Edible Wild Plants
Tracer Bullet 07-4
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Golden
Currant - Harvested by Plains Indians for
use in preparing pemmican, a combination of fruit, meat
and fat. Photo from the National Park Service, Wind Cave National Park
Web site.
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The awareness of edible wild plants in our backyards springs
from a desire to return to nature. Whether in rural or suburban
areas, the appeal of natural foods is linked to the environmental
movement. How do you know what plants are safe to eat? How do
you collect and prepare what you find? What are the historical
uses of plants by native peoples and generations past?
An update of TB 96-1, the following guide is intended to help
readers locate relevant sources of information for the identification,
harvesting, and preparation of wild plants that may be used for
food, e.g., berries, mushrooms, flowers, leaves, seeds, and roots.
Caution should be used whenever collecting wild plants and many
of the sources include guidelines to avoid toxicity. Materials
cited are available in the collections of the Library of Congress
or on the Internet. Emphasis is on plants found in North America.
Other related titles in the Science Tracer Bullet series include
TB 04-2 Medicinal Plants and TB 97-1 The Ethnobotany
of the Americas.
Not intended to be a comprehensive bibliography, this compilation
is designed--as the name of the series implies--to put the reader "on
target."
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Alfs, Matthew. The art of wild-plant foraging. In his Edible & medicinal
wild plants of Minnesota & Wisconsin. New Brighton, MN, OTBH,
2001. p. 1-12.
QK98.5.U6A43 2001
Alfs, Matthew. Health, medicine, and weeds. In his Edible & medicinal
wild plants of Minnesota & Wisconsin. New Brighton, MN, OTBH,
2001. p. 13-24.
QK98.5.U6A43 2001
Brill, Steve, and Evelyn Dean. An introduction to foraging for
wild plants. In their Identifying and harvesting edible and medicinal
plants in wild (and not so wild) places. New York, Hearst Books,
c1994. p. 1-22.
QK98.5.U6B75 1994 <SciRR>
Meuninck, Jim. Basic essentials. Edible wild plants & useful
herbs. 3rd ed. Guilford, CT, Falcon Guide, 2007. 87p.
Includes bibliographical references.
QK98.5.U6M48 2007
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Subject headings used by the Library of Congress,
under which materials on edible wild plants can be found include
the following:
Highly Relevant
WILD PLANTS, EDIBLE
See also names of groups of and individual
plants, e.g., BERRIES; FRUIT; HERBS; MUSHROOMS; WEEDS
May be subdivided geographically, e.g., WILD
PLANTS, EDIBLE--FLORIDA; WILD FOODS
Relevant
COOKERY (WILD FOODS)
See also subject headings for cookery of wild plants, e.g.,
COOKERY (BERRIES); COOKERY (MUSHROOMS); COOKERY (WILD RICE)
FUNGI, EDIBLE
See also names of groups of and individual
edible fungi, e.g. MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE; TRUFFLES
ROOTS (BOTANY)
Related
ETHNOBOTANY
See also subdivision ETHNOBOTANY under names of ethnic groups, e.g., INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--ETHNOBOTANY
INDIAN COOKERY
MEDICINAL PLANTS
MUSHROOMS, POISONOUS
PLANTS, EDIBLE
PLANTS--FOLKLORE
PLANTS, USEFUL
POISONOUS PLANTS
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Brill, Steve, and Evelyn Dean. Identifying and
harvesting edible and medicinal plants in wild (and not so wild)
places. New York, Hearst Books, c1994. 317 p.
Bibliography: p. 297-298.
QK98.5.U6B75 1994 <SciRR>
Couplan, François. The encyclopedia of edible plants of North
America. New Canaan, CT, Keats Pub., c1998.
584 p.
Bibliography: p. 555-565.
QK98.5.N57C68 1998 <MRR>
Genders, Roy. Edible wild plants: a guide to natural
foods. New York, Van der Marck Editions, c1988. 208 p.
