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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Pearman, D. & Walker, K., 2004

Comment: Rare plant introductions in the UK: creative conservation or wildflower gardening?

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.

Journal	British Wildlife
Volume	Vol 15, No. 3
Page range	174-182
Illustrations	Colour photographs.

Malcolm Storey

Taxonomic Scope

Cypripedium calceolus L. (Lady’s Slipper)	Identification		Current	Colour photograph.
Filago gallica L. (Narrow-leaved Cudweed)	Identification		Current	Colour photograph.
Agrostemma githago L. (Corncockle)	Identification		Current	Colou photograph.
Primula scotica Hook. (Scottish Primrose)	Identification		Current	Colour photograph.
Saxifraga hypnoides L. (Mossy Saxifrage)	Identification		Current	Colour photograph.
MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)	Background Reading		Current

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