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Resources related to identifying and harvesting wild edible and medicinal plants.

Foraging Books 

The must-haves

Books on foraging for wild edible and medicinal plants and what to do with them once you have found them

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Euell Gibbons Field Guides 

The Father of Modern Foraging

Gibbons' works are wonderfully anecdotal and full of information.

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Audubon Field Guides 

Great for pictures, summaries and identification keys

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers--E: Eastern Region - Revised Edition

Eastern Wildflowers

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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees--E: Eastern Region

Eastern Trees

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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms (National Audubon Society Field Guides)

North American Mushrooms

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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Region

Western Wildflowers

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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees--W: Western Region (National Audubon Society Field Guides)

Western Trees

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Peterson Field Guides 

Great for pictures, summaries and identification keys. With basic edibility/medicinal information.

A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series)

Eastern Edible Plants

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A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series)

Eastern Medicinal Plants

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A Field Guide to Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs

Western Medicinal Plants

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Links 

WildeRix
Experiments in self-rewilding:
My blog on how to learn and practice wild skills.
Foraging with the Wildman
Learn about foraging in and around New York City with naturalist "Wildman" Steve Brill.
Urban Scout
The Adventures of Urban Scout:
This site is designed to be a nexus for people who are in the process of rewilding, enacting Preemptive Postapocalypticism, practicing anarcho-primitivists, spreading the New Renaissance, and those living beyond civilization to come together and share information on their progress and journey.
Dynamite Skills
Learning and practicing wilderness survival skills
REWILD Filed Guide
An open source field guide with information on primitive skills, foraging, wildcrafting and other rewilding topics.
REWILD Forum
A forum for discussing topics related to rewilding.

by WildeRix

A wild plant enthusiast with foraging experience in New York, New Jersey, Arkansas and Texas.

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