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A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America (Peterson Field Guides)

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More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous look-alikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.

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How To Eat Nature
If you're like me and you enjoy trying to eat leaves and berries that you find while hiking and wandering about in nature, this is a handy book to own. The Peterson who wrote this book (son of the Peterson of the many, many wildlife guidebooks writer) is also a forest forrager and details some other cool books to own in the Introduction (including Stalking Wild Asparagus..excellent). I searched for a while to find a guide that would not only easily ID edible berries, roots and leaves..but also give recipe-like tips on how to prepare said roots and leaves..and they do here. Who knew, for example, that one could make a cool and refreshing beverage from staghorn sumac? Crafty! Guide is sub-divided into several search methods: color, plant-type (berry, leaf) and includes many color plates along with ink drawings to help to be sure that Amanita spp. mushroom you're eating won't cause you trouble later! And, the final great feature of the Peterson guides is that the front and back covers...
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July 30, 2001 (Maine) | Helpful Votes: 171 | Rating: 4

excellent book for beginners but has some problems
This book contains descriptions and uses of hundreds of useful plants and is probably the most imporant book to have in your edible plant book collection. It also gives fair warning when some evidence suggests possible risks.Despite these points, there are some things that make it hard to use. First, because they are trying to cram in as many plants as possible, they don't give enough attention to many plants that deserve it and give very breif descriptions, although they do point out some of the main identifying features. Second, the pictures, at least for the first half of the book, are simply recycled from the Peterson Guide to Wildflowers, which means that they often leave out important parts that you really need to see. Third, the book is organized for the most part so that you can't find a plant unless you know the color of the flower, which makes it really difficult to recognize plants unless you find them during the period they flower, which is usually...
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June 26, 2000 (USA) | Helpful Votes: 122 | Rating: 4

Well written.
This book is very well written. it contains over 400 drawings and 78 color photos, to help in the identification of the mentioned plants. Each entry contains information on habitat, when they flower, a description and the uses. Also conatins any applicable warnings. The line drawings are very accurate and are more than enough, when coupled with the descriptions, to be able to identify just about any plant. But if you have any doubts, check the color photos. Also, at the back of the book, it contains the various types of plants divided up into habitat, and then each habitat divided into what plants can be harvested there during various seasons. This book is a great resource for any survivalist's bookshelf.
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March 14, 2003 | Helpful Votes: 59 | Rating: 4

Northwest Foraging: The Classic Guide to Edible Plants of the Pacific Northwest

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NORTHWEST FORAGING
Doug Benoliel of Lopez Island's elegant, slim jewel of a book is a handy guide for what grows in our fields and woods here in the Northwest.Beautifully illustrated by Mark Orsen in grey tone drawings. The volume is organized into: How to Use this Book, Seasonable Edibles, Harvesting with Care, Drying and Storing, etc. The main part deals with Edibles, including delightful recipes; and ends with a lineup of Poisonous Plants. Who would have suspected the lovely Buttercup was one?A delightful, useful and affordable, book that connects you with our native Northwest Flora.
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May 12, 2011 (Olympic Peninsula, WA) | Helpful Votes: 11 | Rating: 5

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Originally published in 1974, NORTHWEST FORAGING quickly became a regional classic to the area's wild foods. Now fully updated and expanded by the original author, the new edition of this guidebook is sure to become a modern staple in backpacks, kitchens, and personal libraries across the Northwest. A noted wild edibles-authority, Doug Benoliel gives 65 thorough descriptions of the most common edible plants of the Pacific Northwest region, from asparagus to watercress, juneberries to cattails, and much, much more! Features include detailed technical illustrations of each plant, an illustrated guide to general plant identification principles, seasonality charts for prime harvesting, a nutritional chart, a selection of simple foraging recipes, and a glossary of botanical terms. It s a modern and elegant re-take on Doug's authoritative descriptions nature-lovers, gardeners, cooks, paddlers, and hikers across the Northwest will be smitten with this update of a regional cult classic. Top to learn more

