AuthorHayward, J.
Year1995
TitleA New Key to Wild Flowers
ISBN0 521 48346 8
SeriesAIDGAP
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteMost of the native species are covered, but only the more well known aliens.
SourceAIDGAP, Revised Edition edition, 278pp, Cambridge University Press
IllustrationsLine drawings accompany the text
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

This work is pitched halfway between an illustrated guide and a formal flora, and is aimed at the beginner who wants to progress beyond "looking at the pictures". But it’s also useful to the more experienced botanist for the well-presented summaries of all the information one feels one should remember!

The main part consists of series of well illustrated lateral keys to families and species of flowering plants (including grasses and sedges), ferns, horsetails, clubmosses and common conifers. There are additional keys to trees when not in leaf.

Examinein the field in the field ( with x8 or x10 hand lens is also useful)

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentMAGNOLIOPSIDAflowering plantsPlantae
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