This beautifully illustrated book presents a comprehensive identification guide to more than 650 native and introduced floras. It is arranged in two sections covering first the trees and then the wild flowers of Britain.

An expert identification guide to more than 2,000 of the most prominent plants of North America is complemented by easy-reference watercolor illustrations of an extensive variety of trees, flowers, shrubs, herbs and grasses.

Flowering plants provide a welcome and colourful sight, whether long-loved shrubby perennials or bright and fleeting annuals. They are vital to our ecology and a clear indication of the health of the countryside.

A beautifully illustrated reference guide to wild flowers across the globe, in a substantially updated new large-format edition.

Evolution of land plant -- Plants and human culture -- Naming plants -- Classification and the angiosperm phylogeny group

* A richly illustrated guide to trees from around the world, with informative text combined with details of bark, branches, shoots, leaves, needles, buds, flowers, cones, nuts and fruit to help identify each species * Includes a comprehensive collection of well-known species such as beech, oak, larch, lime and hornbeam from the temperate world, and exotic fruit trees such as mango and breadfruit from the tropical regions, as well as colorful and unusual trees that are ecologically important worldwide * Fascinating information on the evolution of tree species and their natural distribution throughout the world * Over 1,400 watercolor artworks and maps, and 300 photographs add visually stunning detail to this comprehensive reference guide to the world of trees.