Fran Giaquinto Author

Fran Giaquinto CEnv MCIEEM is a freelance plant ecologist. In 2019, she was awarded Chartered Environmentalist (Society for the Environment) status in recognition of her work with invasive alien plant species. She has a 30-year record of delivering evidence-based solutions to environmental problems, focusing on the management of invasive species, restoration of damaged habitats and the protection of biodiversity. She is named inventor on four patents. 

Phoebe O’Brien is a field botanist and expert in vascular plant identification and ecology. She is one of the vice county recorders for Co. Clare, Ireland, for the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, and working with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland) on the Great Irish Grasslands project. She is a skilled communicator with a passion for outreach and field-based teaching.

The authors have collaborated on two previous plant identification guides.