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Plantae Sussexiensis, by William Markwick, published 1802 in Linnaean Society (article, MS 474)

Botany, by Thomas Henry Cooper, Esq., F.L.S., published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (appendex II, article, pp.5-22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Moss Flora of Sussex, by C. P. Smith, published 1869 in Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society (article)

Summary Analysis of the Flora of Sussex (Phaenogams and Ferns), by W. B. Hemsley, published 1872 in Proceedings of the British Association (article, pp.128-)

Lists of the Local Fauna and Flora, by F. C. S. Roper, published 1873 (Eastbourne Natural History and Archaeology Society)

The Verification of the Fauna and Flora of the County of Sussex, by T. W. Wonfor, published 1873 in Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society (article, pp.50-)

The Macro-Lepidopterous Fauna of Guestling and its immediate neighbourhood, by Rev. E. N. Bloomfield, published 1873 in Proceeds of the Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society (article, pp.68-)

An Outline of the Flora of Sussex, by W. Botting Hemsley, published 1875 (London)

The Flora of Eastbourne being an introduction to the flowering plants, ferns, etc., of the Cuckmere District, East Sussex, with a map, by Freeman Clark S. Roper, F.L.s., F.G.S., published 1875 (xliii + 165 pp., London: John Van Voorst) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The History of Harting, with a chapter on the Geology of the District by the late Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, F.G.S., and Some Notice of its Fauna and Flora by J Weaver, by Rev. H. D. Gordon, M.A., rector and vicar of Harting, published 1877 (xi + 491 pp., London: W. Davy & Sons) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2788] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Flora of Sussex, by Rev. F. H. Arnold, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. and illustrated by Marian H. Arnold, published 1887 (118 pp., London: Hamilton, Adams & Co.) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

A list of the flowering plants & ferns found in the County of Sussex with localities of the most common species

A Sussex Yew Tree, by Rev. J. P. Bacon-Phillips, published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, notes & queries, pp.216-217) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Botany, by Rev. Frederick H. Arnold, M.A., LL.D., published 1905 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 1: Natural History, Geology, pre-medieval Archaeology, the Domesday survey, and Political History, pp.41-66, , facsimile edition published 1973, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905855 & ISBN-13: 9780712905855) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2398] & The Keep [LIB/500089] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Flora of Sussex or A List of the Flowering Plants & Ferns found in the County of Sussex with localities of the less common species, by the late Rev. F. H. Arnold, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. and illustrated by Marian H. Arnold, published 1907 (second enlarged edition, xxi + 154 pp., London: Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2582] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Gravetye Manor or twenty years work round an old manor house: Being an abstract from the Tree and Garden Book of Gravetye Manor Sussex kept by the owner Williams Robinson, well-known gardening author, by William Robinson, published 1911 (xii + 155 pp., London: John Murray) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500616] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Trees of Interest at Goodwood, by Gordon 7th Duke of Richmond, published 1912 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3164]

A contribution to our knowledge of Wealden floras, with especial reference to a collection of plants from Sussex, by Albert Charles Seward, published January 1913 in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society (vol. 69, issue 1-4, article, pp.85-116)   View Online

In November of last year (1911) Mr. Charles Dawson, F.S.A., F.G.S., submitted to me for examination a small collection of plants obtained by him, with the able assistance of Father Teilhard do Chardin and Father Felix Pelletier, from the Wealden Beds of Sussex, for the most part from the neighbourhood of Fairlight. Several of the specimens, although specifically identical with previously recorded types, are better preserved or larger than any hitherto found, and furnish new facts of importance. The collection includes also several new species. In accordance with Mr. Dawson's wish, the specimens have been handed to Dr. Smith Woodward as a gift to the Geological Department of the British Museum (Natural History). With the exception of the example of Sagenopteris mantelli shown in Pl. XI, fig. 3, which is from the Ashdown Sands, the fossils in the Dawson Collection were obtained from the Fairlight Clay.
In the descriptive section of this paper are included a few specimens from the Rufford Collection (collected at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings), acquired by the Museum subsequent to the publication of the Catalogue of Wealden Plants.

