming of flowers, trees, grasses, sedges, rushes and ferns in the British Isles. No expert botanical knowledge is expected and with a little practice the key can quickly be mastered. This handy book is not a descriptive flora, but it is intended for students of all ages, and for all who like to know the names of flowers but who are discouraged by more sophisticated, wordy floras. The key has its origins in courses run by the author where a simple field key was required. Subsequent testing through the A ID G A P (Aids to Identification in Difficult Groups of Animals and Plants) organisation further refined the key as a working tool for field and bench use. In this revised edition the plant names have been brought in line with those used in Stace's New Flora of the British Isles. The Field Studies Council administers the AIDG AP project which developed and tested this key. Publication was through formal co operation between AIDG AP and the Cambridge University Press. When the book went out of print in 2003 the Syndicate of the Press of the University of Cambridge kindly granted permission for this reprint. o r* ) n A new key to wild flowers By John Hayward Illustrated by Michael Hickey Revised edition Originally published by Cambridge University Press in 1995. This reprint is published with the permission of the Syndicate of the Press of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England. © Cambridge University Press 1987, 1995 First published 1987 Reprinted 1988, 1992, 1994 Revised Edition 1995 Reprinted by the Field Studies Council, 2004 Field Studies Council, Preston Montford, Shrewsbury, SY4 1HW Bringing E nvironmental Unde rstand ing To A ll ISBN-10:1 85153 285 4 ISBN-13: 978 1 85153 285 8 Occasional Publication 90 C ontents v How to use the key 1 General notes 3 The parts of a plant 6 Terms used for describing leaves and fruits Glossary 8 Abbreviations 13 First key 14 Keys to families 17 Key to species 56 Simplified keys 251 Index to plant names 263 Index to families 277 P reface \_• (^ V^r'' f**s P reface These keys were started when I used to run Field Centre Courses on Wild Flowers for amateurs. I wanted to introduce keys to those who were keen to name their finds but had never