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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787865003321

Autore

Nyerges Christopher

Titolo

Guide to wild foods and useful plants / / Christopher Nyerges ; foreword by Ed Begley, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Illinois : , : Chicago Review Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61374-699-7

1-61374-701-2

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BegleyEd

Disciplina

581.6/3

Soggetti

Wild plants, Edible

Plants, Useful

Medicinal plants

Wild foods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Ed Begley Jr; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Pictorial Key to Leaf Shapes; Pictorial Key to Fruits and Seeds; Agave; Alyssum; Amaranth; Black Sage; Brodiaea; Burdock; California Bay; California Coffee Berry and Cascara Sagrada; Camphor Tree; Carob; Castor Bean; Cattail; Chia; Chickweed; Chicory; Cleavers; Currants and Gooseberries; Dandelion; Dock; Elder; Epazote; Eucalyptus; Fennel; Filaree; Glasswort; Grass; Horehound; Horsetail; Jimsonweed; Lamb's Quarter; Mallow; Manzanita; Milkweed; Miner's Lettuce; Mugwort; Mustard; Nasturtium

NettleOak Tree; Passionflower; Piñon Pine; Plantain; Poison Hemlock; Poison oak; Prickly Lettuce; Prickly Pear; Purslane; Rose; Rosemary; Russian thistle; Sea Rocket; Seaweeds; Shepherd's Purse; Sow thistle; Thistle; Toothwort; Toyon; Tree Tobacco; Watercress; Water Hyacinth; Western Black nightshade; White Sage; Wild Asparagus; Wild Buckwheat; Wild cucumber; Wild onions; Willow; Wood Sorrel; Yarrow; Yerba Santa; Yucca; Appendix 1: Safe Families: A Guide to the (Relatively) Easily Recognized Plant Families That are Nontoxic and Primarily Edible; Appendix 2: Why Eat Wild Foods?; Glossary



BibliographyIndex; About the Author; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

An array of abundant wild foods is available to hikers, campers, foragers, or anyone interested in living closer to the earth. Written by a leading expert on wild foods and a well-known teacher of survival skills, Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants is more than a listing of plant types-it teaches how to recognize edible plants and where to find them, their medicinal and nutritional properties, and their growing cycles. This new edition features more than 70 plants found all around the United States along with more than 100 full-co