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Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets

Vetplant Fairies (Paperback): Ingrid De Kok, Antjie Krog Vetplant Fairies (Paperback)
Ingrid De Kok, Antjie Krog; Illustrated by Fiona Moodie
R230 R184 Discovery Miles 1 840 Save R46 (20%) In Stock

Southern Africa has the richest and most diverse grouping of succulents in the world. Vetplant Fairies is a collection of verse for children about indigenous succulents and the imaginary beings who live among them, written by two of our finest poets, Ingrid de Kok and Antjie Krog.

The book is beautifully illustrated in full colour by Fiona Moodie in the style of Fynbos Fairies, its hugely successful predecessor.

The scientific name for each plant is included in this enchanting new classic.

Hippos, A Mongoose And Me - Tales Of Rescue And Survival In The Wilds Of Africa (Paperback): Karen Paolillo Hippos, A Mongoose And Me - Tales Of Rescue And Survival In The Wilds Of Africa (Paperback)
Karen Paolillo
R300 R215 Discovery Miles 2 150 Save R85 (28%) In Stock

In this sequel to the popular A Hippo Love Story, author Karen Paolillo takes us deeper into her courageous but perilous life among Africa’s wildlife.

Hippos, a Mongoose and Me is a collection of vivid stories reflecting the decades that Karen has lived and worked in the wilds of southeast Zimbabwe. The tales encompass a wide variety of animals and experiences, including Karen’s extraordinary affinity with hippos, life with her beloved mongoose, characterful baboons and rescued birds, close encounters with lions and an injured buffalo, and her heart-stopping flight from an enraged elephant. To add to the drama, Karen and her husband Jean-Roger must face off against the drumbeat of political subterfuge and poaching of wildlife, sometimes at great personal risk.

Inspiring, surprising and sometimes sad, this heartfelt anthology is testament to the courage and resilience of its intrepid author.

Field Guide To Scorpions Of South Africa (Paperback): Ian Engelbrecht Field Guide To Scorpions Of South Africa (Paperback)
Ian Engelbrecht
R400 R319 Discovery Miles 3 190 Save R81 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

An authoritative antidote to the myths surrounding these often maligned and misunderstood creatures.

Among the world’s most fascinating living fossils, scorpions have been around for some 420 million years. South Africa is home to an astonishing variety, with 108 species in three families occurring in most of the region’s biomes, from desert and grassland to fynbos, savanna and forest. Scorpions are even found in urban gardens.

Field Guide to Scorpions of South Africa is the first comprehensive guide to describe and illustrate all known species in the country. The clear, detailed species accounts cover appearance, habitat and behaviour, and discuss the variation within species according to region. Up-to-date distribution maps are included for all species and exceptional photographs, carefully worked to show astounding detail and vivid colours, bring to life the intricate patterning and colours of different species. Both males and females are presented, as well as a variety of colour forms, facilitating accurate identification in the field.

The introduction discusses scorpion classification, anatomy, biology, behaviour and habitat, as well as venomosity and the treatment of stings. Tips on how and where to find scorpions and how to contribute to their conservation as a citizen scientist are also included.

An invaluable tool for students, researchers, academics, hikers and anyone with an interest in South Africa’s rich and fascinating fauna.

Voels Van Suider-Afrika - Die Volledige Fotogids (Afrikaans, Paperback): Burger Cillie, Niel Cillie, Phil Penlington, Trevor... Voels Van Suider-Afrika - Die Volledige Fotogids (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Burger Cillie, Niel Cillie, Phil Penlington, Trevor Hardaker, Karen Wiesler 11
R695 R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Save R139 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

VELD Voëls van Suider-Afrika: Die volledige fotogids bring die heel nuutste foto’s, navorsing en verspreidingsdata oor alle voëlspesies wat tot op hede in Suider-Afrika aangeteken is, byeen.

