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'… Stace's Flora is a mine of information, a model of clarity and organization, and one that no serious Irish or British botanist should be without.' The Irish Naturalist Journal
'The New Flora is a remarkable work … I for one have nothing but admiration for the accuracy of the text.' British Wildlife
'Clive Stace's Flora is a tour de force, a mine of information and absolutely indispensable for anyone who has more than a passing interest in British plants.' Trends in Ecology and Evolution
'Among the very best of Floras.' Rudolf Schmid, University of California
'Clive Stace has become a household name amongst British field botanists since his first edition … I would recommend this new edition to any serious botanist.' Scottish Wildlife
'… an authoritative and user-friendly Flora that will be our standard for taxonomy, nomenclature, and identification for some time to come.' Watsonia
'Stace 3 will be the flora of choice for all serious botanists in Britain and Ireland for the foreseeable future. It is THE book to use.' M. F. Fay, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
'The New Flora of the British Isles is a standard not only among British botanists but also on the shelves of other European botanists, and I can only congratulate this outstanding presentation of the British flora'. Lars Fröberg, Systematic Biology
'This reference is essential to anyone interested in this flora; no other text is as comprehensive.' S. L. Timme, Choice Magazine
'The New Flora is a remarkable work … I for one have nothing but admiration for the accuracy of the text.' British Wildlife
'Clive Stace's Flora is a tour de force, a mine of information and absolutely indispensable for anyone who has more than a passing interest in British plants.' Trends in Ecology and Evolution
'Among the very best of Floras.' Rudolf Schmid, University of California
'Clive Stace has become a household name amongst British field botanists since his first edition … I would recommend this new edition to any serious botanist.' Scottish Wildlife
'… an authoritative and user-friendly Flora that will be our standard for taxonomy, nomenclature, and identification for some time to come.' Watsonia
'Stace 3 will be the flora of choice for all serious botanists in Britain and Ireland for the foreseeable future. It is THE book to use.' M. F. Fay, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
'The New Flora of the British Isles is a standard not only among British botanists but also on the shelves of other European botanists, and I can only congratulate this outstanding presentation of the British flora'. Lars Fröberg, Systematic Biology
'This reference is essential to anyone interested in this flora; no other text is as comprehensive.' S. L. Timme, Choice Magazine
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'... Stace's Flora is a mine of information, a model of clarity and organization, and one that no serious Irish or British botanist should be without.' The Irish Naturalist Journal 'The New Flora is a remarkable work ... I for one have nothing but admiration for the accuracy of the text.' British Wildlife 'Clive Stace's Flora is a tour de force, a mine of information and absolutely indispensable for anyone who has more than a passing interest in British plants.' Trends in Ecology and Evolution 'Among the very best of Floras.' Rudolf Schmid, University of California 'Clive Stace has become a household name amongst British field botanists since his first edition ... I would recommend this new edition to any serious botanist.' Scottish Wildlife '... an authoritative and user-friendly Flora that will be our standard for taxonomy, nomenclature, and identification for some time to come.' Watsonia 'Stace 3 will be the flora of choice for all serious botanists in Britain and Ireland for the foreseeable future. It is THE book to use.' M. F. Fay, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 'The New Flora of the British Isles is a standard not only among British botanists but also on the shelves of other European botanists, and I can only congratulate this outstanding presentation of the British flora'. Lars Froberg, Systematic Biology 'This reference is essential to anyone interested in this flora; no other text is as comprehensive.' S. L. Timme, Choice Magazine
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48 of 49 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the standard text for any botanist whether amateur or professional. I reach for it every day and every day I learn something new. I would recommend that you also buy Stace's Field Flora of the British Isles which is a condensed form (subspecies?) of this book so is much smaller and easier to carry in the field. But don't buy just the Field Flora as the text and hence the information contained therein is also condensed. A word of warning: The New Flora is a technical book written by an acomplished professional taxonomist/botanist for professionals but don't let this deter any new comers to botany it is still good to have along with the more basic guides such as the Collins Guide to the Wildflowers of Britain and Ireland by Fitter et al. As you begin to identify plants using the basic guides you can also refer to Stace and you will eventually get used to the technical language of Stace. I use Stace as my primary text for identifying plants but still refer to the basic texts for pictures just to be absolutley certain. All in all buy it along with the Field Flora but have at least one of the basic texts also.
62 of 66 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Stace's Flora lists virtually all the species likely to be found growing wild (including established introductions) within the British Isles but it is rather too large and heavy to be used in the field-his Field Flora is much more suitable for that purpose. It is very technical and, although the keys work, a fair amount of experience is required before they are of much use. I find his omission of any indication of flowering times particularly annoying. I realise these vary depending upon where the plant is growing, but most flora's give at least a rough indication and it certainly aids identification. There are a number of very useful illustration showing the differences between the more critical genera (e.g.Alchemilla) and these are very useful. An essential book for the serious (amateur or professional) botanist but I still find the earlier Flora's (by CTW and CTM) easier to use even though the nomenclature is a bit outdated, they also give a lot of additional useful information (e.g.pollinating agents) which Stace generally omits.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My copy of Stace's first edition is looking very dog-eared and worn from too many field trips, so the appearance of version 3 prompted a well-overdue upgrade. Still as useful as ever - descriptions focus on the essentials, and the expanded range of species covers most eventualities. As other reviewers have commented, you have to know how to use a technical botanical key, but these are relatively easy to use (apart from a maybe inevitable reliance on overlapping measurements - are the lemmas 4.2 - 6mm, or 4.4 - 8mm long???). The nomenclature and taxonomic changes in this edition also justify the upgrade. My main note of caution is the robustness of the soft plastic cover, which will eventually part company with the pages within if you carry it round in the field for too long. I assume a hardback edition would've been prohibitively expensive, so handle with care or keep it on your desk. The other thing to understand is this is an identification guide, no more and no less - descriptions are inevitably short in order to pack in the species, so you will need to read more widely to learn more about a particular plant.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Brilliant Book - This is the old edition not the newer 2010 edition
Stace's book is the standard flora of the British Isles, with fantastic range of the most detailed and accurate information. This listing is the OLD SECOND edition. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Prof J. Heslop-harrison
A great piece of work
An amazing amount of work has gone into this standard reference work for plant identification. Despite it's bulk, it is well worth taking in the field - far preferable to a cut... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Redshark
Essential botanical text
Stace is a text that the keen botanist cannot be without. The second edition was starting to become dated, particularly with the advances in plant taxonomy, so this third edition... Read more
Published 20 months ago by RichPop
Stace's New Flora, third edition
The new definitive work, almost faultless. Although it is essentially a book of words and not a colour picture guide, it is liberally illustrated in B&W with all the characters and... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Sean
The latest edition of the Standard
Another edition of what is the current standard scientific identification guide, Stace's "New Flora", replaces the second. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Trilby
Stace New Flora
I knew what to expect from this book before I bought it, as I've used it before. If you're serious about species identification, then this book is essential. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2009 by S. Shorter
Excellent technical work
An excellent reference - but not for the 'beginner'. You have to know your botanical vocabulary to make use of this book (it does have a good glossary though). Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2009 by I. C. Devereux
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