Author : Matthew Alfs
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 11,40 MB
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781681341750
An authoritative and easy-to-use reference to the medicinal and edible properties of wild plants from throughout the upper Midwest. An essential guide for anyone interested in natural healing.
Author : Matthew Alfs
Publisher : OTBH
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 17,37 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Materia medica, Vegetable
ISBN : 9780961296438
This study discusses 100 plants from the upper Midwest, detailing their edible and medicinal uses. Each monograph lists the plant's descriptive features, habitat, chemical constituents, edibility, medicinal uses, and cautions for use. The medicinal section shows how the plant has been used by various cultures throughout history. Extensive introductions, glossary, 800+ bibliographic references, indeed, and 48 pages of color plates.
Author : Kelly Kindscher
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 43,24 MB
Release : 2024-11-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0700637028
The wild plants in this book tell stories of land, people, and food. As renowned botanist Kelly Kindscher guides us through over one hundred edible plants in this beautiful field guide, we find that foraging has always been an important part of prairie life. Before colonization, Native American women were the primary gatherers of wild plants, which were an abundant, sustainable, and delicious feature of Indigenous diets. Colonizers reduced the significance of wild plants in prairie life as they relocated Native peoples and imposed their agrarian culture on the land, but these Indigenous foodways were never truly lost. In the recent past, foraging has become a tremendously popular way for many peoples to connect with the earth, promote sustainability, and revive and honor cultural food traditions. In this beautifully illustrated new edition, Kindscher explores 117 wild plants of the prairie, offering information about habitat, food use, and cultivation. Color photos and maps make this stunning book a useful foraging guide for anyone to take out into the prairie. A must-have for enthusiasts and professionals alike, Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie gives us the great opportunity to engage with the land we live in.
Author : Lisa M. Rose
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 10,12 MB
Release : 2017-06-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1604696559
“This comprehensive, accessible, full-color guide includes plant profiles, step-by-step instructions for essential herbal remedies and seasonal foraging tips.” —Natural Awakenings Chicago In Midwest Medicinal Plants, Lisa Rose is your trusted guide to finding, identifying, harvesting, and using 120 of the region’s most powerful wild plants. You’ll learn how to safely and ethically forage and how to use wild plants in herbal medicines including teas, tinctures, and salves. Plant profiles include clear, color photographs, identification tips, medicinal uses and herbal preparations, and harvesting suggestions. Lists of what to forage for each season makes the guide useful year-round. Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers, naturalists, and herbalists in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Author : Kelly Kindscher
Publisher :
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 11,63 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN :
Kindscher documents the medicinal use of 203 native prairie plants by the Plains Indians. He also adds information on recent pharmacological findings to further illuminate the medicinal nature of these plants. He uses Indian, common, and scientific names and describes Anglo folk uses, medicinal uses, scientific research, and cultivation.
Author : Richard J. Medve
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 25,21 MB
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780271038414
Ralph Waldo Emerson defined a weed as a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. To the wild-plant enthusiast who has discovered the virtues of many plants, there are relatively few weeds. After using this book, you will never again consider lamb's-quarters a weed. Instead, you will nurture it with respect and even encourage its growth in your garden. Edible Wild Plants of Pennsylvania and Neighboring States contains botanically accurate, up-to-date information essential for the identification of more than one hundred delectable wild plants. Each plant entry provides characteristics, habitat, distribution, edible parts, food uses, precautions, and preparation, followed by tasty recipes and interesting remarks about the plant's botanical history. The plants are arranged according to height, with the ground-huggers appearing first and the trees last. Each plant is also cross-referenced by common and scientific names. The authors have written this book with the novice forager in mind, including useful tips on foraging from where to search for food to precautions to take. They also provide a list of toxic look-alikes, a nutrient composition chart, and a glossary of terms.
Author : Lisa M. Rose
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 10,46 MB
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1604697024
“This full color guide makes foraging accessible for beginners and is a reliable source for advanced foragers.” —Edible Chicago The Midwest offers a veritable feast for foragers, and with Lisa Rose as your trusted guide you will learn how to safely find and identify an abundance of delicious wild plants. The plant profiles in Midwest Foraging include clear, color photographs, identification tips, guidance on how to ethically harvest, and suggestions for eating and preserving. A handy seasonal planner details which plants are available during every season. Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and North Dakota.
Author : Thomas A. Naegele
Publisher :
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 39,3 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN :
A guide to plants found in the Great Lakes region covers such topics as preparation techniques, medical uses, edible qualities, chemical breakdown, poisonous aspects, and commercial value.
Author : Lee Peterson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,28 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780395926222
More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous lookalikes, 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.
Author : Jan Phillips
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 31,14 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Cooking (Wild foods)
ISBN : 9781887247184
A guide to locating and preparing wild edible plants growing in Missouri. Each plant has a botanical name attached. The length or season of the flower bloom is listed; where that particular plant prefers to grow; when the plant is edible or ready to be picked, pinched, or dug; how to prepare the wildings; and a warning for possible poisonous or rash-producing plants or parts of plants.--from Preface (p. vi).
