wild plants, edible

Take an interesting journey through the rainforest. Lots of great pictures.

Provides complete information for identifying, harvesting, and preparing nearly four hundred species of edible wild plants in eastern North America.

Fifty-two brief essays, grouped according to the seasons, explain how to find, identify, and use a variety of wild plants, herbs, roots, and fruits.

Provides color illustrations and descriptions of edible plants commonly found in North America, grouped according to edible part in the categories of roots and tubers, leaves and shoots, buds and flowers, fruits, and nuts and seeds, and includes tips on how to use the plants as food.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide color photographs and descriptions of over one hundred edible wild plants, each with information on habitat and distribution, as well as how to prepare edible parts. Includes comments on seventeen poisonous plants.