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Mountain Flowers (Hardcover)
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Mountain Flowers (Hardcover)
Series: British Wildlife Collection
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"Mountain flowers are the most romantic in our flora, exquisite,
enigmatic and, often, remote from human habitation. Michael Scott
has not only seen them all but has roamed every part of the hill
scenery of Britain and brings to his subject passion, learning and
hands-on experience. This is field botany at its best, engrossing,
exciting and full of wonder." PETER MARREN Britain's mountains and
exposed sub-arctic regions of the far north are home to a
remarkable range of specialist flowers, shrubs and ferns that are
able to thrive on our islands thanks to a combination of conditions
seldom found in mainland Europe. The peculiarities of their
occurrence here, at unusually low altitudes for typically alpine
species and uncommonly far south for arctic species, make their
ecology especially intriguing. In this invigorating journey from
the Lizard of Cornwall to Unst in Shetland, Michael Scott examines
Britain's richest upland sites, bringing an important 21st-century
perspective to our understanding of the flora along the way.
Lavishly illustrated, Mountain Flowers has much to offer wild
flower enthusiasts and botanists, including detailed profiles of
over 150 of the plants most characteristic of our montane regions.
It will prove an indispensable companion for hillwalkers and
climbers wanting to learn more about the enigmatic species that are
such an intrinsic part of the British mountain landscape. -
Featuring over 150 mountain plants, with 20 extended profiles for
the most enigmatic species - Illustrated with over 340 colour
photographs of plants and their spectacular habitats - Jacket
artwork by Carry Akroyd
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