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Includes a chapter on poisonous plants, giving scientific names, common names, and parts found to be poisonous.

History, literature, and botany meet in this charming tour of how humans have relied on plants to nourish, shelter, heal, clothe, and even entertain us. Did you know that during World War II, the US Navy paid kids to collect milkweed's fluffy white floss, which was then used as filling for life preservers? And Native Americans in the deserts of the Southwest traditionally crafted tattoo needles from prickly pear cactus spines. These are just two of...

An array of abundant wild foods is available to hikers, campers, foragers, or anyone interested in living closer to the earth. Written by a leading expert on wild foods and a well-known teacher of survival skills, Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants is more than a listing of plant types--it teaches how to recognize edible plants and where to find them, their medicinal and nutritional properties, and their growing cycles. This new edition features...

This collection of recipes are natural, non-alcoholic stimulants and tranquilizers to improve awareness, aid sleep and everything in between. The perfect book for global foragers, fermenters and those fascinated by the healing power of herbs. Isted has cornered the fashion elites' desire to heal themselves naturally; with clients including Missoni and Jimmy Choo; and now brings his delectable potions to a wider audience. This is no rarefied guide;...

Learn about the edible and medicinal characteristics of 333 of the most common plant species of the Rockies, from Idaho and Montana south to New Mexico. Includes information on how plants were used by both Native Americans and later settlers.

[This] is a beautifully presented guide to the plants that have had the greatest impact on human civilization. Weaving together strands of economic, political, and industrial history, each entry is a fascinating look at the most influential plants known to mankind. -- P. [4] of cover.

Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries.