"The Hamlyn Guide to
Edible and Medicinal Plants of Britain and Northern Europe" by Edmund
Launert is intended as a field guide, but lacks keys. I'm not entirely sure how
useful it might be. Apart from plants, it also includes fungi. Colour plates
and text are on facing pages. Essentially, this is a field guide with added
tips on how the plants can be used in food preparation or medication. Some of
them are unexpected. Did you know that parts of the fireweed can be eaten as a
vegetable, and that its leaves are good for tea?
Since fireweed is about the only wild flowering plant I can identify, and since it grows pretty much everywhere, I suppose I could survive being "left behind", after all... :D
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