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Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Natural Foods Paperback – April 7, 2009

by Thomas Elias (Author), Peter Dykeman (Author)

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“Beautiful color photographs . . . temptingly arranged.”—The Library Letter

Planning an outdoor adventure? Make sure to consult this information-packed and photo-filled North American field guide—arranged by season and region—before you go!

Already a huge success in previous editions, this must-have field guide now features a fresh new cover, as well as nearly 400 color photos and detailed information on more than 200 species of edible plants all across North America.

With all the plants conveniently organized by season, enthusiasts will find it very simple to locate and identify their desired ingredients. Each entry includes images, plus facts on the plant’s habitat, physical properties, harvesting, preparation, and poisonous look-alikes. The introduction contains tempting recipes and there’s a quick-reference seasonal key for each plant.

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“Season-by-season guide to identification, harvest, and preparation of more than 200 common edible plants to be found in the wild . . . Hundreds of edible species are included . . . [This] handy paperback guide includes jelly, jam, and pie recipes, a seasonal key to plants, [and a] chart listing nutritional contents.”—Booklist

“Beautiful color photographs . . . temptingly arranged.”—The Library Letter

Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Sterling; Tenth edition (April 7, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402767153
ISBN-13: 978-1402767159
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 436 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,623 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #9 in Cooking Encyclopedias
- #5 in Outdoors & Nature Reference
- #8 in Gardening & Landscape Design

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Sharon

Good book for foraging for wild greens

March 2, 2016

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Love the colorful pictures. Other books for years had drawings but this book has colorful pictures to identify the plant. So much better. My grandmother and I used to go 'greening' each Spring and she knew everything about edible plants. Haven't looked myself for years because not sure what was what due to faulty memory and line drawings in books. This renews my interest in foraging for greens once again as can really see what the plant looks like.

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H. Marie Picard

Most listings are plants that only grow in the East, and they don't separate them in the book by areas where the plants grow.

June 3, 2017

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Good. Photos, not illustrations. Perfect size for hiking with. Only problem, I live in the Northwest, and as I am going through the book, most of the listings are for eastern plants that I will never find here. Not sure why they would include plants that only grow in the east and mix with a few plants that grow in the west. Most people interested in wild edible plants are hikers, and you aren't going to run into many of these on one hike. Might be good for people who travel across the country hiking though. Hope maybe they will put out a book dedicated to just local areas, or maybe at least separate the areas in the book so I can concentrate on my area instead of flipping through page after page hoping to identify one plant in over 200 they list. Doesnt make a lot of sense. They categorize everything by season, should be categorizing by the area in which the plants grow.

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Stop the bashing

March 1, 2018

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Lets start with some common sense and realize everyone should have more than one book so they can have better reference. I have looked through and read and own a number of edible plant books and this one is not that bad. It comes with decent pictures and a lot of local plants of the Northeastern that are very common and pretty easy to identify. This book homes with a section on poison plants as well granted it don't show them all but again you should have a second reference book to make sure you know which poisonous plants are out there / The look-a-likes. I received this book today and have read through the whole thing already. I believe it's a pretty good book definitely better than a lot of other ones I've read.

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4TheLoveOfHiking

Great book, very detailed.

March 22, 2017

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This is a very handy book with a wealth of knowledge for edible plants. I have already began learning about a dozen different plants and how to ID them. I don't think this would work well as a 'reference' book to plants you don't know in the wild however, but it would work fine if you have an idea of what the plant is from studying it previously and want to double check. There is no way I have found though to find plants based on leaf type, structure, etc so it is best to study it beforehand. The pictures are very helpful, but I feel like some of them could have been better in showing the structure of the whole plant. Some of the pictures only show a small section of leaves or a close up of the flowering top, leaving the rest of the plant to the description. Overall, still highly recommended as a beginners guide to edible plants, and worth the cost.

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Ann Ebe

Can't wait for the weather to break so I can put this book to use!

December 28, 2017

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I'm so incredibly impressed with this guide. I love how easily you can cross-reference plants based on the seasons, region, location of habitat, and types. It is simply to figure out, and yet, so very comprehensive. The color photos are going to really help with plant identification. (I can't even imagine trying to use one of those guides that uses line art drawings.) There are only 2 or so pages with black and white photos and I haven't figured out if that means anything, The cover is paper-back, but it is heavy-duty and glossy and will hold up during expeditions. The pages are also a heavier paper stock. The print is clear and easy to read. (Did I mention I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the cross-referencing index system!) The book clearly identifies safe plants, and lists only a few of the toxic plants. (Although it does state when certain plants or parts of plants are toxic.) Author wisely advises you to get a companion book on toxic plants since this one focuses on the edible ones. I've already read the entire book and have no complaints.

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genecharris

Fantastic Edible Plant Identification Guide

August 2, 2017

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Absolutely the best book on edible plant identification available. Clear sharp COLOR photo of each one and on heavy duty pages. It fits well in my side BDU pants pocket.

Little expensive, but in this case you really get what you pay for. Not only will I recommend to friends, but a friend of mine that's a survivalist took one look at it and went out and bought his own copy (he already has 6 other books, and thinks this is the best of the best).

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Polarbear

Great resource-I always take it when I go foraging.

April 12, 2017

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This is one of my favorite, best, most-used books for foraging. I take it everywhere when I go out in the woods. I'll wear this book out from over-use and then I'll get another one to wear out. To improve my plant ID, I press a sample from each plant I find and ID on the relevant page. This is a good all-around book to have on your wild edibles shelf.

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Robert Beasley

ALL OF THE YES

December 8, 2015

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This book is worth its weight in gold if you like to know what you can/can't eat. This is the number one guide. I have made countless salads from my lawn weeds, and learned of many trail nibbles, Greenbrier's my personal fave. I have also compiled a plethora of notes on medicinal, meat prep, water, everything. This is my go to book. If I travel further than 50 miles from home, it always comes with, sealed in a watertight bag.

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