Hierdie omvattende veldgids bevat nagenoeg 2 000 pragtige kleurfoto’s, asook:

  • die nuutste inligting oor die 991 voëlspesies in Suider-Afrika
  • bondige inskrywings wat fokus op identifikasie, moontlike verwarring, gedrag en habitat, asook verskille in geslag, ouderdom, kleurvariasies en subspesies
  • opsommende inligting oor elke voëlspesie se grootte, kos, status en sosialiteit
  • bygewerkte, kleurgekodeerde verspreidingskaarte wat elke voël se status en digtheid aandui
  • ’n volledige en verkorte register
  • ’n toepassing (“app”) met voëlroepe en addisionele foto’s van kleurvariasies.

Of jy buite in die veld of op die rusbank in jou huis is, is hierdie gids ’n onontbeerlike metgesel.

Cat Among The Pigeons - Animal Myths, Musings And Matters Of Fact (Paperback): David Muirhead Cat Among The Pigeons - Animal Myths, Musings And Matters Of Fact (Paperback)
David Muirhead
R190 R152 Discovery Miles 1 520 Save R38 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Here’s another batch of David Muirhead’s unrespectable creatures, following his successful earlier volume of hilarious animal accounts (The Bedside Ark ). It offers a wealth of accurate information on each of the profiled creatures, while revealing their softer sides and the near-human frailties from which they suffer – and temptations for which they fall. Delightful, humorous pen-and-ink sketches accompany many of the stories.

Muirhead’s mix of humour, mythology, anecdotal tales and folklore builds quirky and captivating portraits of each animal, and makes for a lighthearted, funny – as well as illuminating – read.

This new anthology, offering something different from the standard collection of animal CVs, will appeal to anyone interested in humorous writing and the natural world, no matter their age (from teen to adult) or level of knowledge.

Zulu Bird Names And Bird Lore (Paperback): Adrian Koopman Zulu Bird Names And Bird Lore (Paperback)
Adrian Koopman
R560 R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Save R123 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In this book, Adrian Koopman describes the complex relationship between birds, the Zulu language and Zulu culture. A number of chapters look at the underlying meaning of bird names, and here we will find that the Zulu name of the Goliath Heron means ‘what gives birth to baby crocodiles’, the dikkop (umbangaqhwa) means ‘what causes frost’, and the African Hoopoe is a party-goer who wears a colourful blanket.

The book goes further than just Zulu names, exploring the underlying meanings of bird names from other South African languages and languages from Central and East Africa. Here we find birds with names that translate as ‘cool-porridge’, ‘kiss-banana-flower’ and ‘waiter-at-the-end-of-the furrow’.

A focus on Zulu traditional oral literature details the roles birds have played in Zulu praise poetry (including the praise poems of certain birds themselves) and in proverbs, riddles and children’s games. Also considered is traditional bird lore, examining the role played by various species as omens and portents, as indicators of bad luck and evil, as forecasters of rain and storm, and as harbingers of the seasons. Here we see that the Bateleur Eagle (ingqungqulu) is linked to war, the Southern Ground Hornbill (insingizi) to thunder and heavy rain, the Red-chested Cuckoo (uphezukokhono) to the start of the ploughing season, and the Jacobin Cuckoo (inkanku) to the start of summer.

Zulu Bird Names and Bird Lore discusses the Zulu Bird Name Project, a series of Zulu bird name workshops held between 2013 and 2017 with Zulu-speaking bird guides designed to confirm (or otherwise) all previously recorded Zulu names for birds, while at the same time devising new names for those without previously recorded names. The result has been a list of species-specific names for all birds in the Zulu-speaking region. Finally, the book turns to the role such new bird names can play in conservation education and in avi-tourism.

The Overstory - Pulitzer Prize-winner, Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize (Paperback): Richard Powers The Overstory - Pulitzer Prize-winner, Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize (Paperback)
Richard Powers 2
R240 R192 Discovery Miles 1 920 Save R48 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

WINNER OF THE THE PULITZER PRIZE IN FICTION and SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE, a wondrous, exhilarating novel about nine strangers brought together by an unfolding natural catastrophe.

An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. A hearing- and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are communicating with one another. An Air Force crewmember in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan.

This is the story of these and five other strangers, each summoned in different ways by the natural world, who are brought together in a last stand to save it from catastrophe.

