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Feb 8, 2012 at 6:28 pm #1285404
Hi, does anyone have any suggestions for a book on foraging and edible plant identification? I live on the central coast of California, so I'm looking for something relevant to my location. Thanks.
Feb 8, 2012 at 6:44 pm #1836585stalking the wild asparagus
might as well get a hold of "stalking the blue eyed scallop" while you're at it
Feb 8, 2012 at 6:57 pm #1836589Samuel Thayer's books are also pretty good. I find them easier to use than Euell Gibbons since Thayer's books include lots of good photographs of the plant at different stages of development and similar looking species that may cause confusion.
For example his book "Nature's Garden" also includes a handy chart that states what percentage of the plants in the book are likely to be found in each state. For California it is 73%.
Feb 8, 2012 at 7:01 pm #1836593See also "Northwest Foraging: The Classic Guide to Edible Plants of the Pacific Northwest" by Doug Benoliel.
http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9781594853661-1
This one is good and should have a lot of cross-over to plants in CA.
Feb 8, 2012 at 7:22 pm #1836610I have: Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants. It covers a lot of California Plants and was written by Bradford Angier and it even covers sea weed on the Ca coast.
Feb 8, 2012 at 9:05 pm #1836658Thanks everyone for the ideas. Natures Garden looks like a good one to get. I want something comprehensive with plenty of pictures. I think I might go ahead and buy it.
Feb 8, 2012 at 11:15 pm #1836696I haven't read this yet, but it's supposed to be pretty good:
Feb 10, 2012 at 4:16 pm #1837638Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West [Paperback]
Gregory L. Tilford (Author)Has photographs instead of illustrations, which I like. Also sometimes will tell you how to eat it. But there really aren't that many plants in the book that are actually edible.
Another really good one is Mushrooms Demystified. You probably didn't want to try mushrooms, but it's a really good book anyway in case you are a collector of field guides. Witty, funny and beautiful pictures and uses a keying system for identification.
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