Sam Thayer's Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America
by Samuel Thayer
$32.95
WINNER of the National Outdoor Book Award 2023
Finally, the foraging field guide you’ve been waiting for!
The most comprehensive field guide ever written to the edible wild plants of eastern North America. Written by North America’s leading authority on edible wild plants, who has eaten every species covered.
This book contains 1,700 clear color photos, 625 range maps, and shows 679 edible species (320 more than the Peterson Guide). It also has an innovative new system for identifying plants at their edible stage, with the most thorough and accurate descriptions available. These excellent descriptions can be used to verify the ID from any phone app before eating the plant. It also tells you which parts to eat, at what seasons, and helps you distinguish edibles from poisonous and confusing plants, with photos of 26 commonly mistaken species.
There is an illustrated glossary, foraging calendar arranged by habitat, and of course occasional smart-ass comments to keep you from getting board by the technical stuff.
The book is 6"x9"
736 pages
Weighs 3.5 pounds.
by Samuel Thayer
$32.95
WINNER of the National Outdoor Book Award 2023
Finally, the foraging field guide you’ve been waiting for!
The most comprehensive field guide ever written to the edible wild plants of eastern North America. Written by North America’s leading authority on edible wild plants, who has eaten every species covered.
This book contains 1,700 clear color photos, 625 range maps, and shows 679 edible species (320 more than the Peterson Guide). It also has an innovative new system for identifying plants at their edible stage, with the most thorough and accurate descriptions available. These excellent descriptions can be used to verify the ID from any phone app before eating the plant. It also tells you which parts to eat, at what seasons, and helps you distinguish edibles from poisonous and confusing plants, with photos of 26 commonly mistaken species.
There is an illustrated glossary, foraging calendar arranged by habitat, and of course occasional smart-ass comments to keep you from getting board by the technical stuff.
The book is 6"x9"
736 pages
Weighs 3.5 pounds.
The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants
by Samuel Thayer
$22.95
super-strong sewn binding, 368 pages, 218 photos, full color
6 x 9 x 0.7 inches, 1.6 lbs.
This classic book on edible wild plants is a favorite of naturalists and survival instructors throughout North America. It has been a perennial top seller on this subject. Rather than cover hundreds of plants in abbreviated accounts like the typical field guide, the author has chosen a smaller selection of species to discuss in exhaustive detail, including only those plants he has eaten fifty times or more. Over 200,000 copies sold!
Plants included in this books are: Basswood, Black Locust, Burdock, Butternut, Cattail, Choke Cherry, Ground Bean, Evening Primrose, Highbush Cranberry, Hopniss, Lamb's Quarter, Marsh Marigold, Milkweed, Nanny Berry, Ostrich Fern, Parsnip, Pin Cherry,
Service Berry, Sheep Sorrel, Siberian Elm, Smilax, Spring Beauty, Stinging Nettle, Sumac, Swamp Saxifrage, Thistle, Virginia Waterleaf, Wapato, Wild Grape, Wild Leek, Wild Rice, and Wood Nettle.
by Samuel Thayer
$22.95
super-strong sewn binding, 368 pages, 218 photos, full color
6 x 9 x 0.7 inches, 1.6 lbs.
This classic book on edible wild plants is a favorite of naturalists and survival instructors throughout North America. It has been a perennial top seller on this subject. Rather than cover hundreds of plants in abbreviated accounts like the typical field guide, the author has chosen a smaller selection of species to discuss in exhaustive detail, including only those plants he has eaten fifty times or more. Over 200,000 copies sold!
Plants included in this books are: Basswood, Black Locust, Burdock, Butternut, Cattail, Choke Cherry, Ground Bean, Evening Primrose, Highbush Cranberry, Hopniss, Lamb's Quarter, Marsh Marigold, Milkweed, Nanny Berry, Ostrich Fern, Parsnip, Pin Cherry,
Service Berry, Sheep Sorrel, Siberian Elm, Smilax, Spring Beauty, Stinging Nettle, Sumac, Swamp Saxifrage, Thistle, Virginia Waterleaf, Wapato, Wild Grape, Wild Leek, Wild Rice, and Wood Nettle.
