Whether you're out in the woods or in your backyard, this book, chock-full of drawings and information, will help you identify and collect more than 100 kinds of edible vegetation. Based on the six wild plant foraging rules-designed to protect your health and the environment-this guide will teach you not only how to find edible plants and herbs but also includes cooking tips and common pharmaceutical uses for them. Unlike traditional field guides that organize plants by season or flower color, this guide groups plants according to where you may find them-from bodies of water to yards, meadows, woodlands, mountains, plains, deserts, and coasts. With this updated guide, you'll discover how to identify and gather more than 100 of the most nutritious wild plans and useful herbs in the contiguous United States, prepare delicious recipes using your wild harvest, determine the identity of poisonous plants and poisonous look-alikes, and take charge of your personal health by making wild plants and herbs a part of your diet. (5 7/16 X 8 7/16, 72 pages, color photos, index, appendices).