On a small Bennettitalean flower from the Wealden of Sussex, by W. N. Edwards, published May 1921 in Journal of Natural History (Series 9, vol. 7, no. 41, article, pp.440-442)

On the ecology of British beechwoods with special reference to their regeneration: part II, sections II and III. The development and structure of beech communities on the Sussex Downs, by A.S. Watt, published 1925 in Journal of Ecology (vol. 13, no. 1, article, pp.27-73)

Studies of the vegetation of the English Chalk: IV. A preliminary survey of the chalk grasslands of the South Downs, by A.G. Tansley and R.S. Adamson, published February 1926 in Journal of Ecology (vol. 14, no. 1, article, pp.1-32)

Yew communities of the South Downs, by A.S. Watt, published August 1926 in Journal of Ecology (vol. 14, no. 2, article, pp.282-316)

Sussex Orchids, by E. J. Bedford, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 5, article, pp.233-236) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

Sussex Orchids, by E. J. Bedford, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 6, article, pp.250-252) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

The "Pride of Sussex" and the Spiked Rampion, by E. J. Bedford, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 7, article, pp.297-299) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

Sussex Orchids, by E. J. Bedford, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 8, article, pp.368-371) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

Sussex Orchids, by E. J. Bedford, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 9, article, pp.400-403) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

Flowers of the Sussex Shingles, by K. S. Pickard, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 9, article, pp.411-412) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

Sussex Orchids, by E. J. Bedford, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 10, article, pp.448-450) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

Old Sussex Yews, by Mary Cranfield, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 8, article, pp.545-548) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500140]

Wild Flowers of the Sussex Levels, by Kathleen Pickard, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 6, article, pp.450-451) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

The Wild Flowers of Ashdown Forest, by Kathleen Pickard, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 8, article, pp.700-702) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500173]

Wild Fruits of the Countryside, by E. J. Bedford, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 10, article, pp.876-877) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500173]

Wild Fruits of the Countryside, by E. J. Bedford, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 11, article, pp.990-992) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500173]

Wild Fruits of the Countryside, by E. J. Bedford, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 12, article, pp.1002-1003) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500173]

Downland Flowers, by Kathleen Pickard, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 6, article, pp.419-421) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Cornfield Flowers in Sussex, by Kathleen Pickard, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 8, article, pp.558-562) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Sussex Wild Flowers in August, by Eva Bretherton, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 8, article, pp.521-522) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Woodland Flowers of Sussex, by Kathleen Pickard and William Cowey, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 9, article, pp.589-593) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Sussex Downland Orchids, by E. J. Bedford, F.R.P.S., published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 5, article, pp.284-285) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500179]

Saving Sussex's Rare Wild Plants: The Plans of Flora's League and Countryside Bodies, by Eric Hardy, F.Z.S., published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 8, article, pp.516-518) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500180]

The Flora of Sussex, edited by Anthony Hurt Wolley-Dod, published 1937 (Hastings: K. Saville) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Sussex and the Mistletoe, by Edward Shoosmith, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 1, article, pp.59-62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]

The Forest Garden in Sussex, by Edward Shoosmith, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 2, article, pp.105-108) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]

Outdoor Grape Vines in Sussex, by Edward Shoosmith, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 3, article, pp.171-175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]

Sussex Hangers, by George A. Lock, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 5, article, pp.292-295) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]

A Curving Jet of Saffron, by Edward Shoosmith, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 7, article, pp.470-473) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]

Studies of the vegetation of the English Chalk: VIII. a second survey of the chalk grasslands of the South Downs, by J.F. Hope-Simpson, published August 1941 in Journal of Ecology (vol. 29, no. 2, article, pp.217-267)

Post-Ypresian Plant Remains from the Isle of Wight and the Selsey Peninsula, by Marjorie Elizabeth Jane Chandler, published 1960 in Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology (vol. 5 no. 2, article) accessible at: British Library

