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Cassava Plant. Cassava, the source for tapioca, **Cassava** (*Manihot esculenta* Crantz) is the "third most important source of calories in the tropics, after rice and maize." (USAID.gov
**SCOPE**
This guide offers a systematic approach to the wide variety of published materials on the use of plants by people. Economic plants are defined as being useful either directly, as in food, or indirectly, as products we use or that enhance the environment.  Plants are essential to life on earth; they produce the oxygen we breathe through photosynthesis and provide much of the food we eat.  Some species provide medicines and promote healing, others are used for insect control or to conserve water.  Plants with dense root systems prevent soil erosion and those with brightly colored flowers attract pollinators.   Plants have been used to control body functions and fertility, to poison, and to make clothing, paper, and rubber.  The guide includes references to materials on food plants, fiber plants, dye plants, edible plants, medicinal plants, oilseed plants, as well as plants used in ceremonies, cultivated for commercial purposes, or used as shelter. 

 This title complements other titles in the *LC Science Tracer Bulle*t series, e.g., Ethnobotany of the Americas (TB 97-1), Sustainable Agriculture (TB 03-2), Medicinal Plants (TB 04-2), Green Roofs (TB 06-1), Edible Wild Plants (TB 07-4), Biomass Energy (TB 08-8), and Food History (TB 10-5).  Not meant to be a comprehensive bibliography, this guide is designed--as the name of the series implies--to put the reader “on target.”

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**INTRODUCTIONS TO THE TOPIC**
Lewington, Anna.  *Plants for people.*New York, Oxford University Press, 1990.  232 p.   SB107.L48 1990 <SciRR>

 Weiner, Michael A.  *Man’s useful plants*.  New York, Macmillan, c1976.  146 p.                Bibliography:  p. 139-140. 			    SB107.W44

              Wickens, G. E.  What is economic botany?  *Economic botany*, v. 44, Jan./Mar. 1990: 12-28.                 SB1.E3 and Pamphlet box <SciRR>            

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**SUBJECT HEADINGS**
SUBJECT HEADINGS used by the Library of Congress, under which books on useful plants can be located in most card, book and online catalogs, include the following:

**Highly Relevant**

 BOTANY, ECONOMIC                PLANTS, USEFUL

**Relevant**
                    BOTANY, MEDICAL                    COFFEE                    DESERT PLANTS                    DYE PLANTS                    EDIBLE MUSHROOMS                    ENERGY CROPS                    FIBER PLANTS   See also specific plants, e.g., “Cotton,” “Hemp”FOOD CROPSFOREST PRODUCTSFRUIT    See also individual fruits, e.g., “Apples,” “Berries” FUNGIParaguayan worker carrying a basket of fresh Cassavas.USAID Website. HERBS--UTILIZATIONMEDICINAL PLANTSMEDICINE, HERBALMUSHROOM CULTURENUTS See also names of nuts, e.g., “Chestnut,” “Pecan” OILSEED PLANTS   See also names of specific plants, e.g., “Jojoba,” “Olive,” “ Peanuts”PHYTOCHEMICALSPLANTS, WILD EDIBLE SEEDSSPICESTEATRANSGENIC PLANTSTREES   See also specific types of trees, e.g., “Fruit Trees,” “Citrus,” “Rubber Plants,” or specific species, e.g., “Cinchona,” “Cacao,” “ Bamboo”VEGETABLES   See also individual vegetables and groups of vegetables, e.g, “Broccoli,” “Onions” Related/More General              ROPS--HISTORY              NATURAL PRODUCTS              PLANTS, EDIBLE            PLANTS AND HISTORYTOP OF PAGE**BASIC TEXTS***The Cultural history of plants.* Ghillean Prance, consulting editor; Mark Nesbitt, scientific editor.  New York, Routledge, 2005.  452 p.   Bibliography: p. 433.   SB71.C86 2005 <SciRR>
*Eating and healing: traditional food as medicine.* Andrea Pieroni, Lisa Leimar Price, editors.  New York, Food Products Press, c2006.  406 p.                     Includes bibliographical references.                     RS164.E26 2006 <SciRR>

*Edible: an illustrated guide to the world’s food plants.* Washington, National Geographic, c2008. 360 p.     QK98.5.A1E35 2008 <SciRR> 
                  Henry, Robert J. *Plant resources for food, fuel, and conservation.* London, Sterling, VA, Earthscan, 2010.  182 p.	                   Bibliography: p. 163-174   SB107.H46 2010 
Cranberry Harvest Photo: USDA Website.
             Hvass, Else.  *Economic plants.*  2nd imp.  London, Blandford P., 1966.  2 v.  (204 p.)   Contents: pt. 1. Plants that feed us.-- pt. 2. Plants that serve us.    SB107.H8213 1966
 Newton, John.  *The roots of civilisation: plants that changed the world.*  Millers Point, N.S.W., Pier 9, 2009.  271 p.			     Bibliography: p. 262-265.			     SB107.N49 2009 <SciRR>

