Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants

Title

Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants

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Description

  • First-ever revision of a classic guidebook
  • Information on each plant's characteristics, distribution, and medicinal qualities as well as updated taxonomy and 15 new species
  • How to identify and use wild plants for medicinal purposes

    This illustrated guide to North American wild medicinals has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K. Foster revises Bradford Angier's invaluable handbook, updating the taxonomy and adding more than a dozen species, including the purple coneflower, popularly known as echinacea, as well as ephedra, jewelweed, goldenseal, and more. Scientific information for a general audience and full-color illustrations combine with intriguing accounts of the plants' uses, making this a practical guide for anyone interested in the medicinal uses of wild plants.

ISBN

9780811734936

Publication Date

7-29-2008

Publisher

Stackpole Books

City

Mechanicsburg, PA

Keywords

plant identification, wild plants, medicinal plants, messiah college, messiah university

Disciplines

Plant Sciences

Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants

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