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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
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Working in his garden one day, Michael Pollan hit pay dirt in the form of an idea: do plants, he wondered, use humans as much as we use them? While the question is not entirely original, the way Pollan examines this complex coevolution by looking at the natural world from the perspective of plants is unique. The result is a fascinating and engaging loo... »
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The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants
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I was interested in finding out what kind of plants were edible native to the Pacific Northwest area, where I live. Unfortunately there were very few edibles covered that grow in this area, which has some of the most awesome natural habitats around. Nothing on Red Huckelberries or Oregon Grape for example. Miners Lettuce? Forget it. Not a good guide if... »
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A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America (Peterson Field Guides(R))
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This is an awesome book, but there was obviously a printing error in the copy I bought. An entire chunk of pages has been repeated and a whole 'nother chunk is missing.
My only other complaint is that it'd be nice if these field guides had color photos all the way through. I know that makes the book more expensive but it also makes it mo... »
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The Secret Life of Plants
I first read this book in the mid-70s. I've got a brother-in-law who's a vegetarian and I will pick this up for him. I actually eat vegetarian most of t... »
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Newcomb's Wildflower Guide
This is a nice system for systematically identifying a wildflower, BUT it only covers the Northeast from Wisconsin down to Kentucky over to Virginia and u... »
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