*Non-timber forest products: medicinal herbs, fungi, edible fruits and nuts, and other natural products from the forest*.  Marla. R. Emery, Rebecca J. McLain, editors.  New York, Food Products Press, c2001.  176 p.			      Includes bibliographical references.		         SD543.3.U6N66 2001<SciRR>

 Saunders, Charles Francis.  *Useful and edible wild plants of North America.*  Toronto, Tutor Press, 1978.  275 p.				      Includes bibliographical references.		       QK98.5.N57S28 1978

 Simpson, Beryl Brintnall, and Molly Conner Ogorzaly.  *Economic botany: plants in our world.*  3rd. ed.  Boston, McGraw-Hill, c2001.  529 p.   Bibliography: p. 479-485.   SB108.U5S56 2001 <SciRR>

 Sumner, Judith.  *American household botany: a history of useful plants, 1620-1900*.  Portland, OR, Timber Press, 2004.  396 p.                 Bibliography: p. 367-374.		       SB108.U5S85 2004 <SciRR>

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**ADDITIONAL TITLES**
*Algae: nutrition, pollution control and energy sources.*  Kristian N. Hagen, editor.  New York, Nova Science Publishers, c2009.  323 p.   Includes bibliographical references.   QK564.A44 2009

 Firn, Richard.  *Nature’s chemicals: the natural products that shaped our world.*  Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, 2010.  250 p.                 Bibliography: p. 219-237.			     QK99.A1F565 2010

 Hobhouse, Henry.*Seeds of change: six plants that transformed mankind*.  Washington, Shoemaker & Hoard; Berkeley, CA, distributed by Publishers Group West, 2005.  381 p.                   Originally published, NewYork, Harper & Row, c1986.                  Bibliography: p. 364-368.		         SB71.H63 2005

 Hobhouse, Henry.  *Seeds of wealth: five plants that made men rich.*  Emeryville, CA, Shoemaker & Hoard, c2005.  313 p.     “Including a new chapter on coffee.”                 Bibliography: p. 301-305.		         SB71.H64 2005

 Laws, Bill.  *Fifty plants that changed the course of history.*  Buffalo, NY, Firefly Books, 2010. 223 p.                 Bibliography: p. 218-219.			     SB71.L39 2010 <SciRR>

 Levetin, Estelle, and Karen McMahon.*Plants and society.*  6th ed.  New York, McGraw-Hill, 2011. 526 p.			   QK47.L48 2011 <SciRR>                 Provides lists of websites and questions for thinking critically. 

*Lost crops of the Incas: little-known plants of the Andes with promise for worldwide cultivation*.  Report of an ad hoc panel of the Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, National Research Council.  Washington, National Academy Press, 1989.  415 p.                 Bibliography: p. 327-342.		       F3429.3.A4L67 1989

 Morton, Julia Frances.  *Fruits of warm climates.*  Edited by Curtis F. Dowling, Jr.  Miami, FL, J. F. Morton; Winterville, NC, distributed by Creative Resource Systems, c1987.  505 p.    Bibliography: p. 446-483.     SB359.M76 1987 <SciRR>

*Plant science: growth, development, and utilization of cultivated plants*.  Edited by Margaret J. McMahon, Anton M. Kofranek, Vincent E. Rubatzky.  5th ed.  Boston, Prentice Hall, c2011.  674 p.                  Rev. ed. of Hartmann’s plant science, 2007.                 Includes bibliographical references.		       SB91.P56 2011 In process

 Rogers, Kara.  *Out of nature: why drugs from plants matter to the future of humanity*.  Tucson, University of Arizona Press, 2012.  204 p.                 Bibliography: p. 189-197.		       RS160.R64 2012 <SciRR>

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**SPECIALIZED TITLES**
**Biofuels**

 Buxton, Richard H.  *How to convert wood into charcoal & electricity.*  Bradley, IL, Lindsay Publications Inc., c2003.  63 p.	   Includes bibliographical references.   TP324.B93 2003

 Gupta, Ram B., and Ayhan Demirbas.*Gasoline, diesel, and ethanol biofuels from grasses and plants*.  New York, Cambridge University Press, 2010.  230 p.               Includes bibliographical references.			   TP248.27.P55G87 2010

