Leaflet guide on trees/plants etc?

[Yellows]

Hi,

I am ashamed to admit that I would not be able to point out an oak tree or any tree for that matter, but I would like to learn.

Does anyone know of any small handbooks or leaflets that show things like these?

- Identifying trees
- Identifying plants
- Edible things you can find in the wild (e.g. what berries are safe to eat and what are not - things like that)

These are topics that I would like to learn about, so if anyone has an idea of where leaflet/booklets like this can be found then please let me know

Thank you

 

[Tank]

If you have a smart phone you could download treeuk app for about 70p pretty good little app and handy to have on your phone.

 

[JRjr]

If you have an android smartphone there is a forestry commission app which is free I would say it is not a comprehensive guide but covers a few of the most common trees you will find (did I say it is free )
I also downloaded the collins gem trees book to my phone at the same time (which was a couple of quid I think)
and the book 'food for free' from the same publisher is an available download too

or you could probably get them online for a couple of quid if you want paper copies

 

[Yellows]

Unfortunately I don't! I think I must be the only teenager in England that doesn't use the internet on their phone

 

[Shewie]

These are handy for sticking in your pocket for a bimble ..

http://www.woodlandtrustshop.com/products/205-leaf-swatch-book.aspx

 

[JRjr]

I think my local woods had something similar to those so maybe contact the rangers service? or see if the forestry commission have a paper leaflet that would help

 

[Elen Sentier]

The Collins Guides are a great place to start, along with Mabley's Food for Free, I think you can do them all on android now, or get them in paper to curl up in the hammock with

 

[swright81076]

These are handy for sticking in your pocket for a bimble ..

http://www.woodlandtrustshop.com/products/205-leaf-swatch-book.aspx

My 6 year old daughter has one of those. She loves it, she can identify about 12 tees from their leaves now. She even taught her teachers something last week.

If you sign up to the woodland trust and donate monthly, they send you one free.

touched by nature

 

[JRjr]

What about downloading some and printing them off?
here are a few I found so far

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...24HwAQ&usg=AFQjCNFDFxT-3J2IMqBYRkQIR_gSeA4w_g

http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/packs/trees.htm

http://www.opalexplorenature.org/Identification

http://www.shurdington.org/TreeChart.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildbritain/field_guides/tree_id.shtml

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/...y/urban-tree-survey/identify-trees/index.html

I do not own these sites so I have no control over the content within and cannot guarantee the downloads are virus free etc

 

[Seoras]

The Field study guides have always been a favourite of mine.

Not free but excellent value. I use them with my students all the time.

http://www.field-studies-council.org/publications/fold-out-charts.aspx

Cheers

George

 

[Yellows]

The Collins Guides are a great place to start, along with Mabley's Food for Free, I think you can do them all on android now, or get them in paper to curl up in the hammock with

Does this fit in a pocket or is it a bit bigger?

 

[swright81076]

Does this fit in a pocket or is it a bit bigger?

They'll fit in a pocket.

touched by nature

 

[greensurfingbear]

The Collins Guides are a great place to start, along with Mabley's Food for Free, I think you can do them all on android now, or get them in paper to curl up in the hammock with

I second getting the collins GEM books, I have the tree, wildflower, insect, mushroom, butterfly, and SAS survival guide books. They are pocket books and I keep them all in my car as they don't take up much space and means I have them to hand if I want to take them out on a bimble.

or alternatively as has been pointed out there are free resources out there you can download and print off but I think the GEM guides are ideal as they are concise and fit in a pocket