| Description |
243 pages : color illustrations, color photographs ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
Self-sufficiency expert Caleb Warnock shares his expertise on living off the land. Over 800 photographs of over 250 wild berries, roots, nuts, greens, and flowers, this reference will show you which plants are edible, where to find them, how to prepare them, and how to avoid poisonous look-alikes. |
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The Plants -- Abutilon theophrasti (velventlead) -- Acer negundo (box elder maple) -- Achillea millefolium (Western yarrow) -- Aegilops cylindrical (jointed goatgrass) -- Agastache foeniculum (blue giant hussop) -- Amaranthus Species -- Amaranthus albus (tumble pigweed) -- Amaranthus blitoides (mat amaranth, prostrate pigweed) -- Amaranthus hybridus (slim amaranth) -- Amaranthus powellii (powell's amaranth) -- Amaranthus retroflexus (redroot pigweed, redroot amaranth) -- Amaranthus tuberculatus (roughfruit amaranth) -- Amelanchier alnifolia (Saskatoon serviceberry) -- Arctium minus (lesser burdock) -- Argentina anserine (silverweed cinquefoil) -- Artemisia frigida (fringed sagebrush) -- Asclepias Species -- Asclepias incarnate (swamp milkweed) -- Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) -- Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed) -- Asclepias viridiflora (green comet milkweed) -- Avena Species -- Avena fatua (wild oat) -- Avena sativa (common oat) -- Barbarea Species -- Barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket) -- Barbarea orthoceras (American yellowrocket) -- Brassica Species -- Brassica juncea (brown mustard) -- Brassica napus (grape mustard) -- Brassica nigra (black mustard) -- Brassica rapa (field mustard) -- Bromus Species -- Bromus japonicus (Japanese brome, field brome) -- Bromus secdlinus (cheat, rye brome) -- Bromus tectorum (downy brome, cheat grass) -- Calypso bulbosa (fairy slipper) -- Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) -- Camelina Species -- Camelina microcarpa (lesser gold of pleasure) -- Camelina sativa (gold of pleasure) -- Campanula rapunculoides (creeping bellflower) -- Capsella bursa-pastoris (shepherds purse) -- Cardamine pensylvanica (Pennsylvania bittercress) -- Cardaria draba (whitetop, hoary cress) -- Carduus nutans (musk thistle) -- Carum carvi (common caraway) -- Celtis occidentalis (hackberries) -- Cenchrus longispinus (longspine sandbur) -- Centaurea cyanus (garden cornflower) -- Chamerion Species -- Chamerion angustifolium (fireweed) -- Chamerion latifolium (dwarf fireweed) -- Chenopodium Species -- Chenopodium album (lamb's-quarters, wild spinach) -- Chenopodium berlandieri (goosefoot, netseed lamb's-quarters) -- Chenopodium murale (nettleleaf goosefoot) -- Chorispora tenella (blue mustard) -- Cichoriuin intybus (chicory) -- Cirsium Species -- Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) -- Cirsium vulgare (common thistle, bull thistle) -- Cleome serrulata (Rocky Mountain bee plant) -- Convolvulus arvensis (field bindweed) -- Conyza canadensis (horseweed) -- Cornus Species -- Cornus canadensis (creeping dogwood) -- Cornus sericea (Western dogwood) -- Corylus cornuta (beaked hazelnut) -- Crataegus Species -- Crataegus chrysocarpa (red haw tree) -- Crataegus succulenta (fleshy hawthorn) -- Crepis Species -- Crepis capillaris (smooth hawksbeard) -- Crepis nana (dwarf alpine hawksbeard) -- Cycloioma atriplicifolium (winged pigweed) -- Cynoglossum officinale (houndstongue, gypsyflower) -- Cypernus Species -- Cyperus eryihrorhizos (redroot flatsedge) -- Cyperus esculentus (yellow nutsedge) -- Cyperus odoratus (fragrant flatsedge) -- Cyperus schweinitzii (Schweinitz's flatsedge) -- Cyperus squarrosus (bearded flatsedge) -- Daucus carota (wild carrot) -- Descurainia Species -- Descurainia pinnata (Western tansy mustard) -- Descurainia sophia (flixweed, herb sophia) -- Digitaria sanguinalis (hairy crabgrass) -- Elaeagnus Species -- Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian olive) -- Elaeagnus commutata (silverberry) -- Eleusine indica (goosegrass) -- Elymus repens (harsh Indian paintbrush) -- Equisetum Species -- Equisetum arvense (horsetail grass) -- Equisetum laevigatum (smooth horsetail) -- Equisetum hyemale (scouringrush horsetail) -- Equisetum pratense (meadow horsetail) -- Equisetum scirpoides (dwarf scouringrush) -- Equisetum variegatum (variegated scouringrush) -- Erodium cicutarium (redstem filaree, stork's bill) -- Fragaria Species -- Fragaria vesca (woodland, alpine, or wild strawberry) -- Fragaria virginiana (Virginia strawberry) -- Galium aparine (cleavers, goosegrass) -- Gaultheria hispidula (creeping snowberry) -- Geranium bicknellii (Bicknell's cranesbill) -- Helianthus Species -- Helianthus annuus (common sunflower) -- Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian sunflower) -- Helianthus pauciflorus(stiff sunflower) -- Helianthus petiolaris (prairie sunflower) -- Helianthus tuberosus (sunchokes, Jerusalem artichoke) -- Hibiscus trionum (Venice mallow) -- Hordeum jubalum (foxtail barley, squirrel-tail grass) -- Juglans