American Honey Plants
Author: Frank Chapman Pellett
Publisher:
Published: 1947
Total Pages: 476
ISBN-13:
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Edible Wild Plants
Author: Thomas S. Elias
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781402767159
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a season-by-season guide to the identification, harvest, and preparation of more than two hundred common edible plants to be found in the wild.
The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms
Author: Nancy J. Turner
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2009-09-01
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 160469145X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf people knew how many poisonous plants are commonly found in homes and gardens, they'd be shocked. Plants as common as monkshood, castorbean, and oleander are not just dangerous, they're deadly. The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms is a comprehensive, easy-to-use handbook. The book is split into four main categories: mushrooms, wild plants, ornamental and crop plants, and houseplants. Each plant entry includes a clear photograph to aid the task of identification, a description of the plant, notes on where they commonly occur, and a description of their toxic properties. Plants are listed by common name to assist the non-specialist.
Armitage's Native Plants for North American Gardens
Author: Allan M. Armitage
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 451
ISBN-13: 0881927600
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA leading horticulturalist touts the benefits of using native North American plants in one's home garden, describing more than 630 species and cultivars of perennials, biennials, and annuals native to the United States and furnishing essential data on habitat, hardiness, correct garden sites, cultivation, maintenance, and propagation.
Medicinal and Other Uses of North American Plants
Author: Charlotte Erichsen-Brown
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-01-09
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 0486139328
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronological historical citations document 500 years of usage of plants, trees, and shrubs native to eastern Canada and northeastern United States. Also complete identifying information, 343 illustrations. "You can't go wrong." — Botanic & Herb Reviews.
American Medicinal Plants
Author: Charles Frederick Millspaugh
Publisher:
Published: 1887
Total Pages: 488
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Author: George E. Burrows
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2013-01-29
Total Pages: 1391
ISBN-13: 0813820340
DOWNLOAD EBOOKToxic Plants of North America, Second Edition is an up-to-date, comprehensive reference for both wild and cultivated toxic plants on the North American continent. In addition to compiling and presenting information about the toxicology and classification of these plants published in the years since the appearance of the first edition, this edition significantly expands coverage of human and wildlife—both free-roaming and captive—intoxications and the roles of secondary compounds and fungal endophytes in plant intoxications. More than 2,700 new literature citations document identification of previously unknown toxicants, mechanisms of intoxication, additional reports of intoxication problems, and significant changes in the classification of plant families and genera and associated changes in plant nomenclature. Toxic Plants of North America, Second Edition is a comprehensive, essential resource for veterinarians, toxicologists, agricultural extension agents, animal scientists, and poison control professionals.
North American Wildland Plants
Author: James L. Stubbendieck
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2017-05
Total Pages: 555
ISBN-13: 1496200918
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNorth American Wildland Plants contains descriptions of the salient characteristics of the most important wildland plants of North America. This comprehensive reference assists individuals with limited botanical knowledge as well as natural resource professionals in identifying wildland plants. The two hundred species of wildland plants in this book were selected because of their abundance, desirability, or poisonous properties. Each illustration has been enhanced with labels pointing to key characteristics to facilitate the identification of unknown plants. Each plant description includes plant characteristics, an illustration of the plant with enlarged parts, and a general distribution map for North America. Each species description includes nomenclature; life span; origin; season of growth; inflorescence, flower or spikelet, or other reproductive parts; vegetative parts; and growth characteristics. Brief notes are included on habitat; livestock losses; and historic, food, and medicinal uses. This third edition contains additional refinements in the nomenclature, distribution, illustrations, and descriptions of plants.
Medicinal Plants of North America
Author: Jim Meuninck
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2024-04-02
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1493077872
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Invasive Plants
Author: Wallace Kaufman
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2013-04-01
Total Pages: 530
ISBN-13: 0811749835
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIdentify and understand the plants that are changing the North American landscape forever.