Kruger Birds - A Safari Guide (Paperback, Revised 2nd Edition): Philip van den Berg, Ingrid van den Berg, Heinrich van den Berg Kruger Birds - A Safari Guide (Paperback, Revised 2nd Edition)
Philip van den Berg, Ingrid van den Berg, Heinrich van den Berg 1
R350 R273 Discovery Miles 2 730 Save R77 (22%) In Stock

A pocket-sized safari guide featuring the birds of the Kruger.

Birding is becoming more popular than ever and this book will make it easier for readers to become familiar with the birds that are most often seen on game drives in the Greater Kruger area.

Kruger Birds is a comprehensive guidebook that covers 447 Greater Kruger species.

Southern African Moths & Their Caterpillars (Paperback): Hermann Staude, Mike Picker, Charles Griffiths Southern African Moths & Their Caterpillars (Paperback)
Hermann Staude, Mike Picker, Charles Griffiths
R580 R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Save R127 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Authoritative and informative, Southern African Moths & Their Caterpillars provides a comprehensive overview of the moth fauna of the region.

Featuring more than 1,500 of the 11,000 species occurring here, the guide focuses on those that are most abundant, of economical or ecological importance, conspicuous or unusual.

This essential guide offers:

  • Authoritative text richly supported with photographs of both adult moth and larva
  • Clear ID pointers plus information on biology, habitat and distribution
  • An informative introduction covering evolution, life cycle, diversity and ecological importance of moths
Faansie's Bird Book 2 - A Fully Fledged FIeld Guide For Kids (Paperback): Faansie Peacock Faansie's Bird Book 2 - A Fully Fledged FIeld Guide For Kids (Paperback)
Faansie Peacock
R520 R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Save R114 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

I hope you’re ready for a life of adventure! If not, don’t buy this book. Put it down and walk away.

This book will help you identify every single bird in Southern Africa, easily. You’ll also learn fun and funny facts about everything from space to superheroes, plus some bird stuff too.

The updated edition of Faansie’s Bird Book includes information about: birds from four new countries, 120 additional birds and has QR codes hidden on various pages for readers to scan to listen to what the birds sound like.

A must have for bird enthusiasts and novices looking to learn about South Africa’s birds, this is an ideal gift for a loved one, or as a personal handbook.

Burchell's African Odyssey - Revealing The Return Journey 1812-1815 (Hardcover): Roger Stewart, Marion Whitehead Burchell's African Odyssey - Revealing The Return Journey 1812-1815 (Hardcover)
Roger Stewart, Marion Whitehead 2
R420 R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Save R85 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The English naturalist William Burchell set off from Cape Town in June 1811 to explore the flora and fauna of the vast southern African interior. Over a four-year period, and travelling in a custom-built ox wagon, he amassed an astonishing 63 000 specimens of plants, bulbs, insects, reptiles and mammals – many not previously documented for science – as well as over 500 paintings and illustrations.

While the outbound trek is well described in Burchell’s famous Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, little has been published about the challenges and discoveries made on his return journey to Cape Town, from 1812–1815. This pioneering book traces the homeward leg of Burchell’s epic odyssey – through the arid northern Cape, the Great Karoo, the warravaged eastern Cape, and along the Eden-like southern Cape coast.

Drawing on primary and secondary sources, including Burchell’s letters, his handwritten records archived at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the detailed map he created to record his trek, the authors have crafted a thought-provoking and beautifully illustrated account that encompasses both the genius of the man and the natural history of the region that so intrigued him.

The Book Your Dog Wishes You Would Read (Hardcover): Louise Glazebrook The Book Your Dog Wishes You Would Read (Hardcover)
Louise Glazebrook
R467 R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Save R83 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Wouldn't you love to know what your dog was thinking? The truth is that your dog is communicating with you all the time but, unless you know the signs, you aren't picking up on what your dog wants you to know.

Louise Glazebrook is a dog behaviourist, trainer and television presenter who specialises in teaching people how to understand and connect with their dogs. In The Book Your Dog Wishes You Would Read, Louise tackles everything from bringing the right dog home, understanding body language and breed behaviour, responding to common behavioural issues, to the toys and games that you and your dog will both love.

