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RECORD NUMBER: 33 OF 117| Main Title | Discovering wild plants : Alaska, western Canada, the Northwest / | |||||||||||||||||
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| Author | Eaton, Janice Schofield, ; Schofield, Janice J. | |||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Alaska Northwest Books, | |||||||||||||||||
| Year Published | 1989 | |||||||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 19516471 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN | 0882403559; 9780882403557; 0882403699; 9780882403694 | |||||||||||||||||
| Subjects | Plants, Useful--Northwest, Pacific--Identification ; Plants, Useful--Alaska--Identification ; Plants, Useful--Canada, Western--Identification ; Pacific Northwest ; Plants, Medicinal ; Plants, Edible ; Pacific States ; Plantes utiles--Etats-Unis (Nord-Ouest)--Identification ; Plantes utiles--Alaska--Identification ; Plantes utiles--Canada (Ouest)--Identification | |||||||||||||||||
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| Collation | 354 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm | |||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-340) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Marshes, ponds, and wet places -- Forests and open woods. Trees and shrubs without berrylike fruits ; Woodland plants and shrubs with berrylike fruits ; Woodland plants without berrylike fruits -- Wild grassy meadows and sunny forest openings -- Stream banks, creek shores, moist bluffs, and wet rocky places -- Gravel bars, dry slopes, tundra, and dry rocky places -- Sea and sandy shores -- Gardens, lawns, cultivated and disturbed soils -- Additional information. More than 130 plants (including trees, roots, wildflowers, herbs, seaweed, and mushrooms) from Alaska, Yukon Territory, through western Canada, to Washington, Oregon and northern California are profiled. Information provided includes precise botanical identification, history (New and Old World folk uses), harvest and habitat information, and recipes. |