QK98.5.A1G46 1988
Gibbons, Euell, and Gordon C. Tucker. Euell Gibbons'
handbook of edible wild plants. Virginia Beach, VA., Donning,
1979. 319 p.
Bibliography: p. 319.
QK98.G52 <SciRR>
Lyle, Katie Letcher. The complete guide to edible wild plants,
mushrooms, fruits, and nuts. Guilford, CT, Lyons Press, 2004. 195
p.
Rev. ed. of Foraging gourmet, c1997.
Bibliography: p. 185-187.
TX823.L93 2004 <SciRR>
Thayer, Samuel. The forager's harvest: a guide to identifying,
harvesting, and preparing edible wild plants. Ogema, WI, Forager's
Harvest, c2006. 360 p.
Bibliography: p. 343-345.
QK98.5.A1T43 2006
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Angier, Bradford. Feasting free on wild edibles. Mechanicsburg,
PA, Stackpole Books, 2002, c1969. 288 p.
"A one volume edition of Free for the eating & More free-for-the eating wild foods."
TX823.A48 2002
Dow, Elaine. Pages from a weed woman's journal
of common wild plants: their histories and uses in flower arrangement,
cooking, dyeing, landscaping, and drying, with recipes.
Topsfield, MA., Historical Presentations, c1991. 183 p.
Bibliography: p. 182-183.
QK98.4.A1D69 1991
Fernald, Merritt Lyndon, Alfred C. Kinsey, and Reed C. Rollins. Edible
wild plants of eastern North America. New York, Dover Publications, 1996.
452 p.
Originally published New York, Harper, 1958.
Bibliography: p. 415-422.
QK98.5.U6F47 1996
Gibbons, Euell. Stalking the wild asparagus.
25th anniversary
ed. Putney, VT, A. C. Hood; Woodstock, VT, Distributed by the
Countryman Press, 1987, c1962. 303 p.
Reprint. Originally published New York,
D. McKay, 1962.
QK98.5.U6G52 1987
Harris, Ben Charles. Eat the Weeds. New Canaan,
CT, Keats Pub., 1995. 254 p.
"How to find, prepare and preserve 150 natural
delights from acorns to yarrow."
Originally published Barre, Mass. by Barre Publishers, c1969.
Bibliography: p. 242-245.
QK98.5.A1H37 1995 <SciRR>
Hitchcock, Susan Tyler. Gather ye wild things:
a forager's year. Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia,
1995. 182 p.
Originally published New York, Harper & Row, c1980.
Bibliography: p. 175-177.
QK98.5.A1H57 1995
Lyle, Katie Letcher. The wild berry book: romance, recipes & remedies.
Minocqua, WI, NorthWord Press, c1994. 160 p.
Bibliography: p. 152-154.
QK98.5.A1L94 1994
Sturtevant, E. Lewis. Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. Edited by
U. P. Hedrick. New York, Dover Publications, 1972. 686 p.
Reprint of the 1919 ed. published by J. B. Lyon Co., Albany, for the State
of New York, as the Dept. of Agriculture's 27th Annual report, v. 2, pt. 2
(Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for 1919), under title:
Sturtevant's notes on edible plants.
"A bibliography of Sturtevant's writings:" p. 13-16; "Authors
and titles quoted in Sturtevant's notes on edible plants," p. 625-667.
URL: http://www.swsbm.com/Ephemera/Sturtevants_Edible_Plants.pdf
QK98.5.A1S78 1972
Thoreau, Henry David. Wild fruits: Thoreau's rediscovered last manuscript. Edited by Bradley P. Dean. New York, W. W. Norton, c2000. 409 p.
Bibliography: p. 377-385.
QK98.5.A1T46 2000 <SciRR>
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Specific Geographic Areas
Alfs, Matthew. Edible & medicinal wild plants of Minnesota & Wisconsin. New Brighton, MN, OTBH, 2001. 426 p.
Bibliography: p. 357-401.
QK98.5.U6A43 2001
Dabbs, J. T. Southeastern edibles: a field and culinary guide
to the edible wild plants of the southeast. Birmingham, AL, Hickory
Hill Press, c1995. 208 p.