Fresh Look for an Old Classic
This is a handy little book that is brimming with useful information for foragers in the Pacific Northwest. It is an updated version of the 1974 edition. There are not many significant changes--a few plants like Bittercress and (controversial) Red Elderberry have been added to the edible list, and Bracken Fern has been relisted as poisonous. Other than that, the format, descriptions and the sections are largely the same.Plant structure, Seasonal availability, harvesting, drying and storing are discussed. More than 50 edible plants are listed and each plant is described according to: form, leaves, flowers, fruits, habitat, and edibility. Warnings are offered where applicable and there is a section dedicated to poisonous plants.The illustrations are still the graceful black-and-white line drawings by Mark Orson. While these are detailed, and show the plants at the optimal stage for harvesting, they are really not enough to go on as far as an absolute...
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April 5, 2011 (Bremerton, Washington United States) | Helpful Votes: 9 | Rating: 4

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Peterson Field Guides; Edible Wild Plants

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Sponsored by the National Audubon Society* and the National Wildlife Federation*
Contain additional facts, photographs, and hundreds of easy-to-read range maps
Full descriptions and detailed colored paintings
Field experts work with experienced artists to ensure that both text and illustrations are accurate
Use an unmatched system to show exactly what features distinguish one species from another; Contains additional facts, photographs, hundreds of easy-to-read range maps; Full descriptions and detailed colored paintings; 330 pages.

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Bring America's best-selling field guides to your classroom. Top to learn more

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Wild Edible Plants: The Ultimate Guide to Identifying and Harvesting Wild Food!

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This is a great DVD
Wow what a great DVD! Thank you for creating it. I went out and found anise, mallow, wild mustard, sow thistle, miner's lettuce, plantain, and wild onion. All on my property. I also have pine trees, and though it wasn't featured, I discovered mint growing near my creek. It inspired me to do more research, and I have since also found milk thistle and bluedicks. Native Californians used to eat the corms of bluedicks. This is a great starting point for anyone interesting in learning more about wild foods!I love doing that plantain test by the way. Thanks again for a great DVD.
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May 9, 2011 | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

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Northwest Foraging: The Classic Guide to Edible Plants of the Pacific Northwest

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May 12, 2011 (Olympic Peninsula, WA) | Helpful Votes: 11 | Rating: 5

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April 5, 2011 (Bremerton, Washington United States) | Helpful Votes: 9 | Rating: 4

Handy guide for foraging
This soft-cover book has very nice line drawings but I wish it had color photos. I wouldn't trust my health to eating a plant identified just from the drawings. For someone who knows what they're looking at this would be adequate and informative, but I'm not one of those people. I'll take this book along in my back-pack for "just in case" situations but will rely more on my stored belly fat if I'm in a survival situation! The book IS good reading though.
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August 8, 2011 | Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 3

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The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants

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ISBN: 9781602396920
Author: Department of the Army

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Very Basic, Very Global
This book is perfect for beginners interested in learning about edible wild plants. It clearly states specific precautions when making selections, and definitely stays between the lines as far as picking plants that are easy for newbies to identify as edibles. Warnings are clearly labeled and easy to read. It reviews some basic basic plant anatomy, but just enough to be helpful with identifications without confusing a beginner. It also covers plants that are potentially dangerous if consumed in whole or in part.It covers plants found around the globe in various ecosystems ranging from artic to tropic to desert conditions. The color pictures give good detail for identifications. The digital drawings not so much, but they're not bad.Although it definitely does not even begin to cover the broad range of edible plants actually present in the world, it covers enough of the safe ones, both endemics and cultivated crops, for most situations where one's survival...
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November 29, 2009 | Helpful Votes: 15 | Rating: 5

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Now anyone can survive, and thrive, in the outdoors.