 Honary, Lou A. T., and Erwin Richter.  *Biobased lubricants and greases: technology and products.*  Hoboken, NJ, Wiley, 2011.  216 p.               Includes bibliographical references.			   TP359.V44H66 2011

*Jatropha curcas as a premier biofuel: cost, growing and management.*  Claude Ponterio and Costanza Ferra, editors.  New York, Nova Science Publishers, c2010.  196 p.               Includes bibliographical references.			   TP248.27.P55J38 2010

 Thomas, Dirk.  *The woodburner’s companion: practical ways of heating with wood.*  Chambersburg, PA, Alan C. Hood, c2000.  129 p.                   Bibliography: p. 123.				   TH7437.T46 2000            

**Dye Plants**

  
Buchanan, Rita. *A weaver’s garden: growing plants for natural dyes and fibers.* Mineola, NY, Dover Publications, 1999.  228 p.    Originally published, Loveland, CO, Interweave Press, c1987.   Includes bibliographical references   TT848.B83 1999
Burgess, Rebecca. *Harvesting color: how to find plants and make natural dyes.*New York, Artisan, c2011.  180 p.     TT854.3.B87 2011
Lambert, Eva, and Tracy Kendall. *The complete guide to natural dyeing: techniques and recipes for dyeing fabrics, yarns, and fibers at home*.  Loveland, CO, Interweave Press, c2010.  143 p.   Includes bibliographical references.   TT854.3.L35 2010   Piece of indigo plant dye,from India. Indigo is used to produce blue colors, primarily in textiles. Photo by Evan Izer.             McRae, Bobbi A.  *Colors from nature: growing, collecting, and using natural dyes.*  Pownal, VT, Storey Communications, c1993.  160 p.	   Bibliography: p. 150.   TT854.3.M38 1993
 Rice, Miriam C.  *Mushrooms for dyes, paper, pigments & Myco-Stix.*  Forestville, CA, Mushrooms for Color Press, c2007.  162 p.	                 Bibliography: p. 151-154.		       TT854.3.R523 2007

 Richards, Lynne, and Ronald J. Tyrl.  *Dyes from American native plants: a practical guide.*  Portland, OR, Timber Press, c2005.  339 p.                 Bibliography:  p. 321-323.		       TP897.R53 2005 <SciRR>

 Todd, Carol.  *Earth tones: colors from western dye plants.*Creston, CA, Rowland Press, c1995.  171 p.			   TT854.3.T63 1995

 Van Stralen, Trudy.*Indigo, madder & marigold: a portfolio of colors from natural dyes.*  Loveland, CO, Interweave Press, c1993.  127 p.                Bibliography: p. 126.			    TT854.3.V36 1992            

**Environmental Plants**

Berg, Linda R.  *Introductory botany: plants, people, and the environment*.  2nd ed.  Belmont, CA, Thomson Brooks/Cole, c2008.  622 p.   Includes bibliographical references.   QK47.B48 2008 <SciRR>

 Bowe, Alice.  *High-impact, low-carbon gardening: 1001 ways to garden sustainably.*  Portland, OR, Timber Press, c2011.  263 p.                 Bibliography: p. 241-254.			     S494.5.S86B69 2011

 Petit, Jack, Debra L. Bassert, and Cheryl Kollin.  *Building greener neighborhoods: trees as part of the plan*.  2nd ed.  Washington, American Forests, Home Builders Press, c1998.  117 p.                 Bibliography: p. 115-117.		       SB435.5.P48 1998

              Snodgrass, Edmund C., and Lucie L. Snodgrass.  *Green roof plants: a resource and planting guide.*  Portland, OR, Timber Press, 2006.  203 p.                 Bibliography: p. 191-195.		       SB419.5.S66 2006 <SciRR>

Steiner, Lynn M., and Robert W. Domm.  *Rain gardens: sustainable landscaping for a beautiful yard and a healthy world.*  Minneapolis, MN, Voyageur Press, 2012.  192 p.                 Bibliography: p. 187.		       TD657.4.S74 2012 <SciRR>

 Tallamy, Douglas W.  *Bringing nature home: how you can sustain wildlife with native plants.*  Updated and expanded pbk. ed.  Portland, OR, Timber Press, 2009.  358 p.                 Bibliography: p. 331-340.		       SB439.T275 2009

**Fiber Plants**

Bell, Lilian A.  *Plant fibers for papermaking*.  6th rev. ed.  McMinnville, OR, Liliaceae Press, 1990.  132 p.   Bibliography: p. 121-124.   TS1109.B44 1990