Nature's Garden: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants
by Samuel Thayer
$24.95
super-strong sewn binding, 512 pages, 512 photos, full color
6 x 9 x 1.1 inches, 2.1 lbs.
The second book in this series, Nature's Garden follows the same format as The Forager's Harvest, covering a whole new but equally fantastic set of plants. This is a detailed guide to all aspects of using the plants, from identifying and collecting through preparation. Covers 41 plants in-depth and the text is accompanied by multiple color photos. This is one of the most highly acclaimed foraging books ever written, and has remained among the top selling wild-food titles nationally since its publication. Over 100,000 copies sold!
Plant included in this book are: Amaranth, American and Beaked Hazel, American Lotus, Aronia, Autumn Olive, Black Cherry, Black Nightshade, Black Walnut, Blueberry, Bog Cranberry, Bugleweed, Bunchberry, Wild Carrot, Chicory, Cow Parsnip, Ox-Eye Daisy, Dandelion, Dock (several), Elderberry, False Solomon's Seal, Garlic Mustard, Hackberry, Honewort, Black Huckleberry, Jerusalem-artichoke, Wild Lettuces, Mayapple, Maypop, New Jersey Tea, Oaks, Wild Plum, Prenanthes, Prickly Pear, Salsify, Sandcherry, Soloman's Seal, Sow-thistle, Wild Strawberry, Toothwort, Trout lily, and
Wood Sorel.
by Samuel Thayer
$24.95
super-strong sewn binding, 512 pages, 512 photos, full color
6 x 9 x 1.1 inches, 2.1 lbs.
The second book in this series, Nature's Garden follows the same format as The Forager's Harvest, covering a whole new but equally fantastic set of plants. This is a detailed guide to all aspects of using the plants, from identifying and collecting through preparation. Covers 41 plants in-depth and the text is accompanied by multiple color photos. This is one of the most highly acclaimed foraging books ever written, and has remained among the top selling wild-food titles nationally since its publication. Over 100,000 copies sold!
Plant included in this book are: Amaranth, American and Beaked Hazel, American Lotus, Aronia, Autumn Olive, Black Cherry, Black Nightshade, Black Walnut, Blueberry, Bog Cranberry, Bugleweed, Bunchberry, Wild Carrot, Chicory, Cow Parsnip, Ox-Eye Daisy, Dandelion, Dock (several), Elderberry, False Solomon's Seal, Garlic Mustard, Hackberry, Honewort, Black Huckleberry, Jerusalem-artichoke, Wild Lettuces, Mayapple, Maypop, New Jersey Tea, Oaks, Wild Plum, Prenanthes, Prickly Pear, Salsify, Sandcherry, Soloman's Seal, Sow-thistle, Wild Strawberry, Toothwort, Trout lily, and
Wood Sorel.
Incredible Wild Edibles 36 plants that can change your life
by Samuel Thayer
$22.95
super-strong sewn binding, 478 pages, full color
6x9x0.7 inches, 2 pounds
This book covers 36 of the best edible wild plants in North America: fruits, berries, nuts, shoots, leafy greens, root vegetables, culinary herbs, teas, and syrups that boast exceptional flavor and nutrition. The plants chosen represent every habitat and every region in North America, from the northern forests to the southwest deserts, from the largest cities to the wildest mountains. Rather than cover hundreds of species in brief accounts that leave the reader unsure of how to proceed, Samuel Thayer encourages readers to thoroughly learn one plant at a time. Each of these traditional foods has a rich culinary and cultural history―a wholesome past that is still relevant for our health and happiness today. The text is fully accessible to the novice, but remains botanically accurate and has the in-depth information that seasoned foragers crave. Over 22,000 copies sold!
Sharing the wisdom of a lifetime of daily foraging, the author answers all of the reader’s questions about each plant: How do I identify it? What might I confuse it with? Where can I find it? What part do I use, and when is it ready to be picked? How do I gather and prepare it? How can I be sure to harvest it responsibly? This discussion is accompanied by more than 350 color photos showing all the key features for identification, including potentially confusing species. Photos also depict the exact parts to use and the proper stage for collection. All of this is delivered in a familiar but authoritative tone, along with humorous anecdotes and insights from extensive real-life experience with each plant covered in the book.