Bibliography: p. 183-189.
TX823.D32 1995
Deuerling, Richard J., and Peggy S. Lantz. Florida's
incredible wild edibles. Orlando, FL., Florida Native Plant
Society, c1993. 68 p.
QK98.5.U6D48 1993
Farnsworth, Kahanah. A taste of nature: edible plants of the
Southwest and how to prepare them. 3rd ed. [CA?], K. Farnsworth, c2005. 207
p.
Bibliography: p. 199-200.
TX823.F39 2005
Kershaw, Linda. Edible & medicinal plants of the Rockies. Edmonton, Renton, WA, Lone Pine Pub., 2000. 270 p.
Bibliography: p. 259-260.
QK98.5.R63K46 2000
Medve, Richard J., and Mary Lee Medve. Edible wild
plants of Pennsylvania and neighboring states. University
Park, PA., Pennsylvania State University Press, c1990. 242 p.
Bibliography: p. 231-233.
QK98.5.U6M43 1990
<SciRR>
Naegele, Thomas A. Edible and medicinal plants of the Great
Lakes region. Rev. ed. Davisburg, MI, Wilderness Adventure Books, 1996.
423 p.
Bibliography: p. 403-412.
QK99.G73N33 1996
Seymour, Tom. Foraging New England: finding, identifying,
and preparing edible wild foods and medicinal plants from Maine
to
Connecticut. Guilford, CT, Globe Pequot Press, 2002. 183 p.
QK98.5.U6S49 2002
Tilford, Gregory L. Edible and medicinal plants of the West. Missoula, MT, Mountain Press Pub., c1997. 239 p.
Bibliography: p. 225-226.
QK98.5.U6T54 1997 <SciRR>
Tull, Delena. Edible and useful plants of Texas and the southwest:
including recipes, harmful plants, natural dyes, and textile fibers:
a practical guide. Austin, TX, University of Texas Press, 1999.
518 p.
Originally published as Practical guide to edible & useful plants. Austin,
TX, Texas Monthly Press, c1987.
Bibliography: p. 405-417.
QK98.5.U6T85 1999
Wiltens, James S. Edible and poisonous plants of northern California. Berkeley,
CA, Wilderness Press, c1999. 160 p.
Originally published as two works, the 1st, Plants your
mother never told you
about. Cuperto, CA, Deer Crossing Camp, 1986; the 2nd, Thistle greens
and mistletoe. Berkeley, CA, Wilderness Press, 1988.
Bibliography: p. 155-157.
QK98.5.U6W567 1999
Field Guides
Cvancara, Alan M. Edible wild plants and herbs. Camden,
ME, Ragged Mountain Press, 2001. 109 p.
Bibliography: p. 107-108.
QK98.5.A1C83 2001
Elias, Thomas S., and Peter A. Dykeman. Edible wild plants:
a North American field guide. New York, Sterling Pub. Co., 1990.
286 p.
Rev. ed. of Field guide to North American edible wild plants, c1982.
QK98.5.U6E35 1990 <SciRR>
Forey, Pamela, and Cecilia Fitzsimons. An instant guide to
edible plants: the most familiar edible wild plants of North
America described
and illustrated in full color. New York, Gramercy Books, 2001.
123 p.
Originally published New York, Crescent Books, 1997.
QK98.5.N67F67 2001
McKnight, Kent H., and Vera B. McKnight. A field guide to
mushrooms, North America. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1987. 429 p. (The Peterson
field guide series, no. 34)
"Sponsored by the National Audubon Society and the National Wildlife Federation."
Bibliography: p. 407.
QK617.M424 1987 <SciRR>
Peterson, Lee, and Roger Tory Peterson. A field guide to
edible wild plants of Eastern and Central North America. Boston, Houghton
Mifflin, 1978, c1977. 330 p. (The Peterson field guide series,
no. 23)
Bibliography: p. 313-314.
