Introducing the book

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 3
3. Introducing the book 4
4. Why and how are plants classified and named 6
5. The structure of the book 7
6. How to use this book 8
7. Looking at plants: some practicalities 9
8. Getting to the right group of plants 11
9. The broad groups used in this book 12
10. Plants: knowing the parts
11. Pteridophytes 14
12. Gymnosperms 15
13. Grasses, sedges, rushes 15
14. Flowering plants 16
15. How to identify plants 21
16. Plants not green 27
17. Aquatic plants 28
18. Woody plants 31
19. Herbaceous flowering plants 46
20. THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS 65
21. Index 309
22. Acknowledgements 320