Most dog trainers focus on the dog, but Louise focuses on you, the owner, giving you the skills and confidence to interpret your dog's needs and behaviour and build a better, happier relationship for life.

Sigrid Rides - An Adventure On Two Wheels (Paperback): Travis Nelson Sigrid Rides - An Adventure On Two Wheels (Paperback)
Travis Nelson
R415 R332 Discovery Miles 3 320 Save R83 (20%) In Stock

When Travis Nelson arrived in London, he expected to embark on a new life and a new job. Coming from California, he'd uprooted his wife and his cat, Sigrid, and planned to be here for the long haul. Then Covid-19 struck. Travis's new job vanished as the company cut staff. For two years, and through successive lockdowns, he was stuck in limbo in an unfamiliar city, trying to find his way.

To keep himself occupied, Travis set out to discover his adoptive home. He bought a bike and began cycling through London's streets and parks with his unusual travelling companion, Sigrid - his deaf, Norwegian Forest cat - who came along for the ride. But what started as a way of injecting routine and purpose into Travis's life in stressful times, created an internet sensation. When Travis began posting videos of the pair's rides on social media, he drew in another community of people looking for moments of joy in an anxious world.

In this charming memoir, Travis charts his adventures with Sigrid. He unlocks a hidden London seen only from cyclist's viewpoint, as well as finding friendship and hope. Most of all, it is the story of one man's relationship with his feline companion - one that has given him direction and a sense of belonging at a time when he felt lost.

How To Identify Trees In South Africa (Paperback, Updated 2nd Edition): Braam van Wyk, Piet Van Wyk How To Identify Trees In South Africa (Paperback, Updated 2nd Edition)
Braam van Wyk, Piet Van Wyk
R320 R256 Discovery Miles 2 560 Save R64 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

This book’s title says it all! Now in an updated second edition, it provides a clear understanding of how trees are constructed and what to look for when identifying a tree.

The book is divided into two parts: Part 1 describes and clearly illustrates the different parts of a tree and their role in tree identification. Part 2 features a key to 43 tree groups, based on easy-to-observe stem and leaf features. It carefully outlines each group and the southern African tree families represented in the different groups. Numerous colour photographs and explanatory illustrations support the text, making this an accessible and easy-to-use guide.

How To Identify Trees In Southern Africa will equip readers with a sound understanding of how trees work and what to look for in order to make a positive ID.

The Lion's Historian - Africa's Animal Past (Paperback): Sandra Swart The Lion's Historian - Africa's Animal Past (Paperback)
Sandra Swart
R320 R235 Discovery Miles 2 350 Save R85 (27%) In Stock

The animals in this landmark book – elephants, hippos, okapi, lions, jackals, cows, sheep, horses, white ants, quagga, Nazi cattle, police dogs and baboons – are chosen strategically to highlight different facets of our shared past. With this animal-centric lens, decades of research are brought together in an astonishing book, one that takes animals seriously.

The possibility of our shared future pivots on a reckoning with our shared pasts. This pioneering work shows what human-animal history can do, not only to help us better understand our place in the world, but to make our world – however slightly – a better place.

Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa (Paperback, 2nd Revised Edition): John Manning Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa (Paperback, 2nd Revised Edition)
John Manning
R500 R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Save R101 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

This fully updated edition of Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa covers more than 1,100 species of flora, focusing on the most common, conspicuous and ‘showy’ plants around the region.

An informative introduction discusses plant diversity, vegetation types, and includes a key to identifying plant groups. The species descriptions follow and each is accompanied by:

  • a vivid photograph,
  • a distribution map showing range, and
  • an indication of the plant’s flowering season.

This invaluable, up-to-date guide provides the tools and information needed to identify flowering plants across South Africa.