QK98.5.U6P47
Cookbooks
Alaska wild berry guide and cookbook. By the editors of Alaska magazine.
Anchorage, AK, Northwest Pub. Co., c1982. 201 p.
TX813.B4A38 1982
Bowers, Priscilla G. I eat weeds. Jacksonville, FL, Buttercup
Press, c1996. 219 p.
Bibliography: p. 215.
TX823.B654 1996
Brill, Steve. The wild vegetarian cookbook: a forager's
culinary guide (in the field or in the supermarket) to preparing
and savoring
wild (and not so wild) natural foods, with more than 500 recipes. Boston, Harvard Common Press, c2002. 500 p.
TX837.B824 2002 <SciRR>
Farges, Amy. The mushroom lover's mushroom cookbook and
primer. New York, Workman Pub., c2000. 340 p.
TX804.F37 2000
Gaertner, Erika E. Reap without sowing: wild food from
nature's cornucopia. Burnstown, Ont., Canada, General Store Pub. House,
c1995. 182 p.
Bibliography: p. 184-188.
QK98.5.C2G34 1995
George, Jean Craighead. Acorn pancakes, dandelion salad,
and 38 other wild recipes. New ed. New York, HarperCollins Publishers,
c1995. 63 p.
New ed. of The wild, wild cookbook, c1982.
TX823.G45 1995
Kluger, Marilyn. The wild flavor. New York, Holt, 1990. 285
p.
Originally published New York, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1973.
TX823.K47 1990
March, Kathryn G., and Andrew L. March. The wild taste:
plant & mushroom
recipes for the knowledgeable cook. Bailey, CO, Meridian Hill Publications,
c1989. 312 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
TX823.M2742 1989
Mogelon, Ronna. Wild in the kitchen: recipes for wild fruits,
weeds, and seeds. New York, M. Evans, 2001. 143 p.
Bibliography: p. 138-140.
TX823.M63 2001
Nicholson, Delaine. From field & forest: the guide to making
wild jelly. Key Largo, FL, TerraNovaNet, c1996. 64 p.
TX612.J4N53 1996
Niethammer, Carolyn J. American Indian cooking: recipes
from the Southwest. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1999. 191
p.
Originally published as American Indian food and lore. New
York, London, Collier Macmillan, 1974.
Bibliography: p. 175-178.
E78.S7N53 1999
Vargas, Pattie, and Rich Gulling. Making wild wines & meads:
125 unusual recipes using herbs, fruits, flowers & more.
Pownal, VT, Storey Books, c1999. 169 p.
TP548.2.V37 1999
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Angell, Madeline. A field guide to berries and berrylike
fruits.
Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, c1981. 250 p.
Bibliography: p. 241-245.
QK660.A58 <SciRR>
Duke, James A. Handbook of edible weeds. Boca Raton, FL, CRC
Press, c2001. 246 p.
Bibliography: p. 217-222.
QK98.5.U6D85 2001 <SciRR>
Fielder, Mildred. Wild fruits: an illustrated field guide & cookbook. Chicago, Contemporary Books, c1983. 271 p.
Bibliography: p. 237-251.
QK98.5.N57F53 1983
Henderson, Robert K. The neighborhood forager: a guide for
the wild food gourmet. White River Junction, VT, Chelsea Green Pub.,
c2000. 226 p.
Bibliography: p. 217-219.
TX823.H423 2000
Nyerges, Christopher. Guide to wild foods and useful plants.
Chicago, Chicago Review Press, c1999. 237 p.
Bibliography: p. 235-237.
QK98.5.A1N94 1999
Ritchie, Fern J. Handbook of edible wild plants and weeds. Springfield,
OR, Ritchie Unlimited Publications, c1999. 2 v.
Bibliography: v. 2, p. 57-65.
Contents: v. 1. Field book; reference guide to available edible native plants
for adventure, camping, and emergency food. -- v. 2. Reference; reference guide
to available edible native plants for adventure, camping, and emergency needs.