Flora of Pagham Harbour. A study in plant ecology, with plates, including maps, by Dorothy French, published 1962 (16 pp., Bognor Regis Natural Science Society) accessible at: British Library

The bryophytes of the Hastings area, by R.A. Finch, published 1963 in Hastings and East Sussex Naturalist (vol. 9, article, pp.185-191)

A study of the diatoms of the Ouse Estuary, Sussex I. The movement of the mud-flat diatoms in response to some chemical and physical changes, by J. T. Hopkins, published November 1963 in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (vol. 43, no. 3, article, p.653, ISSN: 0025-3154)   View Online

The analysis shows that the diatom community resides mainly in the top 2 mm of the mud and when in bright light the community moves less than 1 mm towards the surface of the estuarine mud, although the colour of the mud changes noticeably. The fine mud supports more diatoms than the coarse mud, and the community in fine mud is nearer to the mud surface, but this is probably caused by the more rapid extinction of light in fine mud than in the coarse mud, while also large spaces between the coarse mud particles may offer less protection from the effect of tidal scour than in fine mud, this giving contributory explanation for the less abundant community in coarse mud.

A Study of the Diatoms of the Ouse Estuary, Sussex II. The Ecology of the Mud-Flat Diatom Flora, by J. T. Hopkins, published June 1964 in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (vol. 44, no. 2, article, p.333, ISSN: 0025-3154)   View Online

By estimating samples of diatoms taken from 0.2 m contour lines, over a horizontal range of about 85 m in the months of July 1953 a nd February 1954 the ecological factors influencing the distribution of eleven species of mud-flat diatoms were investigated. The three important factors were considered to be: the resistance to desiccation near the M.H.W.L., the ability to live under short periods of illumination near to the M.L.W.L., and the ability to tolerate the organic materials present in the black sulphureous layer. Table 7 summarizes the results for the eleven species.

A Study of the Diatoms of the Ouse Estuary, Sussex III. The Seasonal Variation in the Littoral Epiphyte Flora and the Shore Plankton, by J. T. Hopkins, published October 1964 in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (vol. 44, no. 3, article, p.613, ISSN: 0025-3154)   View Online

Analyses have been made of some of the constituents of the coastal sea water and the river water, and the results have been correlated with the growth phases of some planktonic diatom species and littoral epiphytes, although for most species the sea-water temperature and light intensity were limiting factors. The factor determining the death of an epiphytic diatom community in the littoral zone has been considered to be the air temperature in conjunction with desiccation and a summary of the limiting temperatures for each of the four substrata is given in Table 7. Table 10 is a summary of all the distribution and temperature records. The heat itself is not lethal in many cases but the desiccation of the epiphyte in the littoral zone is accelerated at higher temperatures. Diatoms in damp situations were found to occur at temperatures which in a dry site were limiting, and further work indicating the relationship between relative humidity and lethal temperatures is needed. The ability of a diatom to survive depends upon the water-retaining ability of the substratum. Chalk and large algae favoured the growth of most solitary epiphytes, and filamentous epiphytes grew particularly well on algae except the filamentous Navicula, which were best suited by chalk. The Achnanthes blue-green community was most frequent on wood. Concrete makes a firm substratum and allows rapid growth in winter but it is easily dried and most diatoms on it are destroyed in the summer. Four diatom genera ( Fragilaria, Grammatophora, Biddulphia and Melosira ) are able to exist in the epiphyte flora and the shore plankton and the term facultative epiphyte is suggested to describe the behaviour of at least some of the species of these genera.