Our Planet (Hardcover, Tv Tie-In Edition): Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey, Fred Pearce Our Planet (Hardcover, Tv Tie-In Edition)
Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey, Fred Pearce; Foreword by David Attenborough 2
R841 R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Save R138 (16%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

With a foreword by Sir David Attenborough, breathtakingly beautiful still photography, specially commissioned maps and graphics, and compelling text expanding on the remarkable TV stories and giving the reader a depth of information that is impossible on screen, this companion to the groundbreaking NETFLIX series presents a whole new view of the place we call home.

Featuring some of the world's rarest creatures and previously unseen parts of the Earth—from deep oceans to remote forests to ice caps—Our Planet takes nature-lovers deep into the science of our natural world. Revealing the most amazing sights on Earth in unprecedented ways, alongside stories of the ways humans are affecting the world’s ecosystems—from the wildebeest migrations in Africa to the penguin colonies of Antarctica—this book captures in one concise narrative a fundamental message:

What we do in the next twenty years will determine the future of not just the natural world but humanity itself. If we don't act now to protect and preserve our planet, the beauty we're lucky enough to witness on these pages will have disappeared...

The Trials Of Life - A Natural History Of Animal Behaviour (Paperback): David Attenborough The Trials Of Life - A Natural History Of Animal Behaviour (Paperback)
David Attenborough
R430 R344 Discovery Miles 3 440 Save R86 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough’s classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet covered ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave.

This is the third and last of Sir David’s great natural history books based on his TV series and competes his survey of the animal world that began with Life on Earth and continues with Living Planet.

In Life on Earth, Sir David showed how each group of animals evolved. In Living Planet he looked at the way they have adapted to the whole range of habitats in which they live. Now, in Trials of Life, he completes the story by revealing how animals behave – and why.

The Wisdom Of Flowers - Essential Life Lessons For Joy And Wellbeing (Hardcover): Liz Marvin The Wisdom Of Flowers - Essential Life Lessons For Joy And Wellbeing (Hardcover)
Liz Marvin
R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This beautifully illustrated book will share the infinite wisdom of flowers,providing inspiration from nature to gain perspective,resilience and live a beautiful life.

Taking sixty of the world’s most amazing flowers and flowering plants, including the corpse flower from Indonesia, the bat-face cuphea and the chocolate cosmos flower from Mexico, the Pohutukawa tree from New Zealand, the lipstick tree and the giant water lily from South America, the voodoo lily from the Mediterranean, the lesser-known plum blossom and the skeleton flower from Japan, and not forgetting the beautiful jade vine from the Philippines, this book will share their unique symbolism and the characteristics and strengths that allow them to thrive, inspiring us to follow their example and make the most of every moment.

Sasol Birds Of Southern Africa (Paperback, 5th Revised Edition): Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey Sasol Birds Of Southern Africa (Paperback, 5th Revised Edition)
Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey 1
R450 R359 Discovery Miles 3 590 Save R91 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

ow in its fifth edition, Sasol Birds of Southern Africa has been brought fully up to date by its expert author panel, with additional contributions from two new birding experts. Greatly enhanced, this comprehensive, best-selling guide is sure to maintain its place as one of Africa’s most trusted field guides.

Key features of the 5th revised edition:

  • More than 800 new illustrations
  • Scan and play bird calls using free downloadable app
  • Fully revised text (with latest species records), maps and plate annotations
  • Fresh input from new contributing authors
  • Comprehensive coverage of the region’s birds
The Larger Illustrated Guide Sasol Birds Of Southern Africa (Paperback): Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey The Larger Illustrated Guide Sasol Birds Of Southern Africa (Paperback)
Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey
R530 R423 Discovery Miles 4 230 Save R107 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

This larger edition is based on the updated and expanded fifth edition of Sasol Birds of Southern Africa, which has been brought fully up to date by its expert author panel, with additional contributions from two new birding experts.

Greatly enhanced, this comprehensive, best-selling guide is sure to maintain its place as one of Africa’s most trusted field guides.

