Britain's Orchids : : A Field Guide to the Orchids of Great Britain and Ireland / / Sean Cole, Mike Waller.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
• VerfasserIn: Cole, Sean,; Waller, Mike,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: WILDGuides ; 43
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 1,199 color photos + illus.

An accessible, comprehensive and beautifully illustrated guide-the only one to cover all the orchids found in Britain and IrelandCovering more than fifty species as well as hybrids and variants, this is an engaging, intuitive and in-depth identification guide to all the orchids of Britain and Ireland at all stages of development, from first emergence through to setting seed. Drawing on the authors' extensive field experience and the latest scientific research, Britain's Orchids uses multiple techniques to help both beginner and more advanced orchid enthusiasts to identify even the trickiest plants. The book is beautifully illustrated with plates by talented artist Sarah Stribbling as well as more than 1,000 detailed, instructive and evocative photographs by the authors. Orchids have long fired the imagination with their beauty and rarity. This book aims to ignite or increase your passion for these special plants and for the conservation of their habitats, from remote mountaintops to urban wild spaces.The first book to cover all the species, subspecies and varieties, as well as hybrids, at all stages of developmentLavishly illustrated with close to 100 stunning plates drawn to scale to show key identification features and more than 1,000 stunning photo showing orchids in their natural settingsSimple, step-by-step system for identifying almost any orchidUp-to-date distribution maps and seasonal charts showing when each species can be seen in its various stagesSpecial-feature identification keys that can be used on difficult plants

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Using this book -- Glossary -- What is an orchid? -- Orchid taxonomy -- Habitats -- Finding orchids -- Identifying orchids -- The species accounts -- Lady's-slipper -- White Helleborine -- Sword-leaved Helleborine -- Red Helleborine -- Marsh Helleborine -- Dark-red Helleborine -- Violet Helleborine -- Broad-leaved Helleborine -- Dune Helleborine -- Narrow-lipped Helleborine -- Green-flowered Helleborine -- Common Twayblade -- Lesser Twayblade -- Bird's-nest Orchid -- Ghost Orchid -- Coralroot Orchid -- Fen Orchid -- Bog Orchid -- Musk Orchid -- Small-white Orchid -- Dense-flowered Orchid -- Burnt Orchid -- Creeping Lady's-tresses -- Autumn Lady's-tresses -- Irish Lady's-tresses -- Greater Butterfly-orchid -- Lesser Butterfly-orchid -- Chalk Fragrant-orchid -- Marsh Fragrant-orchid -- Frog Orchid -- Common Spotted-orchid -- Heath Spotted-orchid -- Northern Marsh-orchid -- Southern Marsh-orchid -- Early Marsh-orchid -- Irish Marsh-orchid -- Pugsley's Marsh-orchid -- Lizard Orchid -- Tongue-orchid -- Pyramidal Orchid -- Green-winged Orchid -- Early-purple Orchid -- Man Orchid -- Monkey Orchid -- Military Orchid -- Lady Orchid -- Fly Orchid -- Early Spider-orchid -- Bee Orchid -- Late Spider-orchid -- Orchid hybrids -- Extinct and adventive species -- Threats and conservation -- List of British and Irish orchids -- Index