Foraging Oregon
Finding, Identifying, and Preparing Edible Wild Foods in Oregon
2nd Edition
Published on 1. April 2023
280 pages
978-1-4930-6446-5 (ISBN)
Description
From wild carrot to serviceberries, pineapple weed to watercress, lamb's quarter to sea rocket, Foraging Oregon uncovers the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of the Beaver State. Fully revised and updated, and helpfully organized by plant families, the book is an authoritative guide for nature lovers, outdoorsmen, and gastronomes.
This guide also includes:
Elderberry Sauce
Mia's Chickweed Soup
Fireweed Jelly
Shiyo's Garden Salad
Vegetable Chips
Stinging Nettles Hot Sauce
Wild Bread
Northwest Brickle
This guide also includes:
Elderberry Sauce
Mia's Chickweed Soup
Fireweed Jelly
Shiyo's Garden Salad
Vegetable Chips
Stinging Nettles Hot Sauce
Wild Bread
Northwest Brickle
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Series
Edition
2nd Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Globe Pequot Press
Illustrations
280 Color Photos, 1 Maps
File size
89,16 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-6446-5 (9781493064465)
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Christopher Nyerges
Foraging Oregon
Book
06/2023
2nd Edition
Falcon Guides
€24.00
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Person
Christopher Nyerges, cofounder of the School of Self-Reliance, has led wild food walks for thousands of students since 1974. He has authored ten books on wild foods, survival, and self-reliance, and he has written numerous newspaper and magazine articles. He's most recently written Foraging California, Nuts and Berries of California, and Foraging Wild Edible Plants of North America, all FalconGuides. He continues to teach where he lives in Los Angeles County, California.
Content
- Intro
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- Scope of This Book
- Organization
- PLANTS LISTED BY ENVIRONMENT TYPE
- COLLECTING AND HARVESTING WILD FOODS
- HOW MUCH WILD FOOD IS OUT THERE, ANYWAY?
- ARE WILD FOODS NUTRITIOUS?
- Seaweeds
- MARINE GREEN ALGAE
- BROWN ALGAE
- RED ALGAE
- Ferns
- BRACKEN FAMILY (DENNSTAEDTIACEAE)
- BRACKEN
- Gymnosperms
- PINE FAMILY (PINACEAE)
- PINE
- Magnoliids
- LAUREL FAMILY (LAURACEAE)
- OREGON MYRTLE
- Eudicots
- MUSKROOT FAMILY (ADOXACEAE)
- ELDERBERRY
- AMARANTH FAMILY (AMARANTHACEAE)
- AMARANTH
- CARROT (OR PARSLEY) FAMILY (APIACEAE)
- WILD CARROT
- FENNEL
- COW PARSNIP
- SUNFLOWER FAMILY (ASTERACEAE)
- GROUP 4
- BURDOCK
- THISTLE
- GROUP 5
- PINEAPPLE WEED
- GROUP 7
- CHICORY
- CAT'S EAR
- PRICKLY LETTUCE
- NIPPLEWORT
- SOW THISTLE
- DANDELION
- BARBERRY FAMILY (BERBERIDACEAE)
- OREGON GRAPE (a.k.a. BARBERRY)
- BIRCH FAMILY (BETULACEAE)
- HAZELNUT (a.k.a. BEAKED HAZELNUT)
- BORAGE (OR WATERLEAF) FAMILY (BORAGINACEAE)
- MOUNTAIN BLUEBELLS
- MUSTARD FAMILY (BRASSICACEAE)
- WINTERCRESS
- MUSTARD
- SEA ROCKET
- BITTERCRESS
- SHEPHERD'S PURSE
- WATERCRESS
- WILD RADISH
- HEDGE MUSTARD
- CACTUS FAMILY (CACTACEAE)
- PRICKLY PEAR
- PINK FAMILY (CARYOPHYLLACEAE)
- CHICKWEED
- GOOSEFOOT FAMILY (CHENOPODIACEAE)
- ORACH
- LAMB'S QUARTER, WHITE AND GREEN
- GLASSWORT (a.k.a. PICKLEWEED)
- HEATH FAMILY (ERICACEAE)
- MADRONE
- MANZANITA
- SALAL
- HUCKLEBERRY AND BLUEBERRY
- OAK FAMILY (FAGACEAE)
- OAK TREE
- GERANIUM FAMILY (GERANIACEAE)
- FILAREE
- GOOSEBERRY FAMILY (GROSSULARIACEAE)
- CURRANTS AND GOOSEBERRIES
- MINT FAMILY (LAMIACEAE)
- MINT
- MALLOW FAMILY (MALVACEAE)
- MALLOW
- MINER'S LETTUCE FAMILY (MONTIACEAE)
- SPRING BEAUTY
- MINER'S LETTUCE
- SIBERIAN MINER'S LETTUCE
- EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY (ONAGRACEAE)
- FIREWEED
- OXALIS FAMILY (OXALIDACEAE)
- SOUR GRASS (a.k.a. WOOD SORREL)
- LOPSEED FAMILY (PHRYMACEAE)
- YELLOW MONKEY FLOWER
- PLANTAIN FAMILY (PLANTAGINACEAE)
- PLANTAIN
- VERONICA (a.k.a. SPEEDWELL)
- BUCKWHEAT FAMILY (POLYGONACEAE)
- AMERICAN BISTORT
- MOUNTAIN SORREL
- SHEEP SORREL
- CURLY DOCK
- BROAD-LEAFEDDOCK
- PURSLANE FAMILY (PORTULACACEAE)
- PURSLANE
- ROSE FAMILY (ROSACEAE)
- SERVICEBERRY (a.k.a. JUNEBERRY)
- STRAWBERRY
- INDIAN PLUM
- WILD CHERRIES
- WILD ROSE
- BLACKBERRY
- NIGHTSHADE FAMILY (SOLANACEAE)
- BLACK NIGHTSHADE
- NETTLE FAMILY (URTICACEAE)
- STINGING NETTLE
- VIOLET FAMILY (VIOLACEAE)
- VIOLET
- Monocots
- ONION (OR GARLIC) FAMILY (ALLIACEAE)
- WILD ONIONS, ET AL.
- RUSH FAMILY (JUNCACEAE)
- RUSH
- ASPARAGUS FAMILY (ASPARAGACEAE)
- WILD ASPARAGUS
- CAMAS
- DEATH CAMAS
- GRASS FAMILY (POACEAE)
- CATTAIL FAMILY (TYPHACEAE)
- CATTAIL
- OTHER EDIBLES
- GETTING STARTED
- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF PLANTS
- THE DOZEN EASIEST-TO-RECOGNIZE, MOST WIDESPREAD, MOST VERSATILE WILD FOODS OF OREGON
- STAFF OF LIFE: BEST WILD-FOOD BREAD SOURCES
- SWEET TOOTH: BEST WILD-FOOD SUGARS AND DESSERTS
- LEARN THE FAMILIES
- USEFUL REFERENCES
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
