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List of Plates; List of Illustrations; Preface to the Revised Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; What's in This Book?; Vegetation Regions; Why Use Botanical Terminology?; 1. Edible and Useful Wild Plants of the Southwest; Cautions and Notes on Using Wild Edibles; Why Bother with Wild Foods?; Native Plants for Agriculture; Grazing from the Wild: Tips and Precautions; Edible and Useful Wild Plants By Family, Including Recipes; Alismataceae-Water-plantain Family; Arrowhead-Sagittaria Species; Amaranthaceae-Amaranth Family; Amaranth-Amaranthus Species |
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Lamb's-quarters-Chenopodium SpeciesOrach, Four-wing Saltbush-Atriplex Species; Tumbleweed-Salsola Species; Amaryllidaceae-Amaryllis Family; Onion, Garlic, Chives-Allium Species; Anacardiaceae-Sumac Family; Sumac-Rhus Species; Asparagaceae-Asparagus Family; Agave, Mescal, Lechuguilla-Agave Species; Beargrass-Nolina Species; Blue Camass-Camassia scilloides; Sotol-Dasylirion Species; Yucca-Yucca Species; Asteraceae-Composite Family, Sunflower Family; Chicory-Cichorium intybus; Dandelion-Taraxacum officinale; Goldenrod-Solidago odora; Lettuce-Lactuca Species; Ragweed-Ambrosia trifida |
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Sow Thistle-Sonchus SpeciesSunflower-Helianthus Species; Maximilian Sunflower-Helianthus maximiliani; Thistle-Cirsium Species; Bixaceae-Lipsticktree Family; Yellow Show, Saiya-Amoreuxia Species; Boraginaceae-Borage Family; Sandfood-Pholisma Species; Cactaceae-Cactus Family; Cholla-Cylindropuntia Species; Tasajillo-Cylindropuntia leptocaulis; Prickly Pear-Opuntia Species; Saguaro Cactus-Carnegiea gigantea; Strawberry Cactus-Echinocereus stramineus, Echinocereus enneacanthus; Caryophyllaceae-Pink Family; Chickweed-Stellaria media; Cleomaceae-Cleome Family; Bee Plant-Cleome species |
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Clammyweed-Polanisia dodecandraCommelinaceae-Spiderwort Family; Dayflower-Commelina Species; Spiderwort-Tradescantia Species; Crassulaceae-Orpine Family, ; Sedum, Stonecrop-Sedum Species; Cucurbitaceae-Gourd Family; Buffalo Gourd-Cucurbita foetidissima; Cyperaceae-Sedge Family; Nut-grass-Cyperus Species; Euphorbiaceae-Spurge Family; Bull Nettle-Cnidoscolus texanus; Cassava-Manihot Species; Noseburn-Tragia Species; Fabaceae-Legume Family; Acacia, Huisache, Catclaw-Acacia Species; Alfalfa-Medicago sativa; Black Locust-Robinia pseudoacacia; Desert Ironwood-Olneya tesota; Groundnut-Apios americana |
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Hog Peanut-Amphicarpaea bracteataHoney Locust-Gleditsia triacanthos; Indian Breadroot, Scurf Pea-Pediomelum Species; Kudzu-Pueraria Species; Mesquite, Tornillo-Prosopis Species; Redbud-Cercis canadensis; Retama-Parkinsonia aculeata; Tepary Bean-Phaseolus acutifolius; Fagaceae-Beech Family; Oak-Quercus Species; Fouquieriaceae-Ocotillo Family; Ocotillo-Fouquieria splendens; Juglandaceae-Walnut Family; Hickory-Carya Species; Pecan-Carya illinoinensis; Walnut-Juglans Species; Lamiaceae-Mint Family; Henbit-Lamium amplexicaule; Liliaceae-Lily Family; Lily-Lilium Species |
| Summary |
All around us there are wild plants useful for food, medicine, and clothing, but most of us don?t know how to identify or use them. Delena Tull amply supplies that knowledge in this book, which she has now expanded to more thoroughly address plants found in New Mexico and Arizona, as well as Texas. Extensively illustrated with black-and-white drawings and color photos, this book includes the following special features:Recipes for foods made from edible wild plantsWild teas and spicesWild plant dyes, with instructions for preparing the plants and dying wool, cotton, and other materialsInstructions for preparing fibers for use in making baskets, textiles, and paperInformation on wild plants used for making rubber, wax, oil, and soapInformation on medicinal uses of plantsDetails on hay fever plants and plants that cause rashesInstructions for distinguishing edible from poisonous berriesDetailed information on poisonous plants, including poison ivy, oak, and sumac, as well as herbal treatments for their rashes |
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Electronic book |
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Wild plants, Edible -- Texas
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Wild plants, Edible -- New Mexico
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Wild plants, Edible -- Arizona
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Wild plants, Edible -- Southwestern States
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Plants, Useful -- Texas
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Plants, Useful -- New Mexico
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Plants, Useful -- Arizona
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Plants, Useful -- Southwestern States
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Poisonous plants -- Texas
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Poisonous plants -- New Mexico
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Poisonous plants -- Arizona
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Poisonous plants -- Southwestern States
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Reference.
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Plants.
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Plants, Useful
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Poisonous plants
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Wild plants, Edible
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Arizona
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New Mexico
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Texas
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United States -- Southwestern States
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Electronic book
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3M Company.
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| ISBN |
9780292754126 |
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0292754124 |
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