Peterson Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants
Peterson Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants
Over 370 edible plants with drawings, grouped by flower colour and shape for quick identification, with notes on which part to eat and when.
- Why it's here
- The classic North American field guide, arranged by flower colour.
- Keep in mind
- Drawings rather than photographs.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Edition
- Eastern and Central North America
- Format
- Paperback
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