Key features of the 5th revised edition:

  • More than 800 new illustrations
  • Scan and play bird calls using free downloadable app
  • Fully revised text (with latest species records), maps and plate annotations
  • Fresh input from new contributing authors
  • The larger format allows for better appreciation and easier use of the plates.
The Weather Machine - How We See Into The Future (Paperback): Andrew Blum The Weather Machine - How We See Into The Future (Paperback)
Andrew Blum 1
R310 R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Save R57 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Shall we take an umbrella... or evacuate the city? The Weather Machine is about a miraculous-but-overlooked invention that helps us through our daily lives - and sometimes saves them - by allowing us to see into the future.

When Superstorm Sandy hit North America, weather scientists had predicted its arrival a full eight days beforehand, saving countless lives and astonishing us with their capability. Their skill is unprecedented in human history and draws on nearly every major invention of the last two centuries: Newtonian physics, telecommunications, spaceflight and super-computing.

In this gripping investigation, Andrew Blum takes us on a global journey to explain this awe-inspiring feat - from satellites circling the Earth, to weather stations far out in the ocean, through some of the most ingenious minds and advanced algorithms at work today. Our destination: the simulated models they have constructed of our planet, which spin faster than time, turning chaos into prediction, offering glimpses of our future with eery precision.

This collaborative invention spans the Earth and relies on continuous co-operation between all nations - a triumph of human ingenuity and diplomacy we too often shrug off as a tool for choosing the right footwear each morning. But in this new era of extreme weather, we may come to rely on its maintenance and survival for our own.

Field Guide To The Spiders Of South Africa (Paperback): Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman Field Guide To The Spiders Of South Africa (Paperback)
Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman
R500 R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Save R110 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Thoroughly revised and updated, this long-awaited new edition of Field Guide to the Spiders of South Africa remains the most comprehensive guide to South African spiders published to date.

It features over 780 of the more common spider species encountered in the field and in homes and gardens, as well as representative species from some of the rarer spider families.

  • ‘Quick Keys’ to the 72 South African spider families provide a useful starting point to identification.
  • Succinct genus and species accounts cover identifying characteristics, breeding, behaviour, distribution and conservation status.
  • Colour photographs and/or illustrations as well as distribution maps support each entry.
  • Introductory chapter discusses spider morphology, spider life cycle, the functions of silk, as well as spider collection techniques.
  • Section on venom identifies species that pose a danger to humans, unpacks neurotoxic and cytotoxic venom, and details the symptoms and treatment of spider bites.
Newman's Birds by Colour - Southern Africa's Common Birds Arranged By Colour And Size (Paperback, 4th Updated... Newman's Birds by Colour - Southern Africa's Common Birds Arranged By Colour And Size (Paperback, 4th Updated Edition)
Kenneth Newman, Nick Newman
R450 R319 Discovery Miles 3 190 Save R131 (29%) Pre-order

Newman’s Birds by Colour offers beginner birders a quick and simple way to identify southern Africa’s most common birds using colour and size as a starting point.

Now in its fourth edition, this handy guide features photographs, in addition to the illustrations, and has been updated to include the latest name changes and bird names in several local languages.

An informative introduction provides practical tips for identifying birds, and includes information on bird anatomy and classification, and guidance on what you need to go birding.

Ericas Of The Fynbos (Paperback): John Manning, Nick Helme Ericas Of The Fynbos (Paperback)
John Manning, Nick Helme
R320 R229 Discovery Miles 2 290 Save R91 (28%) In Stock

Ericas come in an astonishing array of sizes, shapes and colours. Some 760 species, many of them found nowhere else, occur in the Cape Floristic region – a centre of unparalleled diversity for the genus and home to one of the world’s richest floras.

Even when in bloom, telling these delicate flowers apart is extremely challenging. In Ericas of the Fynbos, 170 of the region’s most common plants are described in detail, with key ID features highlighted for quick reference. In addition, information is given on distribution, flowering times, subspecies and similar species – providing more tools to aid accurate identification. Vivid full-colour photographs of each species showcase the astonishing variety and stunning beauty of the flowers. An informative introduction unpacks biology, pollination and distribution of erica species.

Enriched by a lively design, this innovative guide will give all flower enthusiasts, gardeners and hikers, the confidence to accurately identify ericas in the wild.

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