Start recording
How to get out and about recording, as a beginner botanist.
Career advice
Advice for anyone who would like to work in botany.
Collecting and pressing specimens
Advice for starting your own herbarium or preserving specimens for ID.
Key botanical terms
What do we mean when we use terms such as wild, native or alien?
So you want to know your plants
Our introductory booklet for all botanists.
Training Grants
Grants for aspiring botanists who take short training courses.
Identiplant Grants
Grants for aspiring botanists who take short training courses.
Plant Study Grants
For undergraduate or postgraduate botany students.
Science and Research Grants
For PhD students, academic researchers and amateurs working towards published research.
Trial FISC Grants for 2026
Grants for aspiring botanists who take short training courses.
Publication Grants
For publications related to the flora of Britain and Ireland, at the local or national level.
Other sources of grants
Grants available from external organisations and funders for a range of training or research activities.
Journal
Our digital Open Access scientific journal.
Past periodicals
Back issues of past BSBI periodicals and historical journals.
Handbooks
The leading resource for the identification of difficult groups, vital for serious botany.
Other books
Additional titles published by the Society to support wild plants and recording.
County Floras
Extensive works cataloguing the plants of a particular county or region.
Rare Plant Registers
Works tracking and detailing the rarest plants in a county.
Site Floras
Checklists and descriptions of the Flora of specific locations.
Archive
Visit our physical collection of books and resources.
Botanical publications corrigenda
Corrections and updates to botanical publications.
External resources
External resources available online.
External scientific papers
Botanical papers and reports from external sources.
Herbaria
Information on reference libraries of plant specimens.
Identification guides
Dedicated pages with resources on particularly difficult groups.
Illustrations of alien plants
Where to find illustrations to aid your identification.
Plant Crib
A key source of information and keys on identifying problematic and difficult groups.
Species accounts
Key information for a range of threatened and nationally rare and scarce species.
Webinars and training videos
Our extensive catalogue of videos to help with plant identification and education.
External training courses
Information on botany and wild plant courses being offered by other training providers.
Identiplant course
The course for beginners in serious botany.
Plants are Green course
For those curious about how plants work.
Trainers' toolkit
Hints, tips and guidance to support those delivering botanical training.
Workshops
In-depth, hands-on sessions to learn from the expertise of other botanists.
Webinars and talks
Digital presentations to enrich your understanding and enjoyment of botany.
FISC Information Booklet 2026
Everything you need to know about taking a FISC.
FISC Information Booklet 2026 Welsh
Everything you need to know about taking a FISC.
Trial FISC grants
Grants for aspiring botanists who take short training courses.
