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| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America Steven Foster, James A. Duke, 2000 At a time when interest in herbs and natural medicine has never been higher, the second edition of this essential guide shows how to identify more than 500 healing plants. 300+ color photos. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America Lee Peterson, Roger Tory Peterson, 1978 Field guide for wild plants by Peterson. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants Bradford Angier, 2008-07-29 First-ever revision of a classic guidebook. Information on each plant's characteristics, distribution, and medicinal qualities as well as updated taxonomy and 15 new species. How to identify and use wild plants for medicinal purposes. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: A Field Guide to Eastern Forests, North America John C. Kricher, 1998 Provides an introduction to patterns of forest ecology, looks at each of the major forest types of eastern North America, examines changes that occur as abandoned fields turn into forests, features background on the process of adaptation and natural selection, and describes forest changes in each of the four seasons. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: A Field Guide to Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants, North America, North of Mexico Steven Foster, Roger A. Caras, 1994 Describes dangerous mammals, reptiles, spiders, insects, flowers, shrubs, trees, and mushrooms. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Medicinal Plants of North America Jim Meuninck, 2024-04-02 This exquisitely detailed, full-color field guide provides the identification details and practical information needed to find and properly use many of the medicinal plants and wild plant foods that provide chemicals necessary for optimum health and disease prevention. The book takes the user from simple and familiar plants ones that are less common and more difficult to identify. Each of the 122 plant entries includes a color photograph, plant description, and location. Plants are grouped according to how common or rare they are, as well as to where they are found: prairies, woodlands, mountains, deserts, and wetlands. Relevant facts about each plant include toxicity, historical uses, modern uses, as well as wildlife/veterinary uses. Additional information featured in this extraordinary field guide: explanations of how each plant affects the human body; cultural and ethnic uses of medicinal herbs and cooking spices; others creatures who consume the plants; a list of most recommended garden herbs; web site resources, and much more. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: A Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers Theodore F. Niehaus, 1984 Identifies over 1500 species of wildflowers in Texas and the Southwest through text and pictures. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America Karl B McKnight, Karl B. McKnight, Joseph R. Rohrer, Kirsten McKnight Ward, Kent H. McKnight, 2021 A new edition of the classic, best-selling field guide from Peterson Field Guides |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: A Field Guide to Mexican Birds Roger Tory Peterson, Edward L. Chalif, 1999-03 With more than 700 color paintings arranged by families for quick comparison of similar species, and with detailed information on range, habitat, size, and voice, this field guide describes and illustrates 1,038 species of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and El Salvador. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: A Field Guide to Western Trees George A. Petrides, 1998 This newly designed edition of a popular Peterson Field Guide features detailed descriptions of 387 species, arranged in six major groups by visual similarity. The 47 color plates and five text drawings show distinctive details needed for identification. Color photographs and 295 color range maps accompany the species descriptions. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Edible Wild Plants Thomas S. Elias, Peter A. Dykeman, 1990 A season-by-season guide to identifying, harvesting, and preparing over 200 healthful plants from the wild. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: A Field Guide to Animal Tracks Olaus Johan Murie, Mark Elbroch, 2005 This all-new edition includes descriptions of the habits, habitats, tracks, signs, and ranges of all the mammals of North America, as well as of selected birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. More than 1,000 line drawings and 100 color photographs further enhance the text. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants Bradford Angier, 2008-04-10 First-ever revision of a classic guidebook. Essential information on each plant's characteristics, distribution, and edibility as well as updated taxonomy and 18 new species. How to find, prepare, and eat plants growing in the wild. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Peterson Field Guide To Birds Of Northern Central America Jesse Fagan, Oliver Komar, 2016-11-01 A field guide to the birds of Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, abundantly illustrated and with comprehensive coverage of both endemic and migrant birds Birding is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tourism industry in northern Central America, and this is the newest and best bird field guide to this region—the first new bird guide in over ten years for the countries of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. This guide is far more complete than previous ones, with more than 800 species accounts, full-color range maps, and 1,000 beautiful illustrations and behavioral vignettes covering all species recorded in the region. This guide is designed for birders to carry in the field, and it is a must-have for any birder who visits the area. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: A Field Guide to Mushrooms, North America Kent H. McKnight, Vera B. McKnight, 1987 Identifies over one thousand species with detailed descriptions and illustrations. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: A Field Guide to Animal Tracks Olaus Johan Murie, 1998-01-01 Text and drawings explain how to identify wild animals by the tracks and other signs they leave. