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A Field Guide to Alpine Flowers of the Pacific Northwest
A Field Guide to Alpine Flowers of the Pacific Northwest - Folding Pocket Guide
HPC145
This portable 8-fold guide is the perfect companion to Phillipa Hudson's easy-to-use  Coastal Flowers of the Pacific Northwest , and features 112 spectacular photos of flowers found from the mid to alpine elevations on Vancouver Island and the Coast Mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Organized into a two-sided colour coded chart with a ruler printed on the back cover, this handy guide will aid in the quick identification of almost any flower one is likely to encounter in the higher realms of the Pacific Northwest, from exquisite yellow glacier lilies to elusive alpine pussy-toes. Labelled with both English and Latin names with...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Folding Pocket Guide
Dimensions (IN): 9.1 x 0.1 x 4.7
Author: Phillipa Hudson
ISBN: 9781550175400
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Great Lakes Trees & Wildflowers - Folding Pocket Guide
WFP045
Great Lakes Trees and Wildflowers is the perfect pocket-sized, folding guide to familiar trees, shrubs and wildflowers in the Great Lakes region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar species and includes a map featuring prominent botanical sanctuaries. Laminated for durability, this handy guide is a great source of portable information and ideal for field use by novices and experts alike.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Folding Pocket Guide
Dimensions (IN): 8.25 X 3.69
Author: James Kavanagh
ISBN: 9781583551264
$795
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Pacific Northwest Wildflowers: A Pocket Reference - Folding Pocket Guide
MOU119
This handy, visual, pocket-sized guide to wildflowers is particularly useful for novice or recreational wildflower enthusiasts. Laminated panels showcase 40 of the most common species found in Washington and Oregon. Features include: Stunning color photos of each species Icons for best flowering season, conservation status Concise field listings detail common and botanical names, description, where to look for it, alternate names, fun fact Mini eco-regional map Ideal for hikers, backpackers, car campers, paddlers, park visitors
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Folding Pocket Guide
Dimensions (IN): 3.25 x 6.75
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Luschiim’s Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and Medicines - Book
HPC168
An invaluable compendium of Hul′q′umi′num′ traditional knowledge. Respected Cowichan Tribe Elder and botanical expert, Luschiim Arvid Charlie, began his education in early childhood, learning from his great grandparents and others of their generation.  Luschiim’s Plants  represents his dedication to the survival of the Hul′q′umi′num′ language and traditional knowledge of plants for future generations. From the healing properties of  qaanlhp   (arbutus) to the many practical applications of  q’am  (bull kelp), the information presented in this remarkable guide shares knowledge of plants that Luschiim is familiar with through...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Dr Luschiim Arvid Charlie
ISBN: 9781550179453
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Cacti of the Desert Southwest - Book - Paracay
Cacti of the Desert Southwest - Book
FGG107
These laminated, fold-up identification guides speak for themselves. Written and illustrated by local experts, their waterproof and indestructible, the perfect choice for beginners and intermediates. This guide includes 31 species of cacti, both common and exotic, including fishhooks, chollas, hedgehogs, prickly pears and others found in the desert Southwest. The range includes TS, AZ, NM, NV, UT, CO, and southern CA.