Incredible Wild Edibles contains an index, bibliography, illustrated glossary, range maps, and foraging calendar. This third volume in Thayer’s Forager’s Harvest series has no overlap of the plants covered in the first two volumes.
Plants included in this book are: Black Mustard, Bladder Campion, Sweet Flag (Calamus), Caraway, Chickweed, Chufa, Creeping Bellflower, Fennel, Wild Garlic, Gooseberry, Hickory, Hops, Japanese Knotweed, Kentucky Coffeetree, Maple, Miner's Lettuce, Mulberry, Pawpaw, Persimmon, Poke, Prairie Turnip, Purple Poppy Mallow, Purslane, Quickweed, Rose, Sassafras, Shepherd's Purse, Sochane, Strawberry Spinach, Sweetroot (Sweet Cicely, Aniseroot), Violet, Watercress, Water Parsnip, Wild Radishes, Wintercress
by Samuel Thayer
$22.95
super-strong sewn binding, 478 pages, full color
6x9x0.7 inches, 2 pounds
This book covers 36 of the best edible wild plants in North America: fruits, berries, nuts, shoots, leafy greens, root vegetables, culinary herbs, teas, and syrups that boast exceptional flavor and nutrition. The plants chosen represent every habitat and every region in North America, from the northern forests to the southwest deserts, from the largest cities to the wildest mountains. Rather than cover hundreds of species in brief accounts that leave the reader unsure of how to proceed, Samuel Thayer encourages readers to thoroughly learn one plant at a time. Each of these traditional foods has a rich culinary and cultural history―a wholesome past that is still relevant for our health and happiness today. The text is fully accessible to the novice, but remains botanically accurate and has the in-depth information that seasoned foragers crave. Over 22,000 copies sold!
Sharing the wisdom of a lifetime of daily foraging, the author answers all of the reader’s questions about each plant: How do I identify it? What might I confuse it with? Where can I find it? What part do I use, and when is it ready to be picked? How do I gather and prepare it? How can I be sure to harvest it responsibly? This discussion is accompanied by more than 350 color photos showing all the key features for identification, including potentially confusing species. Photos also depict the exact parts to use and the proper stage for collection. All of this is delivered in a familiar but authoritative tone, along with humorous anecdotes and insights from extensive real-life experience with each plant covered in the book.
Incredible Wild Edibles contains an index, bibliography, illustrated glossary, range maps, and foraging calendar. This third volume in Thayer’s Forager’s Harvest series has no overlap of the plants covered in the first two volumes.
Plants included in this book are: Black Mustard, Bladder Campion, Sweet Flag (Calamus), Caraway, Chickweed, Chufa, Creeping Bellflower, Fennel, Wild Garlic, Gooseberry, Hickory, Hops, Japanese Knotweed, Kentucky Coffeetree, Maple, Miner's Lettuce, Mulberry, Pawpaw, Persimmon, Poke, Prairie Turnip, Purple Poppy Mallow, Purslane, Quickweed, Rose, Sassafras, Shepherd's Purse, Sochane, Strawberry Spinach, Sweetroot (Sweet Cicely, Aniseroot), Violet, Watercress, Water Parsnip, Wild Radishes, Wintercress
The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Wild Edible Plants
$27.95 - $94.99
Over 300,000 copies sold! Samuel Thayer's first published book about wild edible plants. Covers 31 plants and contain 218 color photos. There is no overlap in the plants covered in his 3 books. All books contain different plants.
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Other Sam Thayer books:
Nature's Garden: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants
$24.95 - $70.99
Samuel Thayer's second book about wild edible plants. Contains 41 plants (all different than the first book), 512 pages in length, and 512 color pictures.
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Other books by Sam Thayer:
Incredible Wild Edibles: 36 Plants That Can Change Your Life by Samuel Thayer
$22.95 - $70.99
Sam's 3rd book on wild edible plants. There is no overlap in what is covered in this book or his previous 2 books.
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Other Sam Thayer Books:
Sam Thayer's Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America
$32.95 - $94.99
WINNER of the National Outdoor Book Award 2023 in the Nature Guides category. This book is the most comprehensive field guide ever written about wild edible plants!
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