Book ID: 99300
Doogue, Declan and Carsten Krieger
The Wild Flowers of Ireland. The Habitat Guide. 2010. col. photogr. 312 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This book is an extensive guide to the country's plant life. The textcontains a detailed description of the country's different habitats andthe plant life of each, accompanied by full-colour photographs. Thebook is structured by proceeding from familiar habitats, such as flowerbeds, roadside verges and hedgerows, to rarer habitats such as naturalwoodland and unique areas such as the Burren. There are over 1000 wildflowers to be found in Ireland, but a majority of them are so rare asto pass unnoticed. This book focuses on the 300 most common species.