A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants
Eastern and central North America
By Lee Allen Peterson (Photographer); Roger Tory Peterson (Illustrator); Roger Tory Peterson (Editor); Lee Allen Peterson; Lee Allen Peterson (Illustrator)
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Paperback, 9780395926222, 352pp.)
Publication Date: September 1999
Categories: Plants - General, Reference
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More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous look-alikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.

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