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 9.0 x 0.2 x 4.0"
Author: Madeline Logowitz
ISBN: 9781621262718
$995
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Foraging for Wild Edible Foods: A Folding Pocket Guide to Sustainable Practices & Harvesting Techniques
Foraging for Wild Edible Foods: A Folding Pocket Guide to Sustainable Practices & Harvesting Techniques - Folding Pocket Guide
WFP161
Foraging involves finding, identifying and harvesting wild edible plants. It is a healthy outdoor activity that puts one in touch with nature and provides a bounty of fresh, nutritious, free food. This handy pocket guide provides simplified reference to the approved practices for harvesting wild edible plants in a sustainable manner. Topics include a harvesting strategy, safety (including the universal edibility test), and the proper tools and methods to harvest berries/fruits, nuts, leaves/shoots/stems, roots/tubers and mushrooms. Laminated for durability, this lightweight, pocket-sized folding guide is a portable source of practical...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Folding Pocket Guide
Dimensions (IN): 4 x 8
Author: James Kavanagh
ISBN: 9781620052785
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Alaska Trees & Wildflowers - Folding Pocket Guide
WFP020
Alaska Trees and Wildflowers is the perfect pocket-sized, folding guide to familiar trees, shrubs and wildflowers. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar species and includes a map featuring prominent state-wide botanical sanctuaries. Laminated for durability, this handy guide is a great source of portable information and ideal for field use by novices and experts alike.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Folding Pocket Guide
Dimensions (IN): 8.25 X 3.69
Author: James Kavanagh
ISBN: 9781583551318
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Washington Wildflower Hikes: 50 Destinations - Book
MOU123
From flower-filled alpine meadows to streams lined with delicate Scouler’s corydalis blooms, and from lakes covered in water lilies to Dr. Seussian drifts of bear grass, Washington offers something for every hiker--and flower lover. Brothers Nathan and Jeremy Barnes lead hikers on 50 trails to seasonal floral displays, ranging across varied landscapes. Features include: Basics of wildflower identification Tips for photographing wildflowers “Hike Finder,” which includes flowering season, trail difficulty, distance, and more 50 detailed wildflower profiles, including common and botanical names, description, botanical...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 9
Author: Nathan & Jeremy Barnes
ISBN: 9781680510959
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Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide
Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide - Book
WPC025
With Rosemary Gladstar's expert advice, anyone can make their own herbal remedies for common ailments, such as aloe lotion for poison ivy, dandelion-burdock tincture for sluggish digestion, and lavender-lemon balm tea for stress relief. . Gladstar profiles 33 of the most common and versatile healing plants and then shows you exactly how to grow, harvest, prepare, and use them. Stock your home medicine chest with safe, all-natural, low-cost herbal preparations, and enjoy better health!
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Book Type: Paperback
Author: Rosemary Gladstar
ISBN: 9781612120058
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Fern Finder: A Guide to Native Ferns of Central and Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada - Book
PER039
A pocket guide to identifying native ferns that grow in the U. S. Midwest and Northeast, and eastern Canada. Like other plant guides in the "Finders" series, "Fern Finder" is a dichotomous key, which leads the user step-by-step through a series of choices to the species being identified. Heavily illustrated with line drawings.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Author: Barbara Hallowell
ISBN: 9780912550244
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Wildflowers Of The Southwest Playing Cards - Book - Paracay
Wildflowers of the Southwest Playing Cards
AVK175
Play Cards and Learn to Identify Wildflowers in the Southwestern United States! Anyone who enjoys nature, plants, and gardening will love these cards for playing your favorite games or to use as flash cards. Inspired by the popular Adventure Quick Guides, this gorgeous deck of playing cards by Nora and Rick Bowers features professional photographs of 54 of the most notable wildflower species in the Southwestern states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, as well as Southern California and Western Texas. Each card depicts full-color photographs of such wildflowers as the California Poppy, Desert Lily, Rocky Mountain...
Product Type : Playing Cards
Dimensions (IN): 2.5 x 3.5
Author: Nora & Rick Bowers
ISBN: 9781647555238
$595
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Edible and Medicinal Plants of California - Folding Pocket Guide
QRP032
California is an amazing region to view the abundant marine life found in the intertidal zone (the area between high and low tide). At low tide an incredible world of marine life is unveiled! With this guide you will be able to identify many of the creatures that you may find here. Using crisp, clear photographs along with short, detailed descriptions you will also be able to identify the numerous types of shellfish that you may collect for the table. Additional information included in this guide includes: • The major groups of marine life • Species identification for shellfish collecting • Tips for staying safe while visiting the...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Folding Pocket Guide
Dimensions (IN): 4 x 9
Author: J. Duane Sept
ISBN: 9781954018105
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The Good Living Guide To Natural And Herbal Remedies - Book - Paracay
Good Living Guide to Natural and Herbal Remedies - Book
