Plants of the Big City. A Guide to the Amazing World of Nature in Metropolises and Beyond

Everyone can distinguish rowan from linden, but only the experienced can name the grasses that grow under our feet – on urban lawns, meadows, swamps, and in forests. Will you be able to recall the appearance of pulmonaria, pyrola, goosefoot, ryegrass, melilot? And recognize touch-me-not and goldenrod, so as not to let them disrupt natural communities? Did you know that there are over 100 species of hogweed in the world, and not all of them are as vile as Sosnowski's hogweed?
This book is not only a guide to the world of plants living in cities and their surroundings, but also a collection of biographies of numerous members of botanical families that we so often and willingly confuse – or do not recognize at all. The author will discuss the common and scientific names of plants, the history of their arrival in the country, and the widespread misconceptions that most of us have been exposed to since childhood.