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A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides #23)
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.
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
September 1st 1999
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
(first published September 1st 1978)
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This informative and interesting guide describes edible wild plants of Eastern and Central North America (some edible wild plants of Western North America are mentioned as well, but only if they also occur in Eastern and Central regions). Lee Allen Peterson (who I believe is the son of Roger Tory Peterson, the renowned ornithologist, and founder of the concept of the Peterson Field Guides) not only details what these edible wild plants look like, how tall they are, how to identify the plants, t...more
This book is absolutely amazing. The drawings are incredibly accurate, and really bring out the unique attributes of each plant. This is the primary book I studied edible plants from before spending several months in the Southern Appalachian mountains, and the one of those I carried with me in my hiking pack. I used several others, but this was the one I studied most thoroughly. Physically, the book is also perfect for hiking -- small in size, but extremely information dense.
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My second favorite field guide next to Billy Joe Tatum's field guide, which is out of print. I like the addition of color photographs for this guide. I just wish there were photos for everything and that it were organized a little differently. Other than that, it is a good guide and compact enough to take on a hike. I plan to get the Peterson's guide for medicinal herbs, as well.
I've been using this to identify common local weeds--it turns out many if not most of them are edible. Excellent brief descriptions and illustrations make this really easy to use. Much better than the various wildflower and tree field guides I've used.
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This book is great if you're planning to write any sort of historic pre-industrial based fiction. A terrific resource for authors writing historic fiction such as stories with Native American people or westerns.
Read this twice when I was in high school, along with another book just like it. You might be bored by it, but I was enthralled!
my go to book. I bring this with me on my outdoor adventures
One of the best wild edible books around.
Very neat just wish it covered even more...
Anne
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good reference
This book is pretty handy.
Great book, full of detailed illustrations which include everything you need to identify edible plants. It also contains Images of toxic species that look similar to edible ones, and cooking instructions. Very useful and interesting. I love making dandelion and oxalis salads: nontoxic weed control, healthy food, and saving money all in one.
not going to lie... I definitely carried this book around with me as I was teaching nature earlier this summer and fell in love and bought my own copy. In turn, my dad and I walked around with this on our weekend walks together and we got distracted by every plant we saw and wondered if it was edible... good times!
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a great and easy to use field guide with many pictures. However, unlike the Medicinal Plants and Herbs Field Guide, this has many more drawings than photos, so it can lead to some confusion which can sometimes be dangerous.
good guide with lots of photos. accurate descriptions and an easy to use organization.
would be better if it included recipes and specific preparation instructions.
would be better if it included recipes and specific preparation instructions.
I found and prepared a wild potato not long after buying this book: pretty tough flesh, but edible.
If civilization implodes I'll bump this up to 5 stars...
If civilization implodes I'll bump this up to 5 stars...
Hey, not really my part of the country but there are some overlapping plants. Pretty solid guide.
This is a great book- there are a lot of things just in my yard I can use if I want to!
Needs more color plates..too easy to get poisoned by ingesting wrong plant
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