Tree name trail
Can you tell apart maple and sycamore? Beech and hornbeam? Pine, cedar, spruce and fir? Straightforward questions will quickly guide you to the right answers. Co-created with the Forestry Commission.
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Grasses guide
Want to start identifying grasses? WildID grasses guide features a manageable list of 30 species, all widespread and common. Descriptions and diagrams demystify specialist terms, from awns to spikelets.
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Grassland plants 1 guide
Featuring 64 flowering plants of grasslands on lowland acid and neutral soils. Also includes a vegetative key. Use this concise fold-out guide to quickly put a name to the flowers that you see.
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Grassland plants 2 guide
Featuring 63 flowering plants of grasslands on lowland chalk and limestone soils. Also includes a vegetative key.
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Woodland plants guide
From bluebell to wood sage, and dog's mercury to yellow archangel, this guide includes 41 species of low-growing flowers and climbers.
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Ancient woodland indicators guide
Featuring over 40 flowering plants and ferns that give evidence a site has been continuously wooded for centuries.
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Phase 1 survey guide: Grassland and marsh
Showing 44 indicator species, this guide will help you carry out a Phase 1 habitat survey of grassland and marsh habitats.
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Orchids guide
Written by two highly experienced botanists, WildID Orchids is a convenient and concise identification guide to 69 species, subspecies and hybrids of orchids.
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Non-native invasive plants guide
31 terrestrial plants restricted by UK and Irish legislation, including Perfoliate Alexanders, Pirri-pirri Bur, Skunk Cabbage, Japanese Knotweed, Variegated Yellow Archangel and Virginia Creeper.
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Saltmarsh guide
From eelgrass to glasswort, from sea aster to scurvy grass, this guide covers 40 species of plants found on muddy seashores.
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Floodplain meadows guide
WildID Floodplain meadows guide features 48 indicator species of flowering plants from this internationally rare and species-rich habitat.
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Describing flowers
Need to use a flora to identify flowers, but rusty on the botanical words? This handy guide illustrates the main characters used in identification, including specialist terminology for leaves and parts of the flower.
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Water plants guide
From bogbean to bulrush, from water soldier to yellow flag this guide features 54 species found at ponds, lakes, canals and slow-flowing streams and rivers.
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Foraging guide
Written by an experienced forest schools leader, WildID Foraging is a great guide to take on a walk with children. Featuring edible flowers, leaves, nuts, fruits, seeds and roots, it covers 25 of the most commonest and tastiest plants to find.
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Playing field plants guide
Designed to help 11-14 year olds design and carry out independent biological investigations in a familiar and accessible habitat. Colour illustrations by Carol Roberts show a selection of plants common in playing fields and lawns.
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Wildlife of burial grounds guide
Wildlife of burial grounds guide features 46 plants and animals of these special places. Created with Caring for God's Acre.