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The Burren in County Clare on the West coast of Ireland is one of Ireland's most important landscapes, a limestone area that seems barren yet one which harbours beautiful plants; ferns and orchids in abundance; Spring gentians and mountial avens, wild roses and ephemeral mudworts, Lady's tresses, Lady's bedstraw, cowslips and spelaeodendrons. The Burren: a companion to the wildflowers of an Irish limestone wilderness contains the story of discovery of the Burren's botanical riches, folk tales about the plants, and descriptions of wild places. Botanical information is woven into discussions of the contradictions that render the Burren a botanist's belwilderment. Wht do Artic plants live side by side with orchids and ferns more at home around the Mediterranean sea ? Why do heathers and bog asphodel inhabit a place thatv is said to have no water and no soil ? Dr. Charles Nelson writes about this enigmatic, perplexing region in a relaxed yet informative book. To accompany his text, Wendy Walsh has painted in watercolour one hundred plant protraits The Burren is a threatened landscape, and this book is published to help reverse that trend. All profits will be devoted to the work of The Conservancy of The Burren.
Publisher:
Burren Books
Author:
Charles E. Nelson
Reference Code: ISBN: 1-898706-10-7
Dimensions: 285 x 165nn
Pages: 343
Product Weight: 800
Price: EUR € 37.50
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