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OverviewThe wild plants in this book tell stories of land, people, and food. As renowned botanist Kelly Kindscher guides us through over one hundred edible plants in this beautiful field guide, we find that foraging has always been an important part of prairie life.Before colonization, Native American women were the primary gatherers of wild plants, which were an abundant, sustainable, and delicious feature of Indigenous diets. Colonizers reduced the significance of wild plants in prairie life as they relocated Native peoples and imposed their agrarian culture on the land, but these Indigenous foodways were never truly lost. In the recent past, foraging has become a tremendously popular way for many peoples to connect with the earth, promote sustainability, and revive and honor cultural food traditions. In this beautifully illustrated new edition, Kindscher explores 117 wild plants of the prairie, offering information about habitat, food use, and cultivation. Color photos and maps make this stunning book a useful foraging guide for anyone to take out into the prairie. A must-have for enthusiasts and professionals alike, Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie gives us the great opportunity to engage with the land we live in. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kelly KindscherPublisher: University Press of Kansas Imprint: University Press of Kansas Edition: 2nd Revised edition ISBN: 9780700637027ISBN 10: 0700637028 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 04 November 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: In stock  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments Introduction Major Wild Edible Plants of the Prairi Allium canadense, Wild Onion Amaranthus blitoides, Prostrate Amaranth Ambrosia trifida, Giant Ragweed Amelanchier alnifolia, Serviceberry Amorpha canescens, Leadplant Amphicarpaea bracteata, Ground Bean Apios americana, Hopniss or Groundnut Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed Astragalus crassicarpus, Groundplum Milkvetch Atriplex argentea, Saltbush Callirhoe involucrata, Purple Poppy Mallow Camassia scilloides, Wild Hyacinth Ceanothus americanus, New Jersey Tea or Red Root Chenopodium berlandieri, Lamb's Quarters Cirsium undulatum, Wavy-Leafed Thistle Cleome serrulata, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant Corylus americana, Hazelnut Coryphantha vivipara, Pincushion Cactus Cucurbita foetidissima, Buffalo Gourd Dalea candida, White Prairie Clover Erythronium mesochoreum, Midland Fawn Lily Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry Glycyrrhiza lepidota, Wild Licorice Helianthus annuus, Sunflower Helianthus tuberosus, Tuberous Sunflower or Jerusalem Artichoke Ipomoea leptophylla, Bush Morning Glory Iva annua, Marsh Elder Liatris punctata, Gayfeather Lomatium foeniculaceum, Prairie Parsley Monarda fistulosa, Beebalm Opuntia macrorhiza, Prickly Pear Oxalis violacea, Violet Wood Sorrel Pediomelum esculentum, Tipsin or Prairie Turnip Physalis longifolia, Wild Tomatillo or Ground Cherry Proboscidea louisianica, Devil’s Claw Prunus americana, Wild Plum Prunus virginiana, Chokecherry Rhus glabra, Smooth Sumac Ribes aureum, Golden Currant Rosa arkansana, Wild Rose Rubus flagellaris, Dewberry Shepherdia argentea, Buffalo Berry Stanleya pinnata, Prince’s Plume Tradescantia occidentalis, Spiderwor Viola pedatifida, Prairie Violet Yucca glauca, Yucca or Small Soapweed Other Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie Abronia fragrans, Snowball Sand Verbena Agastache foeniculum, Lavender Hyssop Androstephium caeruleum, Blue Funnel Lily Antennaria parviflora, Pussytoes Argentina anserina, Silverweed Cinquefoil Artemisia carruthii, Wild Sage Calochortus gunnisonii, Sego Lily Chamaesaracha coronopus, Greenleaf Five Eyes Claytonia virginica, Spring Beauty Comandra umbellata, Bastard Toadflax Coreopsis tinctoria, Plains Coreopsis Cymopterus acaulis, Stemless Indian Parsley Descurainia pinnata, Tansy Mustard Dysoddia papposa, Fetid Marigold Elaeagnus commutata, Silverberry Ericameria nauseosa, Rabbitbrush or Chimasa Eriogonum alatum, Winged Buckwheat Hedeoma drummondii, Drummond’s False Pennyroyal Heliotropium convolvulaceum, Bindweed Heliotrope Hoffmannseggia glauca, Indian Rushpea Hymenopappus filifolius, Fineleaf Hymenopappus Juniperus virginiana, Red Cedar Lactuca ludoviciana, Prairie Wild Lettuce Lathyrus polymorphus, Many-Stemmed Pea Lepidium virginicum, Virginia Pepperweed Lespedeza capitata, Roundhead Lespedeza Lilium philadelphicum, Wood Lily or Prairie Lily Linum lewisii, Wild Blue Flax Maianthemum stellatum, Starry False Lily of the Valley Matelea biflora, Star Milkvine Mentzelia albicaulis, White-Stem