Michael Proctor is an Honorary Research Fellow (and until his retirement in 1994 was Reader in Plant Ecology) at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter. He has wide interests in ecology and botany, and has published many scientific papers on a variety of ecological topics, as well as two previous New Naturalists (The Pollination of Flowers and The Natural History of Pollination). He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.

'It is simply magnificent [...] Michael Proctor's knowledge of our wild habitats and their plants - mosses and lichens, as well as flowers, trees and ferns - is possibly unequalled [...] It will probably be our senior guide on wild vegetation for the rest of our lifetimes.' British Wildlife Praise for the New Naturalist series: 'Taken either individually or as a whole, they are one of the proudest achievements of modern publishing' The Sunday Times 'The series is an amazing achievement.' The Times Literary Supplement 'The books are glorious to own.' Independent

Michael Proctor is an Honorary Research Fellow (and until his retirement in 1994 was Reader in Plant Ecology) at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter. He has wide interests in ecology and botany, and has published many scientific papers on a variety of ecological topics, as well as two previous New Naturalists (The Pollination of Flowers and The Natural History of Pollination). He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.

'It is simply magnificent [...] Michael Proctor's knowledge of our wild habitats and their plants - mosses and lichens, as well as flowers, trees and ferns - is possibly unequalled [...] It will probably be our senior guide on wild vegetation for the rest of our lifetimes.' British Wildlife Praise for the New Naturalist series: 'Taken either individually or as a whole, they are one of the proudest achievements of modern publishing' The Sunday Times 'The series is an amazing achievement.' The Times Literary Supplement 'The books are glorious to own.' Independent

Michael Proctor is an Honorary Research Fellow (and until his retirement in 1994 was Reader in Plant Ecology) at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter. He has wide interests in ecology and botany, and has published many scientific papers on a variety of ecological topics, as well as two previous New Naturalists (The Pollination of Flowers and The Natural History of Pollination). He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.

'It is simply magnificent [...] Michael Proctor's knowledge of our wild habitats and their plants - mosses and lichens, as well as flowers, trees and ferns - is possibly unequalled [...] It will probably be our senior guide on wild vegetation for the rest of our lifetimes.' British Wildlife Praise for the New Naturalist series: 'Taken either individually or as a whole, they are one of the proudest achievements of modern publishing' The Sunday Times 'The series is an amazing achievement.' The Times Literary Supplement 'The books are glorious to own.' Independent