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Author:

Foster, Steven, 1957- author.

Title:

Peterson field guide to medicinal plants and herbs of eastern and central North America / Steven Foster and James A. Duke ; photographs by Steven Foster.

Edition:

Third edition.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xviii, 456 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.

Subject:

Medicinal plants--East (U.S.)--Identification.
Medicinal plants--Middle West--Identification.
Medicinal plants--Canada, Eastern--Identification.

Other Authors:

Duke, James A., 1929- author.
National Audubon Society, sponsoring body.
Roger Tory Peterson Institute, sponsoring body.
National Wildlife Federation, sponsoring body.

Other Titles:

Field guide to medicinal plants and herbs of eastern and central North America

Notes:

"Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, and the National Wildlife Federation." Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-425) and indexes.

Contents:

How to use this book -- White or whitish flowers -- Yellow flowers -- Orange flowers -- Pink to red flowers -- Violet to blue flowers -- Green flowers -- Shrubs -- Trees -- Woody vines -- Ferns -- Grasses and grasslike plants.

Summary:

A reference to the medicinal plants and herbs of Eastern and Central North America. Includes specific remedies for asthma, headaches, colds, stomachaches, depression, and many other common ailments.

Series:

Peterson field guides

ISBN:

0547943989 (pbk.) :
9780547943985 (pbk.) :

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USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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