Urban Flora of Newcastle and North Tyneside

Description

The first comprehensive account of the wild plants growing across the Newcastle and North Tyneside conurbation, one of the largest in the UK.

Based on six years of fieldwork, the book documents more than 1,120 native and naturalised plant species, around a third of Britain’s entire flora. From pavement cracks and industrial estates to wooded denes, wetlands and the River Tyne, it reveals a city where rare orchids, ballast plants, garden escapes and familiar urban species coexist.

This illustrated Flora explores the city’s habitats, history and changing plant life, with detailed species accounts and insights into threatened, missing and newly established plants.

Essential reading for botanists, ecologists, conservationists and anyone curious about the surprising richness of nature in Newcastle and urban areas more generally.