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Wild Berries & Fruits Field Guide of Minnesota, Wisconsin & Michigan

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Focusing on wild berries and fruits of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, this updated field guide features full-color photographs and information, organized by color, to help readers quickly and ...
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  • 12 June 2018
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Learn to identify wild berries and fruits with this handy field guide, organized by color.

Get the popular field guide by expert author Teresa Marrone, and get started on your way to becoming a forager. Teresa has been gathering and preparing wild edibles for more than 20 years, and she shares her foraging experience with you. Use this book with confidence as you learn about nearly 200 species found in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. The species are organized by color and then by form, so when you see a red berry, go to the red section to learn what it is.

Book Features

  • Species organized by color, then by form
  • Full-page photos and insets showing each plant’s key identification points
  • Interesting tidbits about the plants’ many uses
  • Range maps, ripening calendar, and more
  • Nearly 200 wild berries and fruits in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan

Learn what’s edible and what to avoid with this easy-to-use field guide. Fact-filled information contains the particulars that you want to know, while full-page photographs provide the visual detail needed for accurate identification.

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Price: $14.95
Pages: 280
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Imprint: Adventure Publications
Series: Wild Berries & Fruits Identification Guides
Publication Date: 12 June 2018
Trim Size: 6.00 X 4.38 in
ISBN: 9781591937968
Format: Paperback
BISACs: NATURE / Plants / General, Edible wild plants and foraging, REFERENCE / Handbooks & Manuals, TRAVEL / United States / Midwest / General, NATURE / Regional, NATURE / Reference, Gardening: plants & cultivation: guides, Trees, wildflowers & plants: general interest
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Teresa Marrone has been gathering and preparing wild edibles for more than 20 years. She was formerly Managing Editor of a series of outdoors-themed books, and is the author of Abundantly Wild: Collecting and Cooking Wild Edibles in the Upper Midwest, as well as numerous other outdoors-related and regional cookbooks. Teresa has also written many magazine articles on wild foods and cooking, and has rekindled an early interest in photography. Wild Berries & Fruits Field Guide of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan combines her various skills and interests into a clear, concise, easy-to-use book that helps the user appreciate the diversity of the various wild berries and fruits that grow in this region. Teresa lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Bruce.

Introduction

  • About this book
  • The range maps
  • What is a fruit?
  • How fruits are arranged on the stem
  • Leaf form and arrangement
  • Safety and plant identification
  • What is not included in this book
  • Not ripe yet!
  • Be certain, be safe: Wild grapes
  • Ripening calendar for edible fruit
  • How to use this book
  • Sample page

The Berries and Fruits

  • Green
  • Yellow
  • Orange
  • Red
  • Purple
  • Blue
  • Black
  • White

Helpful Resources

Glossary

Index

About the Author