QK98.5.U6R58 1999 <SciRR>
Smith, Alexander Hanchett, and Nancy S. Weber. The mushroom
hunter's field guide. All color and enl. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan
Press, c1980. 316 p.
Bibliography: p. 309-310.
QK617.S56 1980 <SciRR>
Springmeyer, Fritz. Willow bark & rosehips: an introduction
to common edible and useful wild plants of North America. Helena,
MT, Falcon, c1996. 80 p.
QK98.5.N57S68 1996
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American Herbal Products Association. American Herbal Products
Association's botanical safety handbook. Edited by Michael McGuffin
and others; prepared for the Standards Committee of the American
Herbal Products Association. Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press, c1997.
231 p.
Bibliography: p. 191-212.
RA1250.A44 1997 <SciRR>
Berzok, Linda Murray. Foodstuffs. In her American Indian
food. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 2005. p. 49-96.
Bibliography: p. 205-206.
E98.F7B47 2005
Boa, E. R. Wild edible fungi: a global overview of their
use and importance to people. Rome, Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations, 2004. 147 p.
Bibliography: p. 71-88.
Paper discusses traditional and contemporary uses of fungi as food or in medicine.
Reviews the characteristics of fungi biology and ecology, as well as fungi
management.
URL: http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5489e/y5489e00.htm
QK617.B713 2004
Burrows, George E., and Ronald J. Tyrl. Toxic plants of North
America. Ames, Iowa State University Press, 2001. 1342 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
QK100.N6B87 2001 <SciRR>
Cotton, C. M. Ethnobotany: principles and applications. Chichester,
Eng., New York, John Wiley & Sons, c1996. 424 p.
Bibliography: p. 375-399.
GN476.73.C67 1996 <SciRR>
Cunningham, Anthony B. Applied ethnobotany: people, wild plant
use, and conservation. London, Earthscan, 2001. 300 p.
Bibliography: p. 278-294.
QK86.5.C85 2001 <SciRR>
Edible and poisonous mushrooms of the world. By Ian R. Hall and others. Christchurch,
N.Z., Crop & Food Research, 2003. 371 p.
Includes a list of mushroom names in Chinese.
Bibliography: p. 327-346.
QK617.E37 2003b <SciRR>
Elliott, Douglas B. Wild roots: a forager's guide to the
edible and medicinal roots, tubers, corms, and rhizomes of North
America. Rochester, VT, Healing Arts Press, c1995. 128 p.
Originally published as Roots. Old Greenwich, CT, Chatham Press, c1976.
Bibliography: p. 122-123.
QK99.N67E445 1995
Hardin, James W., and Jay M. Arena. Human poisoning from
native and cultivated plants. 2nd ed. Durham, NC, Duke University Press,
1974. 194 p.
Bibliography: p. 173-178.
QK100.N6H3 1974 <SciRR>
Kavasch, E. Barrie. Native harvests: American Indian wild
foods and recipes. Mineola, NY, Dover Publications, 2005. 238 p.
Originally published as Native harvests; recipes and
botanicals of the American Indian. New York, Random House, 1979.
Bibliography: p. 213-223.
E98.F7K37 2005
Moerman, Daniel E. Native American ethnobotany. Portland, OR,
Timber Press, c1998. 927 p.
Bibliography: p. 619-623.
E98.B7M66 1998 <SciRR>
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Disseratations describe research results that have been completed,
or report research in progress. Dissertations may be identified
by using online resources or the following indexes located in the
Main Reading Room. Consult any reference librarian about options.
Some dissertations may be available in full text through electronic
resources on public terminals at the Library of Congress.
Comprehensive Dissertation Index. Supplement (1973- annual)
Z5053.X47a
Dissertation Abstracts International (1938- monthly)
Z5053.D57 and Electronic format
Digital Dissertations (1861- )
Electronic resource
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Bailey, Brent. Social and economic impacts of wild harvested
products. Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms, 1999.
Collation of the original: 103 p.
UMI publication number AAT 9967216
Thesis (doctoral)--West Virginia University, 1999.
