Edible Wild Plants Author:Oliver Perry Medsger Where to find edible wild plants how to recognize them what parts to eat. — Detailed, lifelike illustrations enable even the layman to identify more than 150 species on sight, and the popularly written text provides information on how to prepare plants for eating, if preparation is necessary. Included are fruits and berries, salad plants and pot ... more »herbs, roots and tubers, nuts, beverage and flowering plants, seeds and seed pods. Plants are listed by type and species as well as by region; descriptions include characteristics, when each is in season, and scientific and common names. Everyone who wants to enlarge the variety of natural foods in his diet, hunters, fishermen, campers, and explorers will find this book invaluable.« less