
Flowers of the Field
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The distinguished science and natural history producer and filmmaker Steve Nicholls presents a visually stunning survey of Britain's best-loved wildflowers, illustrated with the his own beautiful photographs of flora in their habitat. Focusing on three broad habitats - grassland, open land and woodland - he offers a biologically rigorous but engagingly readable account of our wild flowers and the places that nourish them.
He probes deep into the social and cultural history of wild flowers to tell a plethora of fascinating stories, from the 'daffodil trains' which transported Londoners to the 'golden triangle' in Gloucestershire to experience woodlands carpeted with wild daffodils, to the odd case of the Bath asparagus - which isn't an asparagus at all, but rather the edible flower buds of the rare spiked star of Bethlehem, which used to grow in abundance around Bath.
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Each of the 14 plant types, from bluebells and lilies to orchids and sundews is examined, explaining the fascinating science behind how they survive and thrive in the wild, to the remarkable social and cultural history of each, and how we have woven them into our national heritage * Garden News * [A] beautifully produced book... Substantial and well-informed... The author has a light touch and, while it might at first glance look like a book for the coffee table, it is definitely a book worth a closer read' * The Garden * Steve Nicholls is an expert guide, leading us across meadows blooming with buttercups and orchids... He presents a visually stunning, readable and scientifically rigorous survey of Britain's wildflowers' * Countryside *More details
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- part I: WOODLANDS
- Introduction
- AFTER THE ICE
- WOODLANDS ACROSS BRITAIN
- WILDWOOD
- FOREST CLEARANCE
- FOREST MANAGEMENT
- WOODLAND CONSERVATION
- 1. Woodland Lilies
- LINNAEUS: ORDER OUT OF CHAOS
- HERB PARIS
- SOLOMON'S SEALS
- MAY LILIES
- LILY OF THE VALLEY
- TOXIC FRUITS AND THE LIMITS OF NATURAL SELECTION
- THE PERILS OF MEADOW SAFFRON
- CONSERVING MEADOW SAFFRON
- 2. Ramsons
- MAKING MORE RAMSONS
- THE COMPLEX CHEMISTRY OF RAMSONS
- EATERS OF WILD GARLIC I: HUMANS
- EATERS OF WILD GARLIC II: BEETLES AND HOVERFLIES
- FOREST FERTILIZER
- THE SHORT LIFE OF RAMSONS
- 3. Bluebells
- A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A BLUEBELL
- BLUEBELL WOODS
- BLUEBELLS IN POETRY
- BLUEBELLS UNDER THREAT
- 4. Wild Daffodils
- WHAT'S IN A NAME?
- NATURALIZED DAFFODILS
- WILD DAFFODIL HOTSPOTS
- DAFFODILS: POPULATION PATTERNS
- TENBY DAFFODILS
- THE POETS' DAFFODILS
- 5. Snowdrops & Snow akes
- THE DIVERSITY OF SNOWDROPS AND SNOWFLAKES
- SNOWDROPS: NATIVE OR ALIEN?
- SNOWFLAKES - NATIVE OR ALIEN?
- SNOWDROPS: THRIVING IN THE COLD
- GALANTHOPHILIA
- SNOWDROPS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
- SNOWDROPS AND SNOWFLAKES: NATURE'S PHARMACY
- THE SNOWDROP'S INSECT PARTNERS
- part II: GRASSLANDS
- Introduction
- THE ORIGINAL GRASSLANDS
- GRASSLANDS IN THE HUMAN LANDSCAPE AND IMAGINATION
- TYPES OF GRASSLAND
- THE DECLINE OF DIVERSITY
- GRASSLAND PLANTS
- 6. Buttercups
- BUTTERCUPS AND BUTTER
- THE COMMON BUTTERCUPS
- GLOBEFLOWERS
- BUTTERCUPS OF FOREST AND STREAM
- RARE WEEDS
- PASQUE FLOWERS
- 7. Fritillaries
- FRITILLARY MEADOWS
- NORTH MEADOW
- NATIVE OR ALIEN?
- FRITILLARY POLLINATORS
- 8. Gentians
- THE BRITISH SPECIES
- GENTIANS IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE
- GENTIANELLAS: EVOLUTION IN ACTION
- THE RARITIES
- 9. Primulas
- THE DISCOVERY OF OXLIPS
- HETEROSTYLY: ONE PLANT, TWO KINDS OF FLOWERS
- BIRD'S-EYE AND SCOTTISH PRIMROSES
- HYBRIDS
- SEEDS OF CHANGE
- 10. Orchids
- THE POLLINATION GAME I - HONEST ORCHIDS
- THE POLLINATION GAME II - DECEITFUL ORCHIDS
- THE POLLINATION GAME III - SEXUAL DECEIT
- SEEDS LIKE DUST
- ORCHID COLONISTS
- FUNGAL PARTNERSHIPS AND THE PROBLEMS OF ORCHID CONSERVATION
- EXPANDING AND CONTRACTING RANGES
- ENDLESS FORMS MOST WONDERFUL
- SELF-POLLINATION
- part III: OPEN GROUND
- Introduction
- SAND AND SHINGLE
- SALTMARSHES
- HEATH AND BOG
- MOUNTAINTOPS
- 11. Butterworts, Bladderworts & Sundews
- SUNDEWS
- BUTTERWORTS AND BLADDERWORTS
- THE NATURALIZED PURPLE PITCHER
- 12. Saxifrages
- SAXIFRAGES OF MOOR AND MOUNTAIN
- HIGH MOUNTAIN SAXIFRAGES
- LUSITANIAN SAXIFRAGES
- 13. Alliums
- WILD LEEKS
- ALLIUMS IN THE AVON GORGE
- ALLIUMS AS MEDICINE
- POLYPLOIDY: INSTANT EVOLUTION
- FIELD GARLIC AND CROW GARLIC
- INVASIVE ALLIUMS
- 14. Lilies of Open Ground
- THE GAGEAS
- BOG ASPHODELS
- WILD ASPARAGUS
- BATH ASPARAGUS
- GRAPE HYACINTHS AND SQUILLS
- WILD TULIPS
- Appendix: Photographing Wildflowers
- PLANTS: A KEY ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
- IN-CAMERA TECHNIQUES I: PERSPECTIVE AND FOCUS
- IN-CAMERA TECHNIQUES II: DELIBERATE CAMERA MOVEMENT
- IN-CAMERA TECHNIQUES III: FISHEYES AND TILT-SHIFT LENSES
- IN-CAMERA TECHNIQUES IV: LIGHTING
- POST-SHOOTING TECHNIQUES I: HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE
- POST-SHOOTING TECHNIQUES II: FOCUS STACKING
- SMARTPHONES AND GOPROS
- INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY
- MONOCHROME PHOTOGRAPHY
- References
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index of Plant Names
- General Index
- About the Author
- An Invitation from the Publisher
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