The Encyclopedia of Edible Plants of North AmericaNature offers a lush variety of healthful, intriguing, and delicious gruits and vegetables that don't require a gardener's green thumb to enjoy, yet most Americans limit themselves to about 60 or so fruits, vegetables, nuts, and grains. From horsetails, ferns, and conifers toshrubs, vines, and herbaceous s pecies, this guide describes how to find, identify and use hundreds of plants as tasty morsels. |
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Contents
Lycopods and Horsetails Lycopodiophyta and Equisetophyta | 15 |
Cycads and Conifers Pinopfiyta | 24 |
Flowering Plants Magnoliophyta | 38 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Encyclopedia of Edible Plants of North America |
| Authors | François Couplan, James Duke |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | McGraw Hill Professional, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0879838213, 9780879838218 |
| Length | 584 pages |
| Subjects | › › Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition Nature / Plants / General Nature / Reference Sports & Recreation / General |
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