About this product

A Field Guide to the Flowers of the Alps

Explore the colourful world of alpine flowers. This practical book will help you make a quick, reliable identification of each plant, with concise descriptions and illustrations for individual plants to enable differentiation from similar species. Flowers can be identified quickly from colour and shape. The notable characters of each plant are clearly highlighted.

Covering 500 species, each with colour photographs, this compact guide is designed for walkers and botanists. For each plant the common name, scientific name, flowering time, plant height, protected status, and distribution (habitat and altitude) are described.

Contents

An introduction to alpine flowers   6
Alpine flowers by flower colour   10-181
   Red flowers   10
     White flowers   52
     Blue flowers   100
     Yellow flowers   132
     Green / brown flowers   176

Index   182
Botanical terms illustrated   190
The Alps - map of the regions covered   (on inside back cover)

About the author

Plants have always been important to Ansgar Hoppe. After working in forestry, he studied biology at the University of Osnabrück and gained his PhD in botany and vegetation science at the Institute of Geobotany at the University of Hanover. He learned about the plants of the Alps and other European mountains through numerous excursions. Since then he has been scientific associate at the University and the Niedersächsischer Heimatbund (NHB) [Heritage Association of Lower Saxony] in Hanover. He is involved with many projects researching conservation of the cultural landscape, as well as working freelance as a botanical expert and author.

Specifications

Pm Supplier	Pelagic Publishing (C)
Pm Publisher	Pelagic Publishing
Pm Isbn 10	1907807403
Pm Isbn 13	9781907807404
Pm Publication Date	2013-03-18
Pm Author	Hoppe,Ansgar
Pm Longness	0

Identify over 500 Species
Key Info: colour photos, colour & b/w illustrations, 1 colour map
Author: Hoppe,Ansgar
Page Count: 192
Publication Date: 2013-03-18