| Series | Pelagic Identification Guides |
| Authors | Alexandra-Maria Klein, Julia Krohmer |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9781784274740 |
| Publisher | Pelagic Publishing |
| Pages | 144 |
| Size | 193 x 132 mm |
| Format | Paperback |
| Images | Colour images |
| Year published | 2025 |
Have you ever wondered exactly what those ‘weeds’ are growing along the kerb or between the cracks in the pavement? Not the pampered plants of parks, front gardens and herbaceous borders, but simply those that exist everywhere and nowhere in particular: the true survivors, the botanical opportunists.
A Field Guide to Urban Plants is a handy guide that introduces the most commonplace flowers, shrubs, grasses, mosses and ferns that are to be found on the street, and show the main characteristics by which you can recognise them. Soon you’ll be more alert than ever to the rebellious species of tarmac, wall and gutter as they defy weedkiller, climate change and dog wee.
The species in A Field Guide to Urban Plants are arranged according to their growth form, so that you can identify the plants you discover in your town as readily as possible. The book starts with the largest group – herbaceous plants – followed by a few woody plants, grasses, mosses and ferns. The first group is divided again according to flower colour: white, yellow, red/pink, blue/purple and green or brown. Within each colour, you will first find the flowers with a maximum of four petals, then those with five, then those with more than five and finally those with bilaterally symmetrical flowers. So you know quickly which group you are in, there are corresponding symbols in the profile at the bottom of each page.
A Field Guide to Urban Plants will enliven a mundane walk on the dreariest of days.
