Wild Roots: A Forager's Guide to the Edible and Medicinal Roots, Tubers, Corms, and Rhizomes of North America

by Doug Elliott

Overview

For more than two decades Doug Elliot has wandered the fields, forests, and marshlands of North America gathering roots and herbs, and plant lore. A labor of love, Wild Roots is filled with practical information, extraordinary drawings and lively commentary, and offers a wealth of information about the roots, rhizomes, and tubers of North America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620552209
Publisher:	Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Publication date:	07/01/1995
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Doug Elliott is the author of Woodslore and Wildwoods Wisdom and lives in Union Mills, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Wild Roots
A Forager's Guide to the Edible and Medicinal Roots, Tubers, Corms, and Rhizomes of North America
The Beginning of the Book
Plant Names
Dilution and Evolution
Scenery Beneath the Greenery
Machinery Beneath the Greenery
1. Roots of Shade-Loving Forest Plants
2. Roots of Sun-Loving Field Plants
3. Roots of Aquatic and Marsh Plants
4. Other Roots
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A wealth of information about almost sixty roots of North American plants. . . . It, altogether, is a thought-provoking little book, obviously a labor of love.
—Winter, 1998/99

Natural Farmer

"A wealth of information about almost sixty roots of North American plants. . . . It, altogether, is a thought-provoking little book, obviously a labor of love."

Winter 1998/99 Natural Farmer

"With its wealth of information and delightfully humorous flavor, Wild Roots refreshes the spirit like a hot cup of sassafras tea."

Cincinnati Enquirer

"With its wealth of information and delightfully humorous flavor, Wild Roots refreshes the spirit like a hot cup of sassafras tea."

"A wealth of information about almost sixty roots of North American plants. . . . It, altogether, is a thought-provoking little book, obviously a labor of love."

From the Publisher

"With its wealth of information and delightfully humorous flavor, Wild Roots refreshes the spirit like a hot cup of sassafras tea."

Cincinnati Enquirer