Anyone who has spent serious time outdoors knows that in survival situations, wild plants are often the only sustenance available. The proper identification of these plants can mean the difference between survival and death. This book describes habitat and distribution, physical characteristics, and edible parts of wild plants—the key elements of identification. Hugely important to the book are its color photos. There are over one hundred of them, further simplifying the identification of poisonous and edible plants. No serious outdoors person should ever hit the trail without this book and the knowledge contained within it. 135 color, 15 b&w illustrations Top to learn more

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Guide Edible Plants

Thus, the first spring plants were thought to be blood thinners and were used to help clear out all the ick that accumulated in your body after sitting on your ass all winter. Actually, this flower might be toxic, so don’t actually eat it.

Whereas the Peterson’s Field Guide To Edible Wild Plants will list “starchy root” or similar descriptive term after a plant, Thayer has several pages of highly descriptive how-to information. With sections on getting started, the ethics of harvesting wild plants, conservation, personal experiences on a wild food diet and a harvest calendar, he provides those new to foraging a great jumping off point. His new book, Nature’s Garden, builds upon the high standard set by The Foragers Harvest and establishes him as the leading authority and author on edible wild plants that has ever published. In a section titled Some Thoughts On Wild Food, he offers useful advice such as don’t make a wild plant fit the description in the book (which is a common pitfall), then expounds upon the myth of the instant expert. These are not good times to put out a book on edible wild plants. These are in-depth profiles of edible plants, full of photos of how to identify, harvest and use them. To use a specific example, most books on edible plants have a sentence or two on acorns. The last chapter of the section is titled “Poison Plant Fables”, where he discusses the story of Christopher McCandless and how his demise in Alaska, chronicled in the book and movie Into The Wild, didn’t occur as the famous author of his... Anyone who has read The Foragers Harvest would expect the Plant Accounts to be encyclopedic and accessible, full of great photos and useful information. The Harvest And Preparation section for each plant is where the author’s experience really shines.

A Guide to the Identification of New Zealand Native Trees - Andrew Crowe - a pocket guide for when you're in the woods looking for mahoe and kaikomako to make fire with. A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand - Andrew Crowe - near mint condition.

Many flowers are edible, but we are more accustomed to eating other plant parts in our salads, like leaves (lettuce, spinach), roots (radishes, carrots, onions), fruit (tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers), stems (celery, asparagus), and seeds (chick... AGAVE: A natural mild flavored sweetener, made from a slow growing succulent farmed primarily in Mexico, the blue weber agave plant… also the source of tequila. Vegans can also substitute it for eggs in home baking (1 T ground flax seed plus 3 T water = 1 egg), although the results might not have the same volume as with real egg. BREAD CRUMBS: All my bread is either made in my bread machine or comes from our local bakery. CITRUS PEEL: If you buy organic citrus fruit or are lucky enough to get homegrown without chemicals, save the peel. BANANAS: I am a big proponent of "eating local" but I still buy bananas for eating fresh. Like most sweeteners, agave should be used in moderation, but this reportedly has a lower glycemic index (depending on its processing) and is sweeter by volume than other sweeteners. FRUIT: Like my advice in "Vegetables", growing your own, organically, is #1, or being lucky enough to get fruit from friends' trees and bushes is great too. You can designate a coffee grinder for your herbs and spices and use it to make fine ground citrus peel. The roasted garlic bread from the bakery makes awesome crumbs, and you can add Italian herbs or any other seasoning to suit the use. when I have the occassional need for a fine white flour (like for gravy) I use their All-Purpose White.

Guide Edible Plants News

5 Nutritious Edible Weeds

Before you pull and toss those pesky plants invading your garden, take a moment to identify the weed. It might be worth keeping! Not only are many weeds edible, but like other “leafy greens,” they're packed with vitamins and nutrients.
Learn about foraging edible plants in Bedminster

Learn what edible wild plants to look for in your yard, and how to prepare them to make the most of their unique flavors, at 7 pm Thursday, April 12, at a foraging presentation sponsored by New Jersey Conservation Foundation.
Foraging for wild food can be risky

Photo guides and iPhone apps do not sufficiently show plants and their parts for those unfamiliar with vegetation to distinguish the subtle differences that prove a plant edible or poisonous. Rely on a more academic guidebook that has diagrams and