SKY199
This back-to-nature reference and herbal medicine making guide details effective herbal medicines and natural remedies for family health issues and first aid including stomach upsets, sore muscles, wound healing, teenage acne, allergic reactions, even herbs for arthritis. The body care section provides herbal recipes for skin care, (body oils, insect repellents and hair masks) and there are non toxic chemical free, home cleaning options and delicious food recipes which incorporate edible medicinal plants into ones diet. Dive into the alchemy and art of herbal medicine preparations, receive safety tips, and perfect the techniques to...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Katolen Yardley
ISBN: 9781680991574
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Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Natural Remedies - Book - Paracay
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Natural Remedies - Book
SKY197
More than 100 Remedies and Recipes for Vibrant Health! Packed with step-by-step instructions to make your own herbal remedies, simple recipes for cooking with herbs and spices, and beautiful photographs, this might be the most comprehensive guide to natural remedies ever published. Here readers can learn about alternative medicine and homeopathic approaches, aromatherapy and essential oils, and much, much more.  Natural Healing for Common Ailments  Cooking with Superfoods Juices & Cleanses Edible Wild Plants  Planning an Herb Garden Everyday Treatments for Women & Children...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 10.5
Author: Abigail Gehring
ISBN: 9781510749993
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The Herbalist's Bible - Book
SKY192
Here Julie Bruton-Seal and Matthew Seal have beautifully combined selections from John Parkinson classic book from 1640 with their own modern commentary on how each plant is used today to create a truly one-of-a-kind, comprehensive collection of herbal information old and new. Herbalist to King Charles I, John Parkinson (1567–1650) was a master apothecary, herbalist, and gardener. Famous in his own lifetime for his influential books, his magnum opus, the  Theatrum Botanicum,  was published in 1640 and ran to 1,766 large pages. The sheer scope and size was perhaps to prove the book’s downfall, because while it was much revered—and...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7.38 x 9.75
Author: Julie & Matthew Bruton-Seal
ISBN: 9781510740396
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Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants: 2nd Edition
Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants: 2nd Edition - Book
SPB015
First-ever revision of a classic guidebook Information on each plant's characteristics, distribution, and medicinal qualities as well as updated taxonomy and 15 new species How to identify and use wild plants for medicinal purposes This illustrated guide to North American wild medicinals has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K. Foster revises Bradford Angier's invaluable handbook, updating the taxonomy and adding more than a dozen species, including the purple coneflower, popularly known as echinacea, as well as ephedra, jewelweed, goldenseal, and more. Scientific information for a general...
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Book Type: Paperback
Author: Bradford Angier, Revised by David K. Foster
ISBN: 9780811734936
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Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Natural Foods
Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Natural Foods - Book
STL235
Already a huge success in previous editions, this must-have field guide now features a fresh new cover, as well as nearly 400 color photos and detailed information on more than 200 species of edible plants all across North America. With all the plants conveniently organized by season, enthusiasts will find it very simple to locate and identify their desired ingredients. Each entry includes images, plus facts on the plant’s habitat, physical properties, harvesting, preparation, and poisonous look-alikes. The introduction contains tempting recipes and there’s a quick-reference seasonal key for each plant.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Thomas Elias & Peter Dykeman
ISBN: 9781402767159
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Home Remedies From A Country Doctor - Book - Paracay
Home Remedies from a Country Doctor - Book
SKY198
Got a cough you can't cure? An insatiable craving for a candy bar? A hangover you can't shake? This is the book for anyone who wants quick, simple, time-proven cures for anything that ails you. Collected from over 250 country doctors, herbalists, nurses, midwives, dentists, and other medical professionals, here are more than 1,400 drug-free, country-tested remedies for warding off a backache, curing a cough with licorice, relieving neck pain with a hot-pepper cream, cooking a breakfast that will ward off a headache, curing a dizzy spell with potato chips, and much more. These "house-call cures" are tried and true and should be available...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Jay & Dorothy Behlen Heinrichs
ISBN: 9781602399730
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The Good Living Guide To Medicinal Tea - Book - Paracay
The Good Living Guide to Medicinal Tea - Book
SKY193
More than just a warm and comforting drink, tea has medicinal properties that are widely underused in North America. Common herbs, spices, fruits, and barks have been scientifically proven to help relieve pain, menopause symptoms, high blood pressure, insomnia, stress, and digestive angst. When taken preventatively, certain herbs in tea can help fight off cancer cells, heart disease, and even Alzheimer’s disease and fibromyalgia. By learning about what these various natural ingredients are capable of and how they work, readers can begin to treat many ailments with what grows in their gardens—plants that have been used in eastern medicine...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6.2 x 8.4
