Field guide to edible wild plants.

Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, (2008 second edition, revised).
Octavo, paperback, 282 pp. colour illustrations.

This illustrated guide to North American wild edibles has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K Foster revises Bradford Angier's invaluable foraging handbook, updating the taxonomy and adding more than a dozen species. Scientific information for a general audience and full colour illustrations combine with intriguing accounts of the plants' uses, making this a practical guide. Covers some 130 edible plants from throughout North America, offering descriptions, uses, ranges, common names, and colour illustrations for each.