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Peterson Field Guide To Reptiles And Amphibians Eastern & Central North America Robert Powell, Roger Conant, Joseph T. Collins, 2016-04-12 A completely updated edition, including 122 newly recognized or recently established non-native species of reptiles and amphibians. The new edition of this definitive guide reflects 25 years’ worth of changes in our knowledge of reptiles and amphibians. It includes descriptions of 122 newly recognized or recently established non-native species, updated maps, and new figures and photos. Color illustrations and drawings show key details for accurate identification. More than 100 color photographs and 322 color distribution maps accompany the species descriptions. Clear and concise species accounts provide key characteristics, similar species, habitats, and ranges, as well as subspecies, voice descriptions, and conservation status. This edition will be a crucial resource for professional and amateur herpetologists, naturalists, outdoor enthusiasts, and students. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals Frederick H. Pough, 1976 A guidebook to rocks and minerals. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition Steven Foster, James A. Duke, 2015-09-03 |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Edible Wild Plants John Kallas, 2010-06-01 The founder of Wild Food Adventures presents the definitive, fully illustrated guide to foraging and preparing wild edible greens. Beyond the confines of our well-tended vegetable gardens, there is a wide variety of fresh foods growing in our yards, neighborhoods, or local woods. All that’s needed to take advantage of this wild bounty is a little knowledge and a sense of adventure. In Edible Wild Plants, wild foods expert John Kallas covers easy-to-identify plants commonly found across North America. The extensive information on each plant includes a full pictorial guide, recipes, and more. This volume covers four types of wild greens: Foundation Greens: wild spinach, chickweed, mallow, and purslane Tart Greens: curlydock, sheep sorrel, and wood sorrel Pungent Greens: wild mustard, wintercress, garlic mustard, and shepherd’s purse Bitter Greens: dandelion, cat’s ear, sow thistle, and nipplewort |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary James A. Duke, Rodolfo Vasquez, 1994-04-11 The Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary presents an exciting new rainforest book, designed and conceived in the rainforest and dedicated to its preservation.The book contains concise accounts of the various uses to which prominent Amazonian plants are put by the local rainforest inhabitants. Although emphasis is placed on plant foods and forest medicines, there is also commentary on other relevant applications, including natural artifacts, house construction, natural pesticides, and ornamental and fodder plants. More than 1,000 species are covered and over 200 illustrated. An index to Spanish and English names leads to the scientific name, and the index to plants provides its medicinal application. There are even suggestions on how to eat palm grubs and how to make an Amazonian salad dressing. All royalties from the book are donated to the Amazonian Center for Environmental Education and Research (ACEER) in order to continue its preservation of one of the world's most diverse forests. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Northeast Foraging Leda Meredith, 2014-04-08 “An invaluable guide for the feast in the East.” —Hank Shaw, author of the James Beard Award–winning website Hunter Angler Gardener Cook The Northeast offers a veritable feast for foragers, and with Leda Meredith as your trusted guide you will learn how to safely find and identify an abundance of delicious wild plants. The plant profiles in Northeast Foraging include clear, color photographs, identification tips, guidance on how to ethically harvest, and suggestions for eating and preserving. A handy seasonal planner details which plants are available during every season. Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Rhode Island. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible James A. Duke, 2007-12-26 Readers have come to depend on Jim Duke's comprehensive handbooks for their ease of use and artful presentation of scientific information. Following the successful format of his other CRC handbooks, Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible contains 150 herbs listed alphabetically and by scientific name. Each entry provides illustrations of the plant, synonyms, notes, common names, activities, indications, dosages, downsides and interactions, natural history, and extracts. It includes Biblical quotes as well as comments on points of interest. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants James A. Duke, 2000-11-10 CRC Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants is a unique catalog that includes more than 15,000 phytochemical constituents from over 1,000 higher plant species. This volume covers all of the generally-recognized-as-safe (GRAS) herbs and at least 250 important food and medicinal plants. Each entry features the scientific name, one or more common names, a listing of phytochemical constituents, a single datum or range of quantitative data (wet-weight to dry-weight in parts per million), two-letter abbreviation identifying the plant part, and three-letter abbreviation(s) indicating the source(s) of the data. The extraordinary amount of data compiled into an easy-to-use tabular format makes the CRC Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants a volume useful to all pharmacologists, toxicologists, nutritionists, pharmacognicists, and food scientists. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Herbs and Health Nicola Peterson, 1999 Culpepper Limited was formed in 1927, the aim was to revive the taste for wholesome natural medicines, pure cosmetics, and the use of herbs in cooking', Today Culpepper is the largest herbal specialist in Great Britain and the only herbalist to grow its own herbs. The natural, medicinal and therapeutic properties of herbs and plants have been used by mankind since time began. These practical and interesting guides illustrated with colour drawings contain comprehensive explanatory lists of herbs and how they can benefit you. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers John Craighead, Frank C. Craighead, Frank C. Craighead, Jr., Ray J. Davis, 1998-09 This guide describes 590 species, with detailed information on flowering season, related species, range, and habitat. More than 100 plant drawings supplement these descriptions, and more than 200 color photographs show flowers as they appear in the field. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Peterson Field Guide To Birds Of North America, Second Edition Roger Tory Peterson, 2020-04-07 A new edition of the best-selling field guide with 25 all-new plates covering the birds of Hawaii. For decades, the Peterson Field Guide to Birds has been a popular and trusted guide for birders of all levels, thanks to its famous system of identification and unparalleled illustrations. Now that the American Birding Association has expanded its species Checklist to include Hawaii, the Peterson Guide is the first edition to include the wonderful and exotic species of our fiftieth state. In addition, the text and range maps have been updated, and much of the art has been touched up to reflect current knowledge. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: A Field Guide to Eastern Trees George A. Petrides, 1988 |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America James A. Duke Steven Foster, 2014 |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas Alan E. Bessette, Arleen R. Bessette, Michael W. Hopping, 2025-04-15 Identifying mushrooms in the wild can present an enticing challenge. Taking on unbelievable forms, some are delicious, others are deadly, but the edibility status of the majority remains unknown. In this revised and expanded edition of the classic, best-selling A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas, readers will find over 1,000 mushroom species described in clear, simple terms, with color photographs showcasing their unique combinations of features. What’s included: ·Information on mushroom edibility and toxicity ·Basic information on spore characteristics ·Updated nomenclature and taxonomy based on the latest genetic analyses ·An overview of the Carolinas' role in the history of American mycology ·Over 1,000 color photographs of Carolina mushrooms The unusually large number of described species makes this book a must-have for experienced mushroom hunters as well as those newly interested in mycology. Here, at last, is the definitive field guide for mushrooms in North and South Carolina, from the mountains to the coast, presented in a single portable volume. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Eating Wild Japan Stone Bridge Press, Winifred Bird, 2021-03-09 A delicious collection of essays, recipes, and practical plant information exploring Japan's thriving culture of foraged foods. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants Tom Brown, Jr., 1986-12-15 For untold thousands of years, human beings have thrived on the nutritional and medicinal wealth of the plant life in the natural world. In these fascinating, wide-ranging, wonderfully informative stories, Tom Brown—director of the world-famous Tracking, Nature, and Wilderness Survival School—tells all about the uncommon benefits of the common trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plants we find all around us. This indispensible guide includes information on: • How to use every part of the plant—leaves, flowers, bark, bulbs, and roots • Where to find useful plants, and the best time of the year and stages of growth to harvest them • How to prepare delicious food dishes, soups, breads and teas from the riches of the great outdoors • An incredible range of experience-proven medicinal uses to treat headaches, burns, digestive disorders, skin problems, and a host of other maladies TOM BROWN'S FIELD GUIDES: America's most popular nature reference books, Tom Brown's bestselling field guides are specially designed for both beginners and experienced explorers. Fully illustrated and comprehensive, each volume includes practical information, time-tested nature skills, and exciting new ways to rediscover the earth around us. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America Steven Foster, James A. Duke, 2014 An updated field guide to the medicinal plants and herbs found in eastern and central North America, including how to identify them and use them. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: The Healing Garden Juliet Blankespoor, 2022-04-05 Herb gardens bring us deep into the heart of our medicine: when we step inside, their beauty and healing literally surround us. Blankespoor shows how to design a herb garden, and organically grow some of the most healing plants on the planet. Detailed herbal profiles, and clear instructions on transforming your garden harvests into botanical medicine and health-giving foods are also covered. -- adapted from back cover |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Healing with Medicinal Plants of the West - Cultural and Scientific Basis for Their Use Cecilia Garcia, James D. Adams, 2012-09-10 |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Wild Edibles of Missouri Jan Phillips, Missouri. Department of Conservation, 1998 A guide to locating and preparing wild edible plants growing in Missouri. Each plant has a botanical name attached. The length or season of the flower bloom is listed; where that particular plant prefers to grow; when the plant is edible or ready to be picked, pinched, or dug; how to prepare the wildings; and a warning for possible poisonous or rash-producing plants or parts of plants.--from Preface (p. vi). |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Back to Eden Jethro Kloss, 2011-10-01 ...set[s] forth his method of natural self healing based on herbs, a diet that used no meat, dairy products, or eggs, and a life in harmony with the laws of health and nature. He opposed the use of sugar, spices, pepper, mustard, vinegar, and fermented foods. He recommended the use of soymilk in numerous healing diets and considered it far better than cow's milk. -- www.SoyinfoCenter.com. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: Birds of Britain and Europe Roger Tory Peterson, Guy Mountfort, Philip Arthur Dominic Hollom, 2004 First published 50 years ago and never out of print, this is the classic birdwatcher's field guideFor 50 years Collins Birds of Britain and Europe has been the standard field guide, providing an concise guide to the essential features of bird recognition. This classic guide, now in its fifth edition, will be relaunched in new livery to attract a new generation of birders. The 'Peterson' guide is well-recognised for giving prominence to key identification features, so is ideal for beginners, as well as providing extensive coverage for more expert birdwatchers. In Peterson's words, 'the purpose of this field guide is to make it easier for 999 out of 1,000 readers to identify birds'. there are over 1500 colour illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson. The maps compiled by P. A. D. Hollom show the breeding range and winter range for each species. |
| peterson's guide to medicinal plants: A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets Donald Howard Menzel, 1964 |
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