Guide to Common Grasses by Mark Gardener (Paperback)

Identification guide to 30 widespread and common grasses Accompanying text and diagrams demystify the specialist terminology for grasses, from awns to spikelets Also includes multi-access vegetative key Designed to be used outside: lightweight, rucksack-sized, splash-proof Want to start identifying grasses? They can be a daunting group to tackle. Book-length identification guides contain hundreds of pages of similar-looking species. So where do you start? WildID grasses guide features a manageable list of 30 species, all widespread and common. You should be able to find many of these on a short walk, even in a city centre. We have included common species of bent, fescue, brome, rye-grass, hair-grass, oat-grass and meadow-grass.