The Productivity of the Scots Heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) in the Calluna-Ulex minor Complex of Ashdown Forest, Sussex, by P. W. Freeland, published December 1970 in Journal of Biological Education (vol. 4, no. 4, article, pp.297-304)

The Birds and Flowers of Harting, by Enid Hurtley, Michael Casement and F. C. Johnson, published 1971 (pamphlet, 41 pp., The Harting Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2865] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

An Experimental Investigation into the Behaviour of the Heather Weevil (Strophosomus sus) on Heathland in the Ashdown Forest, Sussex, by P.W. Freeland, published 1971 in Journal of Biological Education (vol. 5, no. 1, article, pp.7-14)

The natural history of Pagham Harbour. Part 2, Plants and animals other than birds and mammals, edited by R. W. Rayner, published 1 December 1975 (69 pp., Bognor Regis Natural Science Society, ISBN-10: 0950065242 & ISBN-13: 9780950065243) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [AM 64/1/22] & British Library

The Birds and Flowers of Harting, by Enid Hurtley, Michael Casement and F. C. Johnson, published 1977 (Revised edition, The Harting Society) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Sussex Plant Atlas: An atlas of the distribution of wild plants in Sussex, by P. C. Hall, published 1 January 1980 (179 pp., Booth Museum of Natural History, ISBN-10: 0950237264 & ISBN-13: 9780950237268) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Plants of Chichester Harbour, by Ann Griffiths, published 1983 (pamphlet, Chichester Harbour Conservancy) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8807] & West Sussex Libraries

The environment of Battle Abbey estates (East Sussex) in medieval times; a re-evaluation using analysis of pollen and sediments, by Brian Moffat, published 1986 in Landscape History (vol. 8, no. 1, article, pp.77-93)

Sussex plant atlas selected supplement : compiled from records collected by the Sussex Botanical Recording Society 1979-1988, by Mary Briggs, published 1990 (32 pp., Booth Museum of Natural History, ISBN-10: 0948723149 & ISBN-13: 9780948723148) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

W. H. Coleman's Flora of East Grinstead (1836), by W. H. Coleman and edited by T. C. G. Rich, published 1 March 1994 (28 pp., Sussex Botanical Recording Society, ISBN-10: 0952298708 & ISBN-13: 9780952298700) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502718] & West Sussex Libraries

Sieving experiment: the controlled recovery of charred plant remains from modern and archaeological samples, by Dominique de Moulins, published 1996 in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany (vol. 5, no. 1, article, pp.153-156)

The archaeological soil samples came from two different sites excavated in 1994 by the CAS. Eight samples were came from Battle Abbey, East Sussex.

Respondents' Evaluations of a CV Survey: A Case Study Based on an Economic Valuation of the Wildlife Enhancement Scheme, Pevensey Levels in East Sussex, by Jacquelin Burgess, Judy Clark and Carolyn M. Harrison, published March 1998 in Area (vol. 30, no. 1, article, pp.19-27)

Wild Orchids of Sussex, by David Lang, published 1 July 2001 (144 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 0953349330 & ISBN-13: 9780953349333) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The flowering plants of Rye Harbour, by Barry Yates with illustrations by Catherine Holman, published 2002 (41 pp., Lewes: East Sussex County Council) accessible at: British Library

Flora of Shoreham-by-Sea, by Betty and George Bishop, published 2003 (27 pp., Pamphlet) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Mid to late Holocene vegetation and land use history in the Weald of south-eastern England: multiple pollen profiles from the Rye area, by Martyn P. Waller and J. Edward Schofield, published 2007 in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany (vol. 16, no. 5, article, pp.367-384)

Mid to late Holocene vegetation and land use history in the Weald of south-eastern England: multiple pollen profiles from the Rye area, by Martyn P. Waller and J. Edward Schofield, published July 2007 in Vegetation history and archaeobotany (vol. 16, no. 5, article, pp.367-384)

The Natural History of the South Downs National Park, by Robin Crane and Rendel Williams, published June 2013 (130 pp., Sussex Archæological Society, ISBN-10: 0904973239 & ISBN-13: 9780904973235) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The book explores the animals, plants and habitat of the South Downs with more than 150 stunning photographs. It was written with the object of enriching people's knowledge of the wildlife and countryside of the Park, not simply by highlighting some special plants and animals, but by giving readers a greater understanding of the evolution of the wild places, the history of nature conservation and the management of habitats and species.

The Flora of Sussex, by Sussex Botanical Recording Society, published 19 February 2018 (Newbury: Pisces Publications, ISBN-10: 1874357811 & ISBN-13: 9781874357810) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries