Woodland Flowers. British Wildlife Collection No. 8.

1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2020 pp.400 with colour photos. and illus. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £40.00. A fascinating, original account. Keith Kirby examines how woodland plants in Britain have come to be where they are, how they tolerate grazing, the challenges they face through the seasons and how they respond to storms, fires, droughts and floods. Along the way, the work of important botanists who have studied woodlands in the past is presented to the reader.