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Alaska's Wild Plants: A Guide to Alaska's Edible H (Alaska Pocket Guide)

Alaska's Wild Plants: A Guide to Alaska's Edible H (Alaska Pocket Guide)Authors: Janice Schofield, Janice Schofield Eaton
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 4 reviews
Sales Rank: 148252

Media: Paperback
Pages: 95
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 4.6 x 0.3

ISBN: 0882404334
Dewey Decimal Number: 582.06309798
EAN: 9780882404332
ASIN: 0882404334

Publication Date: June 1, 2003
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Product Description
An authoritative introduction to more than 70 of Alaska's most common wild edible plants, with identification information and recipes.


Customer Reviews:
3 out of 5 stars Alaska Plants   March 3, 2010
Scott W. McClain (Chugiak, Alaska, US)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I live in South Central Alaska and recently purchased the Alaska Wild Plants book. It was very well written and easy to use but I do have one gripe. The book didn't include many very common edibles that I was hoping to teach my son about. Did the author run short on time? Hope there is a part two!!! Include Eskimo Potatoes in the next addition! Thank you.


5 out of 5 stars Excellent pocket guide!   September 1, 2008
Jennine L. Wardle (Kenmore, WA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This field guide was very useful during our recent inspection of our Alaskan property. It's small size makes it easy to carry during hiking, and it contains the most common edible plants you might encounter throughout the state. The information is detailed enough to be confident about eating different parts of a wild plant... or not eating it because the guide has indicated a toxic look-alike and the parts of each plant that are and are not edible when prepared different ways depending on the harvest time. I look forward to using it more extensively when we finally move to Alaska permanently.

I own several edible plant references for North America and can say without a doubt that they were only marginally helpful for identifying some of the Alaskan varieties... seems the climate and remoteness really does change the appearance and edibility of many plants just enough to make the standard guides less than 100% useful up there!



5 out of 5 stars Great Field Guide!   January 12, 2008
Lodestar (Still Movin)
A wonderful field guide to wild Alaskan edibles. Plenty sufficient to make positive identification easy and rewarding. A must have for all Alaskans.


3 out of 5 stars Just OK   May 6, 2007
Bruce CARPENTER (Parkland, WA USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

Lots of good information in this book. I would have liked to get more ways of eating the plants. What seasons do they taste the best and what seasons should you avoid them. I also would like to know what plants one could dig up in the winter. Roots and bulbs/corms etc. Maybe some indian receipys or?
The book just left me wanting more info! But it is a good book to have and pick up when you can't remember if you can eat that shrub or not!


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