Jones, Eric Todd. The political ecology of wild mushroom
harvester stewardship in the Pacific Northwest. Ann Arbor, MI,
University Microfilms, 2002.
Collation of the original: 198 p.
UMI publication number AAT 3068569
Thesis (doctoral)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2002.
LaRochelle, Serge. Common property and traditional ecological
knowledge: biodiversity conservation in the Sierra Tarahumara,
Mexico. Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms, 2003.
Collation of the original: 120 p.
UMI publication number AAT MQ89529
Thesis (masters)--University of Manitoba, 2003.
Ogle, Britta Mathilda. Wild vegetables and micronutrient
nutrition: studies on the significance of wild vegetables in
women’s diets in Vietnam. Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms, 2001.
Collation of the original: 103 p.
UMI publication number AAT C805818
Thesis (doctoral)--Uppsala Universitet, 2001.
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Abstracting and Indexing Services that index relevant
journal articles and other literature on edible wild plants are
listed below. Please consult a reference librarian for the location
and formation of abstracting and indexing services in the Science
Reading Room.
Academic Search Premier (1965- )
Electronic Format
Biological Abstracts (1926- )
QH301.B37 <SciRR> and Electronic
Format
Biological & Agricultural Index (1916-
)
Z5073.A46 and CD-ROM <SciRR> and Electronic
Format
Cumulated Index Medicus, Medline, PubMed (1960- )
Z6660.I422 and Electronic Format
Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index
Electronic format
General Science Index (1978- )
Z7401.G46 <SciRR> and Electronic Format
JSTOR
Electronic format
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1900-
)
AI3.R48 <BusRR> and Electronic Format
Science Citation Index (1961- )
Z7401.S365 <SciRR> and Electronic format
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Journals that often contain articles relevant to edible wild plants:
American Gardener |
SB1.N3 |
Herb Companion |
SB351.H5H3523 |
Herb Quarterly |
SB351.H5H357 |
Horticulture |
SB1.H86 |
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/ |
Mother Earth News |
AP2.M7919 |
OG |
S605.5.O7 |
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Barash, Cathy Wilkinson. Please eat the flowers. Horticulture,
v. 95, May 1998: 36-38, 40.
SB1.H86
Cavagnaro, David. Bold and delicious amaranths. American
gardener,
v. 79, July/Aug. 2000: 47-51.
SB1.N3
Chang, Shy-Shin, and others. Poisoning by Datura leaves used
as edible wild vegetables.Veterinary and human toxicology, v.
41, Aug. 1999: 242-245.
SF757.5.V48
Delang, Claudio O. Not just minor forest products: the economic
rationale for the consumption of wild food plants by subsistence
farmers. Ecological economics, v. 59, Aug. 2006: 64-73.
HC59.72.E5E26
Duke, Jim, and Peggy Duke. Gather up a springtime tonic--of weeds
you eat! Organic gardening, v. 43, Dec. 1996: 39-43.
S605.5.O7
Grivetti, Louis E., and Britta M. Ogle. Value of traditional
foods in meeting macro- and micronutrient needs: the wild plant
connection. Nutrition research reviews, v. 13, June 2000: 31-46.
QP141.A1N883
Guil, J. L, I. Rodriguez-Garcia, and E. Torija. Nutritional and
toxic factors in selected wild edible plants. Plant foods for
human nutrition, v. 51, no. 2, 1997: 99-107.
TX341.P58
Karasov, Corliss. Who reaps the benefits of biodiversity. Environmental
health perspectives, v. 109, Dec. 2001: A582-A587.
RA565.A1E13
Kowalewski, David. Helping students go feral: a university course
on wild edible and medicinal plants.Educational research quarterly,
v. 26, Dec. 2002: 29-38.
L11.C26
McDonald, Nancy. Flavorful flower beds. American gardener, v.
79, July/Aug. 2000: 34-40.
SB1.N3
Moore, Galen. Wild things. Yankee, v. 68, May 2004: 90-100.
