Interactive Flora Of The British Isles: A Digital Encyclopedia

This interactive multimedia DVD-ROM, compiled from authoritative sources, presents an overview of the entire flora of the British Isles. It encompasses more than 3500 taxa and includes all natives, all naturalized plants, all crop plants, and all recurrent casuals. Full descriptions and identification keys from the printed 2nd edition of Stace's New Flora of the British Isles (1997) have been incorporated and updated to the present state-of-the-art. This digital flora is illustrated with some 8500 unique color slides and drawings to facilitate quick and reliable identification. The technical terms in the text are hyperlinked to an extensive glossary to provide an immediate explanation. Detailed distribution data, derived from the New Atlas of the British & Irish Flora by Preston, Pearman & Dines (2002), are presented in an interactive geographic information system supporting quick geographic searches. This user-friendly DVD-ROM contains an enormous amount of authoritative information on the British flora. It should be in the reference collection of anyone interested in plants, whether an amateur or a professional, teacher or student, rambler or gardener.Interactive Flora Of The British Isles: A Digital Encyclopedia, Dvdr was published 2004 under ISBN 9789231039713 and ISBN 9231039717.