Wild Flower Field Guides - and other useful wild flower books

Herb Robert: colourful flowers, delicate foliage

Wild Flower Field Guides are essential items for those who wish to correctly identify the plants encountered whilst out walking.

And there are a number of excellent wild flower field guides available, all of which are well-illustrated with photographs and / or artwork.

When selecting a wild flower field guide, the quality and coverage of the illustrations is clearly important - virtually all the plants likely to be encountered should be included and important identification features highlighted.

Additionally, the size of the book and its weight may be significant if it is expected that the guide will be carried on field trips, whilst many people are likely to prefer field guides that deal only with British wild flowers, rather than those that include the great many other species that occur in mainland Europe.

Other larger format / reference wild flower books are also available, including the excellent 'Flora of Hampshire', a publication that is highly recommended for all those with a particular interest in this County's wild flowers.

Websites are also potentially helpful, both for use on a phone, for example, whilst out in the countryside, and for more leisurely study at home.

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