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Edible & Medicinal Plants of West Paperback – June 15, 1997

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i>Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West is a full-color photographic guide to the identification, edibility, and medicinal uses of over 250 plant species, growing from Alaska to southern California, east across the Rocky Mountains and the Northern Plains to the Great Lakes. Herbalist and naturalist Gregory Tilford provides a thorough introduction to the world of herbal medicine for everyone interested in plants, personal well-being, and a healthy environment.
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"This book is a treasure trove of useful information and will prove indispensable to students of nature of all stripes."

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An internationally renowned herbalist and naturalist, Gregory L. Tilford travels North America teaching about herbs and herbalism and lecturing at North America's top institutes of herbal study. Tilford is a member of the American Herbalist Guild and president of the Natural Pet Products Association.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mountain Press; First Edition (June 15, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 239 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0878423591
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0878423590
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Customers find the pictures in the book good, detailed, and easy to see. They appreciate the descriptions that help identify edible plants. Readers say the book is excellent and has more information on more plants than any other book they have seen.

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28 customers mention "Pictures quality"26 positive2 negative

Customers find the pictures quality of the book good. They mention it has detailed full-color photographs showing leaf structure. Readers appreciate the large, easy-to-see photos of all species within the book. They also say the historical background is great.

"This book is really well done. It gives really good pictures and descriptions to help identify edible plants...." Read more

"...All of the species covered have very detailed full color photographs showing you leaf structure and poisonous look a likes...." Read more

"very clear pictures with good descriptions. reasonably small size so that you can take it into the field...." Read more

"I love the fact that there are pictures with each plant so you can really study what the plant looks like...." Read more

20 customers mention "Description"15 positive5 negative

Customers find the book's description excellent. They say it has more information on more plants than any other book they have seen. Readers also mention the pictures and descriptions help identify species without going into too much detail. In addition, they say the book covers edible and medicinal plants on most of the North American continent.

"...It gives really good pictures and descriptions to help identify edible plants...." Read more

"...This has got to be the best guide to edible and medicinal plants I have ever read...." Read more

"...This book helps you identify the edibles that we walk over every day because we are blind to them...." Read more

"This is a great book that describes plants local to the area. Easy to use, each plant has a page of two, good photos, and description...." Read more

4 customers mention "Ease of use"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the book easy to use. They say it takes about 5 minutes to read.

"This is a great book that describes plants local to the area. Easy to use, each plant has a page of two, good photos, and description...." Read more

"...the bathroom because each entry is about half a page and takes maybe 5 minutes to read...." Read more

"Very easy to use so that I have felt comfortable eating wild plants...." Read more

"Good information, easy to use, well thought out and put together, so many guides have alot of information I can not use.Tjis one stays on course" Read more

informative book of what it covers
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informative book of what it covers
This is my first book about plants I've ever bought. I bought it for a camping/hiking field guide. The plants this book does cover offers a lot of information including a brief description,history of the plant, When in the year it blooms, Where it is most likely to grow, Edibility, Medicinal uses, and sometimes includes a look-alike plant and their differences. Also has a section for Titled Toxic Plants and Advanced Medicines,which will cover toxic plants and gives warnings in bold type. Also included in this book is a glossery which will explain the plant and medical terms found in this book,which was helpful because this is my first experience with a plant book. Overall I enjoy this book, but guess what I was looking for was something a little more complete,including mushrooms, trees. A one book for my backpack. I am happy with this book, it is a great first step to knowing more about the resources of nature, but it's not a comlete book about all plants, trees and fungi...
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Jesse Rorabaugh
5.0 out of 5 stars Very well done book, missing some surprisingly common plants though
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2012
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This book is really well done. It gives really good pictures and descriptions to help identify edible plants. Most other books I have seen do not give good enough of descriptions to be willing to bet my health on the plant being edible. In most cases the pictures in this book are high enough quality to settle the issue. If there are similar appearing poisonous plants it does a good job describing them.

Unfortunately I did not see several of my favorite plants in Southern California. The wild radishes, yellow sorrel, and purslane which are so common here are absent from the book. Also absent is one of the more common plants for people to poison themselves on, oleander. Still, the book can't list all plants and most of the choices of what to include seem fairly well thought out.
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Micah L
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Field Guide on the Subject
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2011
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I am truly amazed at the information in this book. All of the species covered have very detailed full color photographs showing you leaf structure and poisonous look a likes. This has got to be the best guide to edible and medicinal plants I have ever read.

I purchased another book on here called "Northwest Foraging" by Doug Benoliel and although the book was very knowledgeable, the pictures in it were illustrated.

Other Thoughts: Wish it were small enough to keep in my back pocket, but still worth the buy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars good buy
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2013
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very clear pictures with good descriptions. reasonably small size so that you can take it into the field. all the information you would want to identify a plant in the field.

i only wish that they had a smal list in it that had the names of the all the plants you would encounter in a particular area compiled as a list. it would have been helpful for a novice like me when i am walking thru an open field for example, so that i would know whch plants to be keeping an eye out for.
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Lydia
5.0 out of 5 stars more familiar with plants
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2013
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I love the fact that there are pictures with each plant so you can really study what the plant looks like. They give you the details of what the plant taste like and ideas in how to eat it if you wanted to. I already started recognizing plants which is helpful when walking the dog so I can make sure he doesn't eat certain plants. I still have to try some for medicine and I'm excited about trying some new plants that other parts of the world use in everyday cuisines.
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Colleen J.
4.0 out of 5 stars Reference for gathering wild flora
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2024
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What I like most is the clear pictures of plants. When you are foraging you need to be certain about what you have collected. Learning new plants too. So many plants have "look a likes".
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inigo de montoya
5.0 out of 5 stars this is a keeper
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2013
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Another of my must have books. When surviving by living off the wilderness you need to know what you can and cannot eat. Most aboriginal peoples ate what they could harvest, and actually ate much less meat than we do today. This book helps you identify the edibles that we walk over every day because we are blind to them. Learn to fend for yourself, and when there is no salad at the store you can still have a nice salad from wild sources. High nutrients and low fat is the solution to starving in the wild. Get this book and stay alive.
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TeeZee
5.0 out of 5 stars Great introduction for any herbalists
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2018
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This is a great book that describes plants local to the area. Easy to use, each plant has a page of two, good photos, and description. I especially like the section on medicinal uses and how the plant was used by Native American tribes and traditional folkloric medicine.
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Cherish Carter
5.0 out of 5 stars Great guide
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2010
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This book is exactly what I was looking for. It has very clear well taken photographs (not sketches). Clear descriptions of each and every herb. Slightly large for a "field guide" but thats ok as this isnt what that is. Its a perfect reference book. I was not aware of just how many local plants are actually used!! I pull some of these out of my garden or lawn regularly and now I know that I can pull them and then use them. I would and have recommended it to many people.
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louise
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on August 2, 2017
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the pictures are so clear and extremely helpful ID the plants
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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