Plant Life of Edinburgh and the Lothians

by Smith, P.M.; Dixon, R.O.D.; Cochrane, M.P.

• ISBN13: 9780748613366
• ISBN10: 0748613366
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-29
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Summary

Based on a twenty-year survey organized by the Botanical Society of Scotland, this is the most extensive and authoritative Flora of Edinburgh and the Lothians to be published since 1927.

Table of Contents

Preface
List of Plates
List of Authors
Lothian Landscapes, Geology, Climate and Soils	p. 1
Fossils and Pollen: Indications of the Past Plant Life of the Lothians up to the Dawn of Agriculture	p. 27
Moorland, Wetlands and Forest in the Lothians: The Growing Influence of Humans	p. 37
Microfungi of the Lothians	p. 48
Macrofungi of the Lothians	p. 52
Stoneworts of the Lothians	p. 72
Seaweeds of the Lothians	p. 75
Lichens of Edinburgh and the Lothians	p. 84
A Bryophyte Flora of the Lothians	p. 93
Ferns and Fern Allies of the Lothians	p. 163
The Earlier Study of the Plants of Edinburgh and the Lothians	p. 173
The Botany of the Lothians Project	p. 180
Flora of the Lothians	p. 200
Casual and Invasive Aliens	p. 407
Notes from the Vice-counties	p. 417
The Phytogeography of Edinburgh and the Lothians	p. 427
The Habitats, Distribution and Ecology of Plants in Edinburgh and the Lothians	p. 440
Land Use in the Lothians	p. 464
Ethnobotany of the Lothians	p. 475
References	p. 491
List of Contributors of the Botany of the Lothians Project	p. 506
Gazetteer	p. 509
List of Synonyms	p. 518
Index of Bryophyte Flora	p. 523
Index of Flora (Latin Names)	p. 526
Index of Flora (Common Names)	p. 531
General Index	p. 543
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