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Author Chinery, Michael

Title Britain's plant galls : a photographic guide / compiled by Michael Chinery for the British Plant Gall Society
Published Old Basing : WILDGuides, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Series WildGuides
WildGuides (Series)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction -- what are galls and what causes them; Oak Galls; Galls on Other Trees and Shrubs; Galls on Herbaceous Plants; Further Reading; Acknowledgements; Index of Host Plants; The British Plant Gall Society
Summary This book has been produced with the aim of stimulating the general naturalist to take a closer look at the bumps and lumps that make up the fascinating world of plant galls. Induced by a variety of insects and other organisms and ranging from tiny pimples to bizarre and often very attractive and exquisitely sculptured growths, plant galls are mystery to many people, but they offer a fascinating field of study for both botanists and zoologists. Galls can be found on a very wide range of both woody and herbaceous plants, with over 50 different kinds occurring on Britain's oak trees alone, an
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index (page 93)
Notes Print version record
Subject Galls (Botany) -- Great Britain
Galls (Botany) -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works
Galls (Botany) -- Great Britain -- Identification
Galls (Botany) -- Great Britain -- Identification -- Pictorial works
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
NATURE -- Plants -- Trees.
Galls (Botany)
Great Britain
Genre/Form Field guides
Pictorial works
Form Electronic book
Author British Plant Gall Society.
ISBN 9781400850792
1400850797