BEN AND ALISON AVERIS - BOTANISTS

Botanical consultants based near Edinburgh

Resources

Some downloadable PDF files (all free):

  • ‘Non-NVC’ vegetation. Descriptions of vegetation found by us that is not included in the UK National Vegetation Classification (5.2MB).
  • Tables to help people identify NVC communities in woodland (48KB), heath (30KB) and grassland (58KB).
  • Tables to help with the identification of Sphagnum mosses (39KB) and various liverworts (677KB).
  • Drizzle, Midges, Misery and Moss – a document​ about British and Irish rainforests (7.3MB PDF file: rainforests – ben averis – june 2020 version with images at low resolution)
  • A Provisional Definition of Temperate Rainforest in Britain and Ireland (Ben Averis 2023) (11.6 MB PDF file). This is a revised version (February 2023) of the document originally written in December 2022. The revised version includes more text and maps, and has benefitted from feedback from the lichenologists Neil Sanderson and Brian and Sandy Coppins.
non-nvc vegetation types found by ben and alison averis 2020-06 Download
nvc summary table 01 – woodsDownload
nvc summary table 02 – heaths of scotland n england and walesDownload
nvc summary table 03 – grasslands of scotlandDownload
identification summary table 01 – sphagnumDownload
identification summary table 02 – various liverwortsDownload
rainforests – ben averis – june 2020 version with images at low resolution Download

 

A Provisional Definition of Temperate Rainforest in Britain and Ireland (Ben Averis 2023)https://www.benandalisonaveris.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/A-Provisional-Definition-of-Temperate-Rainforest-in-Britain-and-Ireland-Ben-Averis-2023-13-07-2023.pdf