AuthorHaslam S, Sinker, C., Wolseley, P.
Year1982
TitleBritish Water Plants
SeriesFSC Publication
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the native British freshwater (including emergent) plant species known at the time.
SourceFSC Publication, S10, 1982 edition edition, 109pp, Field Studies Council
IllustrationsLine drawings in the kyes and at the back
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Fondly known as "Hook, Line and Sinker", this work provides an accessible guide to our aquatic flora, including emergents.

The identification section starts with a dichotomous Key to Groups, followed by the individual group keys. These are followed by an illustrated glossary, and then a chapter describing each plant’s ecology in terms of water flow rate, type of water body, nutrient status, soil substrate, depths at which the plant grows, distribution in Britain and Europe. Finally there are line drawings of most of the plants in the key.

Examine with x8 or x10 hand lens
Specimen PreparationFresh specimens, in the field.
Identification difficultyMainly straightforward, but Ranunculus, the narrow-leaved Potamogeton’s and Callitriche are more tricky.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentTRACHEOPHYTAvascular plantsPlantae
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