Blazing Star Mirabilis linearis, Narrow-Leaved Four O’clock Monolepis nuttalliana, Nuttall’s Poverty Weed Nothoscordum bivalve, False Garlic Oenothera biennis, Common Evening Primrose Orobanche ludoviciana, Cancer Root Pectis angustifolia, Lemonscent or Limoncillo Plantago patagonica, Woolly Plantain Polanisia dodecandra, Clammy Weed Polygonum erectum, Knotweed Portulaca oleracea, Purslane Pycnanthemum virginianum, Slender Mountain Mint Quincula lobata, Chinese Lantern Ratibida columnifera, Prairie Coneflower Rumex venosus, Winged Dock Silphium perfoliatum, Cup Plant Solanum triflorum, Cutleaf Nightshade Solidago missouriensis, Goldenrod Sophora nutalliana, Silky Sophora Sphaeralcea coccinea, Scarlet Globe Mallow Strophostyles helvola, Trailing Wild Bean Symphoricarpos occidentalis, Wolfberry or Western Snowberry Thelesperma megapotamicum, Greenthread or Cota Vicia americana, American Vetch Xanthium strumarium, Cocklebur The Grasses (Poaceae) Achnatherum hymenoides, Indian Ricegrass Bouteloua gracilis, Blue Grama Distichlis spicata, Inland Saltgrass Echinochloa muricata, Barnyard Grass Elymus canadensis, Canada Wild Rye Eragrostis pectinacea, Lovegrass Hordeum pusillum, Little Barley Koeleria pyramidata, Junegrass Muhlenbergia asperifolia, Muhly Panicum capillare, Panic Grass Phalaris caroliniana, Maygrass or Carolina Canary Grass Poa fendleriana, Bluegrass Setaria leucopila, Foxtail Sporobolus airoides, Alkali Sacaton Tripsacum dactyloides, Eastern Gama Grass Vulpia octoflora, Six Weeks Fescue Appendix: Table of Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie Literature Cited IndexReviews""Kindscher's Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie was already an ethnobotanical classic; this fantastic new edition, with excellent color photos and expanded text, is indispensable for the edible plant enthusiast.""--Samuel Thayer is the author of Sam Thayer's Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: of Eastern and Central North America and The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants ""A casual visitor to a prairie in summer might think, 'There's nothin' to eat here.' Would he be right? Not at all! According to award-winning ethnobotanist Kelly Kindscher, the prairie hosts over a hundred edible species. His new book, a revised version of his popular Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie, features striking color photos, useful descriptions, distribution maps, detailed uses, and both English and Indigenous names for 117 species. An excellent work and a go-to source for prairie lovers!"" --C. Thomas Shay, author of Under Prairie Skies: The Plants and Native Peoples of the Northern Plains ""I can't say enough about Kelly Kindscher's second edition of Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie. The first edition was plenty good and now we have even more 'good stuff.' Here is a man who 'talks the walk.' I am remembering that 80-day trip he took 41 years ago from the Kaw at Kansas City almost to the Rockies that was 690 miles. He saw and tasted as many plants as the Native Americans had for thousands of years.""--Wes Jackson, author of Hogs Are Up: Stories of the Land, with Digressions ""I ran across Kelly Kindscher's book Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie while researching for my second book, Foraging Central Grasslands. It was truly inspirational, and Kindscher's expert guidance was instrumental to the completion of my project. His second edition is obviously a life's work with its in-depth information and stories gleaned from Indigenous peoples' understanding of the plant world. For anyone interested in the historic/prehistoric use of wild edible plants and ethnobotany, this book is a must-have!""--Bo Brown, author of Foraging the Ozarks: Finding, Identifying, and Preparing Edible Wild Foods in the Ozarks """Kindscher's Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie was already an ethnobotanical classic; this fantastic new edition, with excellent color photos and expanded text, is indispensable for the edible plant enthusiast.""--Samuel Thayer is the author of Sam Thayer's Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: of Eastern and Central North America and The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants" Author InformationKelly Kindscher is professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Kansas and a senior scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey. He is the author of Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide and Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide and coauthor of The Nature of Kansas Lands. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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