Wild Edible Plants
of the Western United States
This book lists the great bulk of the edible plants found west of the Great Plains and in southwestern Canada and northwestern Mexico. Carefully illustrated by a fine plant artist, it helps you identify many hundreds of wild edible plants. Methods of preparation of the different wild foods are given. Warnings and descriptions as to how to avoid poisonous plants are included.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction........................................................2
Major Plant Areas in the West........................7
How to Use the Book.....................................13
Plants Found throughout the West..............17
Plants of the Northwest...............................191
Plants of the Southwest..............................217
Plants of the Rocky Mountain States.......287
Pictures of Flowers and Leaf Types.........296
Glossary........................................................297
Selected References..................................305
Index..............................................................308 |
