Books about flora along trail
Anyone got a good book recommendation about plants/trees/fungi common to the trail?
~CynJ
2 miles down - only 2165 to go!
"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Your best bet is Edible plants of north America. Also, pick up a copy of Wildman Steve Brill's book.
Finally, go retro and get (sp?) Ewell Gibbons's "Stalking the Wild Asparagus".
You'll find on the trail that not all of those plants are available. I've spent the last year stalking edible plants on the trail and I've found that the way to learn them is to select ONE at a time and go out and find it, become very familiar with it. The first thing to learn is plants you can make Teas from, then move on to greens. Greens are fun and really add to your hiking diet. Next, learn your roots and tubers like Burdock and Cattail and wild potato, etc.
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Cool thanks! I hadn't even thought about the whole edible thing! lol.....I was just realizing how little I know about local flora (I was browsing the Wildlife photo gallery and was amazed at how folks can identify all these different plants etc)
~CynJ
2 miles down - only 2165 to go!
"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
National Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region.
Leonard Adkins' *Wildflowers of the AT*. A beautifully produced, informative book--won't give you every flower you might see, but covers a lot of them.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...281747-3283838
search pocket naturalist at amazon--search link might be broken
http://www.amazon.com/
waterford press
They weigh about .5oz each and have waterproof laminate. Fold out pamphlets
They have one called wildlife on the AT, edible/medicinal plants (good one), trees, birds, night sky etc...
Last edited by soulrebel; 10-20-2005 at 07:03.
See ya when I get there.
If you are at all interested in flowers along the AT you have to see this book. The pictures by Joe and Monica Cook are stunning. The author used to live across the street from the Homeplace, next to the store. Since you're going to stop there anyway, look him up. This is my favorite AT book after Model T's book. It even tells you where on the trail you can find each plant.Originally Posted by cascader
If you're interested in wildflowers and really want to know them, try Newcomb's Wildflower Guide. It's easy to use, the drawings are outstanding, and it covers just about every species in the northeast. I'm seriously considering taking a copy with me on my 1000-mile section hike next summer.
my next Barnes and Noble trip is gonna be expensive
~CynJ
2 miles down - only 2165 to go!
"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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