Books on Swiss Flora

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Hi all!

I've been trying to find field guides for the flora of Switzerland, but I've not had much success looking online (though I am searching in English...).

Infoflora.ch has an Excel sheet of all species recorded here, which is sadly not that helpful when looking at a plant up a mountain.

The main groups I'm interested in are the grasses and flowering plants. I'd ideally like a book in English, but German will do if the plates/illustrations are good!

Any suggestions?

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this is the best guide. In german and french

http://www.flora-helvetica.ch/buch_fr

Beautiful book and they also have an app now. Bought it for a friend and though its heavy they say it pretty much has every flower you can find in Switzerland.

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That is indeed a sexy book! However, I wouldn't exactly call it a field guide. Could never justify taking that beauty out into the rain or on a hike. Not quite what I need. Here are examples of guides I have from home:

https://www.nhbs.com/identification-...s-grasses-book

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wild-Flower.../dp/1408179504

Are there no guides like this for Switzerland? That is the vibe I'm getting from Google. Would I need a more general "central European" guide?

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I've got that one!

There's this one, specifically made for hikers:

You can order it here

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I had a plant identification app on my old phone which emailed each photo and result to me. These will give you an idea of what's available.

https://awesomejelly.com/8-best-apps...nts-flowers-2/

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Tom1234 - that's more like it! I'll buy that

Blueangel - I've an app called iFlora (in German) and that's petty useful. I'm really in the market for books rather than another app though. My phone is crap!

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Yes my friend was not one you would call that "normal" but if its a sunny day the pages are usually safe, your back not so much.

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HI I'm a teacher in a English / French Montessori school in Canton Vaud looking for a classroom book and or a field guide on Swiss botany.

We do A LOT of botany in Montessori so does not have to be at a child's level.

Great images and/ or illustrations are key... and if nothing in Eng is available, French that I can translate (digitally if at all possible)

But Eng would definitely be my first choice.

Thanks for the help!