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

About this book

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.