Author | Pearman, D. & Walker, K. |
Year | 2004 |
Title | Comment: Rare plant introductions in the UK: creative conservation or wildflower gardening? |
Type | Paper |
Source | British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 3: 174-182. |
Illustrations | Colour photographs |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | After a short history, the authors review the pro’s and con’s of reintroduction. They present the IUCN guidelines and offer a plea that reintroduction only be used as a last resort. |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Cypripedium calceolus | Lady’s Slipper, Lady’s-slipper | Plantae: Asparagales: Orchidaceae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Filago gallica | Narrow-leaved Cudweed | Plantae: Asterales: Asteraceae |
For identification, Colou photograph | Current | Agrostemma githago | Corncockle | Plantae: Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Primula scotica | Scottish Primrose | Plantae: Ericales: Primulaceae |
For identification, Colour photograph | Current | Saxifraga hypnoides | Mossy Saxifrage | Plantae: Saxifragales: Saxifragaceae |
Current | MAGNOLIOPSIDA | flowering plants | Plantae |
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