AP2.Y25
Nieminen, Petteri, Markku Kirsi, and Anne-Mari Mustonen. Suspected
myotoxicity of edible wild mushrooms. Experimental biology
and medicine, v. 231, Feb. 2006: 221-228.
QP1.S8
Phillips, Stephen. Food for thought: beyond wheat, rice, and
corn. Sierra, v. 90, Mar./Apr. 2005: 28-29.
URL: http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200503/food.asp
F868.S5S5
Reich, Lee. Natives for the edible landscape. American gardener,
v. 79, July/Aug. 2000: 41-46.
SB1.N3
Ryan, Kathleen. Edible wild plants as digestive aids: ethnoarchaeology
in Maasailand. Expedition, v. 42, no. 3, 2000: 7-8.
GN1.E9
Simopoulos, Artemis P. Omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants in
edible wild plants. Biological research, v. 37, no. 2, 2004: 263-277.
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/pdf/bres/v37n2/art13.pdf
Electronic format
Turner, Nancy J. The ethnobotany of edible seaweed (Porphyra
abbottae and related species; Rhodophyta: Bangiales) and its use
by First Nations on the Pacific Coast of Canada. Canadian journal
of botany, v. 81, Apr. 2003: 283-293.
QK1.N322
Winterrowd, Wayne. A taste for weeds. Horticulture, v. 95, Apr.
1998: 68, 70, 72, 74.
SB1.H86
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Selected materials such as pamphlets, newspaper clippings, short
articles, and similar miscellany are available in the Science Reading
Room pamphlet box for this Tracer Bullet. Example citations are
below. Ask a reference librarian for the shelf location.
Farges, Amy. Morels: more than just mushrooms. Taunton’s
fine cooking, no. 8, Apr./May 1995: 45-49.
Hluchy, Patricia. Tastes of the true North. Maclean’s,
v. 116, July 1, 2003: 66-70, 72.
Irvine, F. R. Bibliography of wild food plants of Canadian
Indians. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology,
1963. 13 p.
Irvine, F. R. Bibliography of wild food plants of United
States Indians. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American
Ethnology, 1959. 26 p.
Kallas, John N. Delighting in wild greens. Taunton’s fine
cooking, no. 8, Apr./May 1995: 54-57.
Kallas, John N. Wild marshmallows. Science teacher, v. 51, May
1984: 46-52.
Kernan, Henry S. The gifts of a forest. Northern woodlands, v.
9, summer 2002: 22-26.
Ottesen, Carole. Wild greens. American gardener, v. 83, Jan./Feb.
2004: 20-24.
Severson, Kim. Out of the winter and into the weeds. New
York times, Apr. 26, 2006: F1, F4.
Walker, Janet. Tasteful displays. American gardener, v. 79, July/Aug.
2000: 62.
Williams, Sue. A walk on the wild side. UNESCO sources, no. 99,
Mar. 1998: 20-21.
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American Herb Association
P.O. Box 1673
Nevada City, CA 95959
Tel: (530) 265-9552
URL: http://www.ahaherb.com/
Promotes the use of herbs with emphasis on medicinal and aromatherapy uses, but
includes links to more information.
American Herbal Products Association
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Silver Spring, MD 20910
Tel: (301) 588-1171
Fax: (301) 588-1174
Email: ahpa@ahpa.org
URL: http://www.ahpa.org/
Information for commercial businesses; mission is to promote the responsible
commerce of herbal products.
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Tel: (703) 768-5700 and Toll-Free (800) 777-7931
Fax: (703) 768-8700
URL: http://www.ahs.org/
Publisher of American gardener magazine. One of the oldest national gardening
organizations in the country.
Herb Research Foundation (HRF)
4140 15th Street
Boulder, CO 80304
Telephone: (303) 449-2265
Fax: (303) 449-7849
Email: info@herbs.org
URL: http://www.herbs.org/
Educates the public, health practitioners, legislators,
and the media about the health benefits and safety of herbs. "Improving
world health and well being through herbs."
