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Native Plant Bibliography
Food Plants of Interior First Peoples
Author(s): Turner, N. J.
Year: 1997
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press
ISBN: 0774806060
Subject: Edible Plants Comments: From Books in Print This revised edition describes some 150 food plants used by First Peoples in the interior of British Columbia and northern Washington. Each entry includes a color photograph of the plant, its common and scientific names, a botanical description, a description of its preferred habitat and common geographic distribution, and, most interesting, how the aboriginal people actually used the plant. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. This book describes some 300 plant species used by the people of the Okanagan, Thompson, Carrier, Chilcotin, and Kootenay, among others. Detailed botanical descriptions of the plants are accompanied by photographs and notes on their habitat and distribution as well as information on their collection, preparation, and use.
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