Saltmarsh Plants of Britain - Wild ID Guide

From Eelgrass to Glasswort, from Sea Aster to Scurvy-grass, the Wild ID Saltmarsh Plants of Britain guide features 40 species of saltmarsh plants found on muddy seashores.

• Identification guide to 40 saltmarsh plant species found around in Britain and Ireland
• Also includes vegetative key so you can identify saltmarsh plants when not in flower
• Practical for use outdoors: lightweight, rucksack-sized, splash-proof

Saltmarshes develop on depositional coasts, bays, and estuaries where tidal movements are gentle and erosion is light. Primary succession happens when bare mud at the seashore is colonised by plants. Over time the mud builds up into a saltmarsh, raising the ground level above the height of the land above sea level.  Although succession takes place over time, different parts of a saltmarsh system represent different stages of succession.

WildID Saltmarsh guide features beautiful colour paintings of each plant species. For ease of identification, they are grouped by height above sea level. The guide is ideal for students who need a quick but reliable key as part of fieldwork on saltmarsh succession and zonation. The guide is suitable for GCSE and A level fieldwork investigations into a halosere.

Saltmarsh plants are generally at their flowering best from mid to late summer. But what if your fieldwork is in spring or autumn? To help we have included a full vegetative key, based on plant shape and leaf characteristics. With this key you can identify saltmarsh plants even when they are not in flower.

These popular wildlife field guides measure 24.5 cm x 17.5 cm and are extremely lightweight so are the perfect identification aid for popping in your bag when heading outside. All wildlife identification guides are laminated, so are shower-proof and wipe-clean for use outside.