Author: Jennifer Browne
ISBN: 9781680990614
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Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary - Book
MPP031
Sagebrush country is a land of contrasts--a place of desolation and a place of beauty. This field guide explores the elegance of the sagebrush steppe as expressed in the colorful spring and fall flowers and, more subtly, in the wondrous adaptations that enable plants to withstand the extremes so typical of this harsh environment. Through color photographs and nontechnical descriptions, this book introduces visitors and residents alike to the abundant plant life in the land of bitterbrush and coyotes. This book covers northern Nevada, northeastern California, eastern Oregon and Washington, southern Idaho, western Montana, northern Utah,...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Ronald J. Taylor
ISBN: 9780878422807
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Adventure Skills Guides: Foraging in North America: The Top 12 Plants to Seek Out - Book
AVK059
Learn to identify, collect, and prepare wild edibles! Step into your backyard, garden, or nearby green space, and harvest an abundance of free, nutritious, and organic greens, tubers, and fruits.   Foraging in North America   introduces you to 12 widely accessible wild plants that can be gathered safely. Compared to cultivated garden plants, these wild edibles require no care, are hardier, and are amazing sources of nutrients. Throughout much of our history, wild plants were the mainstay of human diets. They were rich in micronutrients, vitamins, and minerals that nurtured good health and strong immune systems.   Foraging in...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 4 x 7
Author: Tom Anderson
ISBN: 9781591938323
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Redwood Region Flower Finder - Book - Paracay
Redwood Region Flower Finder: Identifying Wildflowers of California's Coastal Fog Belt - Staple Bound
AVK163
Identify wildflowers along the Pacific Coast of central and northern California with this pocket-size guide. You can appreciate and enjoy nature’s beautiful wildflowers! If you’re curious about the flowers that you encounter, then  Redwood Region Flower Finder  by Phoebe Watts is just what you need. With the handy, easy-to-use booklet, you can identify wildflowers growing in the range of the coast redwood tree  (Sequoia sempervirens) . The booklet provides a dichotomous key to identifying wildflowers. Simply answer a series of simple questions about the color, shape, and appearance of the plant. Along the way, professional...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Staple Bound
Dimensions (IN): 5.88 x 4
Author: Phoebe Watts
ISBN: 9780912550565
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Panama: Tropical Fruit (Folding Pocket Guide)
Panama: Tropical Fruit - Folding Pocket Guide
RFP053
Rainforest Publication's field guides to Panama's natural life include a series of specialized guides plus a new guide for the generalist which includes the exotic animals of Panama that every naturalist would hope to encounter.The fold out pocket guides are approximately 24" by 8.75" (61 cm by 22 cm) when spread flat, and contain twelve 9 cm by 22 cm "pages" plus a front and back cover pages. When folded, they are only approx. 3.5" by 8.75" (9 cm by 22 cm) and easily fit into your pocket.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Folding Pocket Guide
Author: Rainforest Publications
ISBN: 18885387961
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Panama Tropical Flowers (Folding Pocket Guide)
Panama Tropical Flowers - Folding Pocket Guide
RFP045
Rainforest Publication's field guides to Panama's natural life include a series of specialized guides plus a new guide for the generalist which includes the exotic animals of Panama that every naturalist would hope to encounter.The fold out pocket guides are approximately 24" by 8.75" (61 cm by 22 cm) when spread flat, and contain twelve 9 cm by 22 cm "pages" plus a front and back cover pages. When folded, they are only approx. 3.5" by 8.75" (9 cm by 22 cm) and easily fit into your pocket.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Folding Pocket Guide
Author: Rainforest Publications
ISBN: 1888538430
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Northwest Weeds: The Ugly and Beautiful Villains of Fields, Gardens, and Roadsides
Northwest Weeds: The Ugly and Beautiful Villains of Fields, Gardens, and Roadsides - Book
MPP014
Northwest Weeds describes and illustrates the prominent and ever-present weeds of the northwestern United States and adjacent Canada. Full-color photographs and the accompanying text emphasize the weeds' identifying characteristics. The book includes information on the origin, distribution, aggressiveness, and edibility of each weed.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Ronald J. Taylor
ISBN: 9780878422494
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Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness - Book - Paracay
Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness - Book
QRT060
Author Leigh Joseph, an ethnobotanist and a member of the Squamish Nation, provides a beautifully illustrated essential introduction to Indigenous plant knowledge. Plants can be a great source of healing as well as nourishment, and the practice of growing and harvesting from trees, flowering herbs, and other plants is a powerful way to become more connected to the land. The Indigenous Peoples of North America have long traditions of using native plants as medicine as well as for food. Held by the Land honors and shares some of these traditions, offering a guide to: Harvesting herbs and other plants and using them topically North American...
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Dimensions (IN): 8.3 x 0.95 x 9.85"
Author: Leigh Joseph
ISBN: 9781577152941
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