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A Field Guide to the Flowers of the Alps Ansgar Hoppe

A Field Guide to the Flowers of the Alps By Ansgar Hoppe

A Field Guide to the Flowers of the Alps by Ansgar Hoppe

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Summary

Explore the colourful world of alpine flowers. This practical book will help you make a quick, reliable identification of over 500 species illustrated with colour photographs. For each plant the common name, scientific name, flowering time, plant height, protected status, and distribution (habitat and altitude) are described.

A Field Guide to the Flowers of the Alps Summary

A Field Guide to the Flowers of the Alps by Ansgar Hoppe

Explore the colourful world of alpine flowers. This practical book will help you make a quick, reliable identification of each plant, with concise descriptions and illustrations for individual plants to enable differentiation from similar species. Flowers can be identified quickly from colour and shape. The notable characters of each plant are clearly highlighted.

Covering 500 species, each with colour photographs, this compact guide is designed for walkers and botanists. For each plant the common name, scientific name, flowering time, plant height, protected status, and distribution (habitat and altitude) are described.

A Field Guide to the Flowers of the Alps Reviews

Europeans sure know how to produce pithy guidebooks that are models of economic presentation. Hoppe's compact guidebook is a standout. It covers Europe's Alps, a 1200-km arc straddling (from west to east) France, Monaco, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, and Slovenia, including Germany to the north and Italy to the south... Hoppe is a valuable travel companion.

-- Rudolf Schmid * Taxon *

The overall goal of this book, though, is to provide a comprehensive guide to the alpine flowers, in their diversity and beauty. In this, I think the authors have done quite well. The guide lists 500 species, and the content is easy to read and provides an efficient overview. With some practice and regular use, this book will be a nice field guide for first use and occasional reference and will stimulate the user to seek additional information from more comprehensive textbooks.

-- Peter Schroeder * Plant Science Bulletin *

About Ansgar Hoppe

Plants have always been important to Ansgar Hoppe. After working in forestry, he studied biology at the University of Osnabruck and gained his PhD in botany and vegetation science at the Institute of Geobotany at the University of Hanover. He learned about the plants of the Alps and other European mountains through numerous excursions. Since then he has been scientific associate at the University and the Niedersachsischer Heimatbund (NHB) [Heritage Association of Lower Saxony] in Hanover. He is involved with many projects researching conservation of the cultural landscape, as well as working freelance as a botanical expert and author.

Table of Contents

An introduction to alpine flowers; Alpine flowers by flower colour; Red flowers; White flowers; Blue flowers; Yellow flowers; Green/brown flowers; Index; Botanical terms illustrated; The Alps - map of the regions covered

Additional information

GOR007659219
9781907807404
1907807403
A Field Guide to the Flowers of the Alps by Ansgar Hoppe
Ansgar Hoppe
Pelagic Identification Guides
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pelagic Publishing
2013-03-18
192
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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