Edible and Useful Plants of Texas and the Southwest

Edible and Useful Plants of Texas and the Southwest
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 564
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ISBN-10 : 0292781644
ISBN-13 : 9780292781641
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Edible and Useful Plants of Texas and the Southwest by : Delena Tull

All around us there are wild plants good for food, medicine, clothing, and shelter, but most of us don't know how to identify or use them. Delena Tull amply supplies that knowledge in this book, one of the first focused specifically on plants that grow in Texas and surrounding regions of the South and Southwest. Extensively illustrated with black-and-white drawings and color photos, this book includes the following special features: Recipes for foods made from edible wild plants. Wild teas and spices. Wild plant dyes, with instructions for preparing the plants and dying wool, cotton, and other materials. Instructions for preparing fibers for use in making baskets, textiles, and paper. Information on wild plants used for making rubber, wax, oil, and soap. Information on medicinal uses of plants. An identification guide to hay fever plants and plants that cause rashes. Instructions for distinguishing edible from poisonous berries. Detailed information on poisonous plants, including poison ivy, oak, and sumac, as well as herbal treatments for their rashes.

Fifty Common Edible & Useful Plants of the Southwest

Fifty Common Edible & Useful Plants of the Southwest
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 64
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ISBN-10 : 1583691065
ISBN-13 : 9781583691069
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Fifty Common Edible & Useful Plants of the Southwest by : David Yetman

Describes 50 Southwest plants that are edible or useful, with a page devoted to each plant's description, range, family, and uses, accompanied by color photographs.

Southwest Medicinal Plants

Southwest Medicinal Plants
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Publisher : Timber Press
Total Pages : 393
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ISBN-10 : 9781604699111
ISBN-13 : 1604699116
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis Southwest Medicinal Plants by : John Slattery

Wildcraft your way to wellness! In Southwest Medicinal Plants, John Slattery is your trusted guide to finding, identifying, harvesting, and using 112 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 Arizona, southern California, southern Colorado, southern Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, western and central Texas, and southern Utah.

Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert

Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert
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Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 0816520607
ISBN-13 : 9780816520602
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert by : Wendy C. Hodgson

"Food Plants of the Sanoran Desert includes not only plants such as gourds and legumes but also unexpected food sources such as palms, lilies, and cattails, all of which have provided nutrition to desert peoples. Each species entry lists recorded names and describes indigenous uses, which often include nonfood therapeutic and commodity applications. The agave, for example, is cited for its use as food and for alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, syrup, fiber, cordage, clothing, sandals, nets, blankets, lances, fire hearths, musical instruments, hedgerows, soap, and medicine, and for ceremonial purposes. The agave entry includes information on harvesting, roasting, and consumption - and on distinguishing between edible and inedible varieties.".

Yungcautnguuq Nunam Qainga Tamarmi/All the Land's Surface is Medicine

Yungcautnguuq Nunam Qainga Tamarmi/All the Land's Surface is Medicine
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Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9781602234222
ISBN-13 : 1602234221
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Yungcautnguuq Nunam Qainga Tamarmi/All the Land's Surface is Medicine by : Ann Fienup-Riordan

In this book, close to one hundred men and women from all over southwest Alaska share knowledge of their homeland and the plants that grow there. They speak eloquently about time spent gathering and storing plants and plant material during snow-free months, including gathering greens during spring, picking berries each summer, harvesting tubers from the caches of tundra voles, and gathering a variety of medicinal plants. The book is intended as a guide to the identification and use of edible and medicinal plants in southwest Alaska, but also as an enduring record of what Yup’ik men and women know and value about plants and the roles plants continue to play in Yup’ik lives.

Edible and Useful Plants of the Southwest

Edible and Useful Plants of the Southwest
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 517
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ISBN-10 : 9780292748279
ISBN-13 : 0292748272
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Edible and Useful Plants of the Southwest by : Delena Tull

Originally published: Practical guide to edible and useful plants. Austin, Tex.: Texas Monthly Press, c1987.

Edible Plants

Edible Plants
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 247
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ISBN-10 : 9781684351701
ISBN-13 : 1684351707
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Edible Plants by : Jimmy Fike

For over a decade, artist Jimmy Fike traveled across the continental United States in an epic effort to photograph wild edible flora. Edible Plants is the culmination of that journey, featuring over 100 photographs that Fike has selectively colorized to highlight the comestible part of the plant. While the images initially appear to be scientific illustrations or photograms from the dawn of photography when plants were placed directly on sensitized paper and exposed under the sun, a closer look reveals, according to Liesl Bradner of the Los Angeles Times, "haunting [and] eerily beautiful" photographs. Beyond instilling wonder, Fike's contemporary, place-based approach to landscape photography emphasizes our relationship to the natural world, reveals food sources, and encourages environmental stewardship. His clever and beautiful method makes it easy to identify both the specimen and its edible parts and includes detailed descriptions about the plant's wider purposes as food and medicine. Sumptuously illustrated and delightfully informative, Edible Plants is the perfect gift for anyone curious about unlocking the secrets of native North American plants.

Wild Edible Plants of Arizona

Wild Edible Plants of Arizona
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 099828713X
ISBN-13 : 9780998287133
Rating : 4/5 (3X Downloads)

Synopsis Wild Edible Plants of Arizona by : Charles W Kane

Serving up 58 calorically/nutritionally important wild edibles for the prepper, plant utilitarian, or curious hiker/camper, Wild Edible Plants of Arizona has the distinction of being the only state-specific guide of its kind in print. Field-portable and information-salient, readers will find the material's utility on-point and handy. A discussion of each plant's edible use and preparation is the booklet's primary aim, though space is also given to range and habitat, medicinal uses, cautions, and noteworthy special considerations. Helpful additions include sustenance ratings (low, medium, or high), collection timing and desired plant-part indicators, 58 Arizona-only county-location maps, over 160 color photos, and a 450-listing general index.

Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West

Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West
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Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0878423591
ISBN-13 : 9780878423590
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West by : Gregory L. Tilford

Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West is a full-colour 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.