A comprehensive pocket-sized field guide, covering around 80 species of trees and large shrubs that are common in Britain and the rest of Europe. The introduction explains the basics of tree forms and their identification. Each species is illustrated by the author's remarkable photographs. The text covers information such as ID features for bark, flowers, fruit and leaves, blossoming and fruiting times, distribution, habitat, status, confusion species and interesting facts such as plant uses. This book is as visually impressive as it is useful in the field, with many stunning full-page and double-page photographs to support the authoritative text. Printed on quality paper, the paperback format with flaps adds to the book's durability in the field and provides built in page-markers for quick reference. Part of the Pocket Guides series covering British and European wildlife, including garden birds, butterflies, insects, wild flowers, tracking and signs, and orchids.

Introduction White WaterlilyMarsh MarigoldWood AnemoneStinking HelleboreTraveller's JoyCreeping ButtercupLesser CelandinePond Water-crowfootColumbineCommon PoppyGreater CelandineCommon FumitoryField Mouse-EarGreater StitchwortRed CampionWhite CampionCommon BistortThriftImperforate St John's-wortCommon MallowRound-leaved SundewCommon RockroseWild PansyCommon Dog VioletGarlic MustardCharlockSea StockWild CabbageHairy BittercressCommon ScurvygrassCuckooflowerBell HeatherBilberryRound-leaved WintergreenWeldPrimroseCowslipYellow LoosestrifeScarlet PimpernelBiting StonecropOpposite-leaved Golden SaxifrageMeadowsweetWild StrawberrySilverweedTormentilWood AvensSainfoinCommon Birdsfoot TrefoilHorseshoe VetchCommon RestharrowTufted VetchMeadow VetchlingWhite CloverPurple LoosestrifeRosebay WillowberbCommon MilkwortWood SorrelMeadow CranesbillHerb RobertCommon StorksbillHimalayan BalsamIvyHogweedCommon CentauryMarsh GentianBittersweetViper's BuglossField BindweedCommon ComfreyWater Forget-me-notBetonyHedge WoundwortWild ThymeCommon Hemp-nettleWhite Dead-nettleSelf-healBugleWater MintLady's BedstrawRibwort PlantainFoxgloveGermander SpeedwellGreat MulleinIvy-leaved ToadflaxCommon ToadflaxCommon EyebrightCommon BroomrapeYellow Rattle Common Cow-wheatMarsh MousewortHarebellMoschatelHoneysuckleCommon ValerianWild TeaselField ScabiousLesser BurdockSpear ThistleCommon KnapweedChicoryPerennial SowthistleGoatsbeardSea AsterCommon FleabaneTansyOxeye DaisyCommon RagwortButterburColtsfootHemp AgrimonyWater-plantainCommon DuckweedLords-and-ladiesBog AsphodelMeadow SaffronSolomon's-sealFritillaryRamsonsDaffodilLily-of-the-valleyBluebellButcher's BroomBlack BryonyYellow IrisCommon TwaybladeLady's-slipperBee OrchidEarly Purple OrchidPyramidal OrchidCommon Spotted Orchid GlossaryBibliography