Vegetation of Britain and Ireland

Description

Britain and Ireland : two western islands -- Prehistory : from glaciation to the Iron Age -- History : from the Romans to modern times -- Plant communities -- Woodlands : introduction -- Woods on the better soils, and wet woods -- Broad-leaved woods on acid soils, and Scottish pinewoods -- Wood margins, scrub and hedgerows -- Meadows and pastures -- Weeds and ruderals : ecological opportunism -- Chalk and limestone grasslands -- Lakes and rivers : freshwater aquatic vegetation -- Peat, peatlands and the hydrosere -- The diversity of peatlands : fens and valley bogs -- Peatland landscapes : ombrogenous bogs -- Heaths, heather-moors and acid grasslands -- Mountains -- The sea coast : saltmarshes -- Sand-dunes and shingle -- Sea-cliffs and rocky shores.;Michael Proctor, an expert in his field, discusses the development of the landscape of Britain and Ireland from prehistoric times, including the influence of people and their agricultural practices on the vegetation. He provides a comprehensive account of all the different types of plant habitat in Britain and Ireland: from woodlands and scrubland to meadows and grasslands, from wetlands and peatlands to heaths, and from the mountain vegetation to the sea coast. Britain and Ireland : two western islands -- Prehistory : from glaciation to the Iron Age -- History : from the Romans to modern times -- Plant communities -- Woodlands : introduction -- Woods on the better soils, and wet woods -- Broad-leaved woods on acid soils, and Scottish pinewoods -- Wood margins, scrub and hedgerows -- Meadows and pastures -- Weeds and ruderals : ecological opportunism -- Chalk and limestone grasslands -- Lakes and rivers : freshwater aquatic vegetation -- Peat, peatlands and the hydrosere -- The diversity of peatlands : fens and valley bogs -- Peatland landscapes : ombrogenous bogs -- Heaths, heather-moors and acid grasslands -- Mountains -- The sea coast : saltmarshes -- Sand-dunes and shingle -- Sea-cliffs and rocky shores.