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The complete guide to edible wild plants, mushrooms, fruits, and nuts : finding, identifying, and cooking
—Lyle, Katie Letcher, 1938- author.
2017

Book

An illustrated field guide to the most common edible wild plants, complete with recipes and folklore.

Item Details

ISBN:

  • 9781493018642
  • 1493018647

Edition: Third edition.

Description: xvi, 223 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-214) and index.

Contents:

  • Gearing up
  • Green things : Asparagus ; Chicory ; Dandelions ; Fiddleheads ; Garlic mustard ; Lamb's quarters ; Land cress ; Milkweed ; Mustard ; Poke ; Purslane ; Sorrel ; Stinging nettles ; Watercress ; Wild onions and garlic ; Chickweed ; Milk thistle ; Cleavers ; Lemon balm ; Jewelweed ; Kudzu
  • Fungi : Mushrooms ; Morels ; Puffballs ; Chanterelles ; Lion's mane ; Beefsteak mushrooms ; Sulfur shelf ; Oyster mushrooms ; Boletus ; Coprinus ; Field mushrooms ; Shiitake ; Chaga
  • Fruits : Apples ; Crab apples ; Blackberries, raspberries, and their kin ; Wineberries ; Blueberries and huckleberries ; Autumn olive ; Cherries ; Cornel cherries ; Cranberries ; Elderberries ; Figs ; Grapes ; Mulberries ; Pears ; Plums ; Quinces ; Rhubarb ; Strawberries ; Persimmons ; Pawpaws
  • Flowers and herbs : Rose hips ; Violets ; Catnip ; Bayberry ; Nasturtiums ; Marigolds ; Hibiscus ; Daylilies ; Chrysanthemums ;
  • Nuts : Black walnuts and butternuts ; Hickory nuts and pecans ; Beechnuts ; Coconuts
  • Miscellaneous foraging : Corn ; Jerusalem artichokes ; Wild rice ; Horseradish ; Sassafras ; Ginseng ; Maple syrup ; Avocados ; Passion fruit ; Prickly pear ; Watermelon rind ; Aloe vera
  • Annual forager's calendar
  • The last word.

Control Number: 1867381

Publisher: Guilford, CT : Falcon Guides, c2017.
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