North American Cornucopia : Top 100 Indigenous Food Plants / Ernest Small.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Small, Ernest, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants, Edible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (793 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2013.

Summary:

Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising as candidates for expanding our food supply and generating new economically competitive crops. This book is an informative analysis of the top 100 indigenous food plants of North America, focusing on those species that have achieved commercial success.

Contents:

Introduction. Acerola. American Chestnut. American Ginseng. American Persimmon. Anise Hyssop. Aronia. Azolla (Mosquito Ferns). Bergamot. Bilberry. Black Walnut. Blackberries and Dewberries. Blue Honeysuckle. Blue Waxweed. Blueberries. Buffaloberries. Buffalo Gourd. Butternut. Cabbage Palmetto. Cactus Pear. California Bay. Camas. Canada Garlic. Cattails. Cherries: North American Species. Chinkapin. Chive. Chufa. Cloudberry. Coast Tarweed. Cranberry. (American) Cranberry Bush (Highbush Cranberry). Crowberry. Devil's Claw. Duck Potato. Dwarf Cape Gooseberry. Dwarf Glasswort. Elder. Epazote. Evening Primrose. Fiddlehead Fern (Ostrich Fern). Golden Chia. Golden Currant. Grapes. Groundnut (Apios). Hawthorns (Including Mayhaws). Hazelnuts. Hickories. Hog Peanut. Honewort. Hop. Huckleberries. Jerusalem Artichoke. Jojoba. Joshua Tree. Juniper. Labrador Tea. Lingonberry. May-Apple. Maypop. Mesquite. Mexican Oregano. Mountain Mint. Nettle (Stinging Nettle). Nodding Onion. Northern Gooseberry. Ogechee Lime. Oregon Grape. Paper Birch. Paradise Tree. Pawpaw. Pecan. Pinon Pine. Plums: North American Species. Pokeweed. Prairie Turnip. Raspberries. Red Mulberry. Reed (Common). Roses. Saguaro. Salal. Salmonberry. Saskatoon. Sassafras. Saw Palmetto. Scotch Lovage. Scurvy Grass. Sea Grape. Spicebush. Squash (Cucurbita pepo Squash). Strawberries: North American Species. Sugar Maple. Sunflower. Sweet Gale. Tepary Bean. Wild Leek (Ramp). Wild Rice. Winter Purslane. Yampah. Yerba Buena. Appendix. Index of Common Names. Index of Scientific Names. Index of Culinary Names.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes index.