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Appendix 3 - Annotated list of key references for plant identification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2010

David Hill
Affiliation:
Director of Ecology RPS Group plc
Matthew Fasham
Affiliation:
Principal Consultant RPS Group plc
Graham Tucker
Affiliation:
Freelance Ecologist
Michael Shewry
Affiliation:
Environmental Statistician
Philip Shaw
Affiliation:
Environmental Audit Specialist
David Hill
Affiliation:
RPS Group plc, UK
Matthew Fasham
Affiliation:
RPS Group plc, UK
Graham Tucker
Affiliation:
Ecological Solutions, UK
Michael Shewry
Affiliation:
Scottish Natural Heritage
Philip Shaw
Affiliation:
Scottish Natural Heritage
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Summary

LICHENS

Broad, K., (1989) Lichens in Southern Woodlands. Forestry Commission Handbook No. 4. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

Contains photographs of 24 species that grow on trees with a reproduction of a wall chart on lichens and pollution zones.

Coppins, B. J., (2002) Checklist of Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. London: British Lichen Society.

Dobson, F. S., (2000) Lichens. An Illustrated Guide to the British and Irish species, 4th edn. Richmond: The Richmond Publishing Company.

General, with lots of photographs, descriptions, maps, keys.

Hodgetts, N. G., (1992) Cladonia: A Field Guide. Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

A small, cheap, simple, very useful field guide to this genus.

Jahn, H. M., (1981) Collins Guide to Ferns Mosses and Lichens. London: Collins.

General; contains lots of photographs, but no keys; now out-dated but still generally good.

Orange, A., (1994) Lichens on Trees. A Guide to some of the Commonest Species. British Plant Life No. 3. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales.

Contains 39 species, illustrated, although the photographs are a bit small.

Purvis, O. W., Coppins, B. J., Hawksworth, D. L., James, P. J. & Moore, D. M. (1992) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publications/British Lichen Society.

The standard work, but highly technical. The checklist by Coppins (2002) (see above) should be used for the up-to-date names of lichens.

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Handbook of Biodiversity Methods
Survey, Evaluation and Monitoring
, pp. 490 - 492
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2005

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