Edible Wild Plants and Useful Herbs

An information-packed guide for the novice or handy reference for the veteran that distills years of knowledge into an affordable and portable book. You'll discover how to identify and gather more than 100 of the most nutritious wild plants and useful herbs in the contiguous United States, prepare delicious recipes using your wild harvest, determine the identity of poisonous plants and poisonous lookalikes, and take charge of your botanical wellness by making wild plants and herbs a part of your diet. Learn how to forage for wild plants and herbs and identify edible berries, treat a variety of ailments and illnesses, from colds to heart disease and more, distinguish between edible and nonedible parts of plants, make delicious desserts and herbal teas, and more!

An imprint of The Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States.