AuthorJermy A.C., Simpson, D.A., Foley, M.J.Y. & Porter, M.S.
Year2007
TitleSedges of the British Isles
ISBN9 780901 158352
SeriesBSBI Handbooks
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the British species known at the time
SourceBSBI Handbooks, No 1, Third edition, 554pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
IllustrationsLine drawings facing the species descriptions
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

The third edition of this standard work is greatly expanded: in scope (to include distribution maps, full descriptions of hybrids, and covering the whole of the Cyperaceae), in format (from 18x12cm to 21x15cm), and number of pages (from 268 to 554).

With the larger format and at more than twice the thickness it no longer slips quite so unobtrusively into the rucksack!

NewsA new edition is expected in 2007
Examine with x8 or x10 hand lens
Specimen PreparationSelect specimens with mature utricles.
Identification difficultyGiven suitably ripe material, sedges are mostly quite straightforward. When not in fruit, they are much more difficult.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identification, contains Checklist, Distribution mapCurrentCYPERACEAEcotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedgesPlantae: Poales
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