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Title: Discovering Wild Plants: Alaska, Western Canada, the Northwest by Janice F. Schofield, Janice J. Schofield, Richard W. Tyler ISBN: 0-88240-369-9 Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent resource with high-quality photos.
Comment: I enjoyed this book thoroughly, from it's interesting tidbits on historic uses of plants, to the explanations of known toxic principles within plants. The cautions about harvest, use, and overuse are well-stated. The descriptions enhance the line-drawings, and each plant description comes with an excellent photograph, making this a terrific guide for identification of wild edibles!

Rating: 5
Summary: Wow, what a field guide, and check out all those recipes!
Comment: I just got this book (fourth printing, 1998) in my mail, and I can testify that it's well worth the money. It's a really good field guide to plants of The Far North, be it Alaska or Finland.

In addition to excellent pictures (which really show you clearly how to tell this plant apart from others) you'll frequently run across a sentence that goes something like "So-and-so says in his/her book that it's edible after it's been dried /boiled /whatever, but my taste tests implied ...".

Truly outstanding research and practical information, both on medicinal and culinary uses of these plants, make this an invaluable addition to the library of anybody interested in plants in the Far North.

Great work, Janice!

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