Some useful wild plants : a foraging guide to food and medicine from nature

Jason, Dan (author.). Inwood, Bob, (illustrator.).

Summary: Some Useful Wild Plants contains sections on useful herbs, trees, berries and seaweeds, as well as commentary on avoiding poisonous species. Pick the young tender leaves of orach, salsify and miner's lettuce for a delicious and vitamin-rich spring salad or stir-fry. Concoct a cherry bark and licorice fern syrup to soothe a sore throat. Repel insects naturally using sage oil or vanilla leaf. From alder to yarrow, each featured plant has useful descriptors for identification and details on how to harvest, as well as how the plant is traditionally used for medicine by First Nations, pioneers and contemporary herbalists.

Record details

ISBN: 9781550177916 (paperback)
Physical Description: 192 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
regular print
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Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: Madeira Park, British Columbia : Harbour Publishing, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index. Previously published: Vancouver : Talonbooks, 1972. Author of original edition: David Manning.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Herbs & shrubs -- Berries -- Seaweeds -- Trees -- Poisonous plants.