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List of Photographs | |
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List of Illustrations | |
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Preface to the Paperback Edition | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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What's in This Book | |
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Vegetation Regions in the State | |
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Why Use Botanical Terminology? | |
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Plants as Medicine: A Commentary | |
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Mushrooms: To Eat or Not to Eat | |
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Edible and Useful Wild Plants | |
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Caution and Notes on Using Wild Edibles | |
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Why Bother with Wild Foods? | |
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Native Plants for Agriculture | |
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Grazing from the Wild: Tips and Precautions | |
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Edible and Useful Wild Plants by Family, Including Recipes | |
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Agavaceae-Agave Family | |
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Agave, Lechuguilla, Mescal-Agave Species | |
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Sotol-Dasylirion Species | |
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Yucca-Yucca Species | |
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Alismataceae-Water-plantain Family | |
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Arrowhead-Sagittaria Species | |
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Amaranthaceae-Amaranth Family | |
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Amaranth-Amaranthus Species | |
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Anacardiaceae-Sumac Family | |
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Sumac-Rhus Species | |
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Asteraceae-Composite Family, Sunflower Family | |
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Chicory-Cichorium intybus | |
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Dandelion-Taraxacum officinale | |
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Goldenrod-Solidago odora | |
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Lettuce-Lactuca Species | |
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Ragweed-Ambrosia trifida | |
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Sow Thistle-Sonchus oleraceus, Sonchus asper | |
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Sunflower-Helianthus Species | |
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Thistle-Cirsium Species | |
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Cactaceae-Cactus Family | |
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Opuntia-Opuntia Species | |
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Strawberry Cactus-Echinocereus stramineus, Echinocereus enneacanthus | |
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Caryophyllaceae-Pink Family | |
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Chickweed-Stellaria media | |
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Chenopodiaceae-Goosefoot Family | |
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Lamb's-quarters-Chenopodium album | |
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Orach, Four-Wing Saltbush-Atriplex Species | |
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Tumbleweed-Salsola kali | |
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Commelinaceae-Spiderwort Family | |
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Dayflower-Commelina Species | |
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Spiderwort-Tradescantia Species | |
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Crassulaceae-Orpine Family | |
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Sedum, Stonecrop-Sedum Species | |
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Cucurbitaceae-Gourd Family | |
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Buffalo Gourd-Cucurbita foetidissima | |
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Cyperaceae-Sedge Family | |
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Nut-grass-Cyperus Species | |
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Euphorbiaceae-Spurge Family | |
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Bull Nettle-Cnidoscolus texanus | |
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Noseburn-Tragia Species | |
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Fabaceae-Legume Family | |
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Acacia, Huisache, Catclaw-Acacia Species | |
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Alfalfa-Medicago sativa | |
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Black Locust-Robinia pseudo-acacia | |
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Groundnut-Apios americana | |
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Hog Peanut-Amphicarpaea bracteata | |
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Honey Locust-Gleditsia triacanthos | |
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Indian Breadroot, Scurfy Pea-Psoralea Species | |
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Kudzu-Pueraria lobata | |
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Mesquite, Torn illo-Prosopis Species | |
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Redbud-Cercis canadensis | |
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Retama-Parkinsonia aculeata | |
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Tepary Bean-Phaseolus acutifolius | |
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Fagaceae-Beech Family | |
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Oak-Quercus Species | |
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Fouquieriaceae-Ocotillo Family | |
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Ocotillo-Fouquieria splendens | |
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Juglandaceae-Walnut Family | |
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Hickory-Carya Species | |
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Pecan-Carya illinoinensis | |
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Walnut-Juglans Species | |
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Lamiaceae-Mint Family | |
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Henbit-Lamium amplexicaule | |
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Liliaceae-Lily Family | |
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Blue Camass-Camassia scilloides | |
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Day Lily-Hemerocallis fulva | |
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Greenbriar-Smilax bona-nox | |
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Lily-Lilium Species | |
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Onion, Garlic, Chives-Allium Species | |
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Malvaceae-Mallow Family | |
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Turk's Cap-Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | |
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Martyniaceae-Unicorn Plant Family | |
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Devil's Claw-Proboscidea Species | |
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Nymphaeaceae-Water-lily Family | |
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Lotus-Nelumbo lutea | |
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Spatterdock-Nuphar luteum | |
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Water-lily-Nymphaea odorata | |
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Onagraceae-Evening Primrose Family | |
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Showy Evening Primrose-Oenothera speciosa | |
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Oxalidaceae-Wood Sorrel Family | |
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Wood Sorrel-Oxalis Species | |
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Pinaceae-Pine Family | |
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Pi1on-Pinus edulis, Pinus cembroides | |
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Plantaginaceae-Plantain Family | |
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Plantain-Plantago major, Plantago lanceolata | |
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Poaceae-Grass Family | |
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Carrizo-Arundo donax | |
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Giant Cane-Arundinaria gigantea | |
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Reed-Phragmites communis | |
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Polygonaceae-Knotweed Family | |
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Dock, Canaigre-Rumex Species | |
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Pontederiaceae-Pickerelweed Family | |
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Pickerelweed-Pontederia cordata | |
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Water Hyacinth-Eichhornia crassipes | |
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Portulacaceae-Purslane Family | |
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Purslane-Portulac | |