North American Mycological Association
6615 Tudor Court
Gladstone, OR 97027-1032
Tel: (503) 657-7358
Email: ExecSec@namyco.org
URL: http://www.namyco.org/
Organization of amateur and professional mycologists, includes list of clubs
and events by region.
Wild Food Adventures
Institute for the Study of Edible Wild Plants and Other Foragables
4125 North Colonial Avenue
Portland, OR 97217-3338
Tel: (503) 775-3828
Email: mail@wildfoodadventures.com
URL: http://www.wildfoodadventures.com/
Provides expertise in wild edible plants and foraging through workshops, education,
and a newsletter.
Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes
P.O. Box 1274
Appleton, WI 54912
Telephone: (920) 730-3986 and Toll-Free (877) 394-9453
Email: info@for-wild.org
URL: http://www.for-wild.org/
Promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity
through native plant communities. A not-for-profit environmental education and
advocacy organization. The site includes links for chapters and additional sources
for information.
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The Internet offers a number of sites useful for finding information on
edible wild plants. Several of the organizations listed above provide links
to related sites from their web sites. You might try the sites described
below, or use your favorite search engine and appropriate key words to identify
more specific resources.
Cornell University Poisonous Plants Informational Database
URL: http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/
Information listed by plant, with photos and Q&A about that plant, and
links to other poisonous plants sites.
Dr. Duke’s Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/
Searchable phytochemical database includes links to external databases in nutrition,
taxonomy, medicinal plants, and ethnobotany.
Edible Flowers
URL: http://attra.ncat.org/new_pubs/attra-pub/edibleflowers.html?id=Maryland
ATTRA Publication #IP021, National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service.
Geared to market gardeners, also contains information about wild flowers.
Edible Flowers
URL: http://whatscookingamerica.net/EdibleFlowers/EdibleFlowersMain.htm
A-Z list of flowers, includes cooking tips and recipes.
Edible Flowers
URL: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-8513.html
Horticulture Information Leaflet 8513, North Carolina State University.
Fact Sheets & Plant Guides (USDA)
URL: http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet
Information about hundreds of plants important to conservation efforts and
of cultural significance to Native Americans.
Foraging with the “Wildman”
URL: http://www.econetwork.net/~wildmansteve/
Learn about edible wild plants with author “Wildman” Steve Brill.
Guide to Poisonous Plants (Colorado State University)
URL: http://www.vth.colostate.edu/poisonous_plants/index.cfm
Includes searchable database.
Michael Moore: Southwest School of Botanical Medicine
URL: http://www.swsbm.com/homepage/
Links include images of thousands of plants and full text of monographs on
medicinal plants and ethnobotany.
National Tropical Botanical Garden
URL: http://www.ntbg.org/
Includes sections “Meet the plants” and “Can you eat me?”
Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn)
URL: http://herb.umd.umich.edu/
Database that includes foods, drugs, and fibers derived from plants used by
Native American peoples.
Plants Database (USDA)
URL: http://plants.usda.gov/
Standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts,
and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
Plants for a Future
URL: http://www.pfaf.org/
Edible, medicinal and useful plants. Includes a searchable database.
The Really Wild Food Guide
URL: http://www.countrylovers.co.uk/wildfoodjj/
Complements the book by the same name by Johnny Jumbalaya. Includes recipes
and an historical bibliography.
Society of Ethnobiology
URL: http://ethnobiology.org/
Dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the relationships of plants and
animals with human cultures worldwide.
Wild Edible Plants
URL: http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/explore/brochures/wildedibles.htm
Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources site has information about selected plants
and recipes.
Wilderness Survival: Edible and Medicinal Plants
URL: http://www.wilderness-survival.net/Appb.php
A-Z list with photos of plants useful in wilderness survival. Source material
is from the U.S. Army Field Manual 21-76 (Survival manual).
Winemaking: Making Wines from Wild Plants
URL: http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/plants.asp
General information about winemaking and recipes using wild plants.
Compiled by Susan Westerberg Cole
May 2007
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