Key to the Aquatic Plants of Northern and Central Europe including Britain and Ireland

Jens Christian Schou · Bjarne Moeslund · Klaus van de Weyer · Gerhard Wiegleb · Richard V. Lansdown · Peter Holm · Lars Baastrup-Spohr · Kaj Sand-Jensen

sept 2023 · WILDGuides Libro 119 · Princeton University Press

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A richly illustrated identification key that makes an invaluable companion to Aquatic Plants of Northern and Central Europe including Britain and Ireland

Featuring more than 400 color illustrations, this succinct, fixed-layout ebook provides a handy identification guide to all of the region’s aquatic plants. The book’s dichotomous keys to botanical features makes it a perfect companion to the larger, comprehensive guide, Aquatic Plants of Northern and Central Europe including Britain and Ireland.

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Jens Christian Schou is a botanist, illustrator and photographer who specializes in Nordic plants. Bjarne Moeslund is an environmental consultant who led the creation of the first guide to Denmark’s aquatic plants and was later coauthor of a more comprehensive book on the subject. Klaus van de Weyer is a freshwater ecologist and botanist, an expert on macrophytes and an underwater photographer who teaches classes on macrophyte ecology and identification. Richard V. Lansdown works in wetland conservation, has surveyed macrophytes in rivers throughout Britain and Ireland and teaches courses on aquatic plant identification. Gerhard Wiegleb is professor emeritus of general ecology at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus and a widely published expert on macrophyte ecology. Peter Holm is an expert on the identification of macro invertebrates and aquatic plants in rivers, streams and lakes. Lars Baastrup-Spohr is assistant professor in freshwater ecology at the University of Copenhagen. Kaj Sand-Jensen is professor of freshwater ecology at the University of Copenhagen and the author of books and popular science articles on Danish nature.