nigra (black walnut) -- Kochia scoparia (kochia) -- Lactuca pulchella (blue lettuce) -- Lamium Species -- Lamium amplexicaule (henbit) -- Lamium purpureum (purple dead nettle) -- Lathyrus latifolius (everlasting peavine, wild sweet pea) -- Lepidium perfoliatum (clasping pepperweed) -- Lolium perenne (Italian ryegrass) -- Lycium barbarum (gojiberry, wolfberry) -- Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife, purple lythrum) -- Malus domestica (common apple) -- Malva ncglecta (common mallow) -- Matricaria discoidea (pineapple weed) -- Burclover Species -- Medicago lupulina (black medic) -- Medicago polymorpha (snooth hawksbeard) -- Medicago sativa (alfalfa) -- Sweetclover Species -- Melilotus albus (white sweetclover) -- Melilotus indicas (Indian sweetclover) -- Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweetclover) -- Moms alba (white mulberry) -- Nasturtium officinale (watercress) -- Opuntia Species -- Opuntia humifusa (devil's tongue) -- Opuntia (prickly pear) -- Oxalis Species -- Oxalis corniculata (creeping woodsorrel) -- Oxalis stricta (yellow woodsorrel) -- Panicum Species -- Panicum dichotomiflorum (fall panicum) -- Panicum miliaceum (wild-proso millet) -- Phragmites australis (common reed) -- Physalis Species -- Physalis heterophylla (clammy groundcherry) -- Physalis longifolia (longleaf groundcherry) -- Plantain Species -- Plantago lanceolata (narrowleaf plantain) -- Plantago major (broadleaf plantain) -- Polygonum Species -- Polygonum amphibium (willow grass, water knotweed) -- Polygonum arenastrum (small-leafed knotweed, oval-leaf knotweed) -- Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed) -- Polygonum lapathifolium (curlytop knotweed) -- Polypogon monspeliensis (rabbitfoot polypogon) -- Polygonum persicaria (spotted ladysthumb) -- Portulaca oleracea (common purslane) -- Prunus Species -- Prunus americana (American wild plum) -- Prunus pumila (sandcherry) -- Prunus persica (peach) -- Prunus serotina (blackcherry) -- Prunus virginiana (Western chokecherry, black chokecherry) -- Additional Prunus Species -- Pyrus communis (common pear) -- Raphanus Species -- Raphanus raphanistrum (wild radish) -- Raphanus sativus (garden radish) -- Rhus glabra (smooth sumac) -- Ribes Species -- Ribes aureum (golden currant) -- Ribes americanum (American black currant) -- Ribes lacustre (prickly black currant) -- Additional Ribes Species -- Rose Species -- Rosa rubiginosa (sweetbriar rose) -- Rosa woodsii (Western wild rose) -- Rubus Species -- Rubus flagellaris (Northern dewberry) -- Rubus allegheniensis (allegheny blackberry) -- Rubus armcniacus (Himalayan blackberry) -- Rubus idaeus (wild raspberries) -- Rubus occidentalis (black raspberries) -- Additional Rubus Species -- Rumex Species -- Rumex acetosella (sheep sorrel) -- Rumex crispus (curly dock, yellow dock) -- Rumex obtusifolius (broadleaf dock) -- Sagittaria cuneata (wapato, arumleaf, arrowhead) -- Salsola tragus (Russian thistle) -- Sambucus Species -- Sambucus nigra (blue elderberry) -- Sambucus racemosa (red elderberry) -- Secale cereale (cereal rye) -- Setaria pumila (yellow foxtail) -- Sowthistle Species -- Sonchus arvensis (sowthistle) -- Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) -- Sonchus oleraceus (common sowthistle) -- Sorbus scopulina (European mountain ash) -- Sorghum Species -- Sorghum bicolor (wild grain sorghum) -- Sorghum halepense (jolnsongrass) -- Stellaria media (chickweed) -- Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion) -- Thlaspi arvense (field pennycress) -- Tragopogon Species -- Tragopogon dubius (yellow salsify) -- Tragopogon pratensis (goat's beard, meadow salsify) -- Tragopogon porrifolius (salsify) -- Trifolium Species -- Trifolium hybridum (alsike clover) -- Trifolium incarnatum (crimson clover) -- Trifolium repens (white clover, Dutch clover) -- Trifolium pratense (red clover) -- Additional Trifolium Species -- Typha Species -- Typha angustifolia (narrowleaf cattail) -- Typha glauca (hybrid cattail) -- Typha latifolia (broadleaf cattail) -- Urtica dioica (stinging nettle) -- Vaccinium Species (blueberries) -- Addtional Vaccinium Species -- Viola canadensis (Canadian white violet) -- Vitus Species -- Vitis aestivalis (summer grape) -- Vitis riparia (riverbank rape) -- Addtional Vitis Species -- Useful Lists, and Q&A -- Important for Food Value -- Wild Edibles I Eat Most -- Fruits & Berries -- Significant Grains & Seeds -- Nuts -- Significant Roots & Tubers -- Trees / Shrubs / Bushes -- Poisons. |
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Wild plants, Edible -- Canada -- Identification.
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Wild plants, Edible -- United States -- Identification.
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Field guides.
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| Added Title |
Two hundred and seventy-six edible wild plants of the United States and Canada |
| ISBN |
9781641702423 (paperback) |
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1641702427 (paperback) |
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