Southern California Food Plants: Wild Edibles of the Valleys, Foothills, Coast, and Beyond

Southern California Food Plants: Wild Edibles of the Valleys, Foothills, Coast, and Beyond by Kane, Charles W.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780977133383.

Southern California Food Plants has been folded into Wild Edible Plants of California (Volume 1), a broader publication. Designed as a primer to the wild edible plant life of southern parts of the state, Southern California Food Plants best fits readers with a desire for a CliffNotes-style booklet (52 pages). In other words, SCFP is a publication for the cargo pocket, backpack, glovebox, or bug-out-bag. Each profile is accompanied by 1-2 color photos, common and scientific names, and sections describing the plants range and habitat, edible use and preparation, and medicinal use and cautions (if applicable). Readers will also find each plants sustenance rating (low, medium, or high) and county-by-county California location image (one for every profile) unique additions that separate it from other similarly-titled publications. Plant list: Agave, Amaranth, Asparagus, Biscuitroot, Blackberry, Bluedicks, Bulrush, California Walnut, Cattail, Chia, Chokecherry, Cholla, Desert Lily, Elder, Evening Primrose, Fan Palm, Fennel, Ground Cherry, Jojoba, Lambsquarters, Lemonade Berry, Manzanita, Mariposa Lily, Mesquite, Miners Lettuce, Monkey Flower, Nettle, Oak, Pinyon Pine, Plantain, Prickly Pear, Purslane, Ribes, Salsify, Serviceberry, Sorrel, Toyon, Tule, Watercress, Wild Carrot, Wild Gourd, Wild Grape, Wild Mustard, Wild Oats, Wild Onion, Wild Rhubarb, Wild Sunflower, Wolfberry, Yellow Nutsedge, and Yucca.