EDIBLE MEDICINAL FLORA 2ND ED

The lush Pacific Northwest coast is home to a multitude of edible and medicinal flora, from marine plants to be harvested in tide pools to edible mushrooms ready to be gleaned from the forest floor. This compact, full-color forager’s guide offers clear photography, descriptions, safety tips, and traditional culinary and medicinal uses for wild-growing native and introduced species in the region.

FEATURES:

• Big leaf maple—the source of a delicious West Coast maple syrup
• Yellow morel mushrooms—a favorite of foragers, but not to be confused with the poisonous false morel
• Sea asparagus—perfect in salad or with seafood
• Evening primrose—an introduced species used to treat a variety of ailments