Edible and Medicinal Plants of Canada - Softcover

MacKinnon, Andy; Kershaw, Linda; Arnason, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1772130028 ISBN 13: 9781772130027

Verlag: Lone Pine Publishing,Canada, 2022

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Reseña del editor:

Canada is home to a vast diversity of plants that have helped nourish and heal our people for thousands of years. Find out about: * First Nations uses of plant species * Gathering and preparing wild plants for a variety of uses * Historic European uses of plant species * Plants for everything from clothing to shelter * The fundamentals of survival – food and medicines * Clear descriptions of the plants and where to find them * Warnings about plant allergies, poisons and digestive upsets * A special section identifying poisonous plants and species that are similar * More than 530 colour photographs and 125 illustrations.

Biografía del autor:

ANDY MACKINNON is a professional biologist and professional forester who works as regional ecologist for coastal BC for the B.C. Ministry of Forests and Range. Andy is also adjunct professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University.LINDA KERSHAW has been an avid naturalist since childhood and focused her studies on botany at the University of Waterloo, earning her master's degree in 1976. Following her education, she has worked as a consultant and researcher in northwestern Canada and as an editor/author in Edmonton, while pursuing her two favorite pastimes--photography and illustrating.

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• Verlag: Lone Pine Publishing,Canada
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• ISBN 10: 1772130028
• ISBN 13: 9781772130027
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448