 Bourrie, Mark.  *Hemp: a short history of the most misunderstood plant and its uses and abuses.*  Buffalo, NY, Firefly Books, 2003.  160 p.	                  Bibliography: p. 153.			      SB255.B68 2003

*Cotton fibers: developmental biology, quality improvement, and textile processing*.  Amarjit S. Basra, editor.  New York, Food Products Press, c1999.  387 p.                   Includes bibliographical references.				   SB249.C688 1999

 Farmer, Justin F.  *Basketry plants used by western American Indians: a study of traditional North American Indian basketry and plant materials used to create them with photos showing characteristics of major plant materials used by basket makers*.  Fullerton, CA, Justin Farmer Foundation, 2010.  205 p.                   Bibliography: p. 191-205.				   E98.B3F37 2010

*Flax: the genus Linum.*  Edited by Alister D. Muir and Neil D. Westcott.  London, New York, Routledge, 2003.  307 p.  (Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles, v. 34)                   Includes bibliographical references.			   SB253.F58 2003 <SciRR>

                Hidalgo López, Oscar.  *Bamboo: the gift of the gods*.  Bogotá, O. Hidalgo-López, c2003.   553 p.                   Bibliography: p. 537-545.			   SB317.B2H53 2003 <SciRR>

 Hiebert, Helen.  *Papermaking with garden plants & common weeds.*  North Adams, MA, Storey Pub., c2006.  107 p.	                   Previous ed. published under title *Papermaking with plants*.  Pownal, VT, Storey Books, c1998.                   Bibliography: p. 102.			   TS1124.5.H534 2006

*Miscanthus for energy and fibre*.  Edited by Michael B. Jones and Mary Walsh.  London, James & James, c2001.  192 p.   Bibliography: p. 179-188.   SB288.M57 2001

**Food and Beverage Plants**

*Evolution of crop plants.*  Edited by J. Smartt and N. W. Simmonds.  2nd ed.  Harlow, Essex, Eng., Longman Scientific and Technical; New York, Wiley, 1995.  531 p.   Includes bibliographical references.   SB106.O74E96 1995 <SciRR>

 Facciola, Stephen.*Cornucopia II: a source book of edible plants.*  Vista, CA, Kampong Publications, 1998.  713 p.	                 Bibliography: p. 631-649.			     SB175.F332 1998 <SciRR>

 Fern, Ken.  *Plants for a future: edible & useful plants for a healthier world.*  2nd ed.  Hampshire, UK, Permanent Publications; White River Junction, VT, distributed in the USA by Chelsea Green Pub. Co., 2000.  300 p.                 Bibliography: p. 267-273.			     QK98.5.A1F47 2000

 Luttinger, Nina, and Gregory Dicum.  *The coffee book: anatomy of an industry from crop to the last drop*.  Rev. and updated.  New York, New Press; distributed by W. W. Norton, c2006.  232 p.                 Rev ed. of *The coffee book,* by Gregory Dicum and Nina Luttinger, c1999.                 Bibliography: p. 212-224.			     HD9919.A2D53 2006 <SciRR>

*Tea: cultivation to consumption.*  Edited by K. C. Willson and M. N. Clifford.  London, New York, Chapman & Hall, 1992.  769 p.                 Includes bibliographical references.			     SB271.T27 1992 <SciRR>

 Van Wyk, Ben-Erik.  *Food plants of the world: an illustrated guide.*  Portland, OR, Timber Press, 2005.  480 p.                 Bibliography: p. 446-447.			     QK98.5.A1V36 2005 <SciRR>

 Vaughan, J. G. (John Griffith), and C. A. Geissler.  *The new Oxford book of food plants*.  Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, 2009.  249 p.                 Rev. and updated ed. of *The Oxford book of food plants*, 1969.                 Bibliography: p. 237-238.			     SB175.V38 2009 <SciRR>

              Young, Allen M.  *The chocolate tree: a natural history of cacao.*  Rev. and expanded ed.  Gainesville, University Press of Florida, c2007.  218 p.   Bibliography: p. 195-208.   SB268.C35Y68 2007            

**Geographical Distribution: Other Countries**

Booth, F. E. M. (Frances E. M.), and G. E. Wickens.  *Non-timber uses of selected arid zone trees and shrubs in Africa.*  Rome, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1988.  176 p.  (FAO conservation guide, 19)	   Includes bibliographical references.   SB171.A35B66 1988

 Castner, James L., Stephen L. Timme, and James A. Duke.  *A field guide to medicinal and useful plants of the Upper Amazon.*  Gainesville, FL, Feline Press, c1998.  154 p.                 Bibliography: p. 135-140.		       QK99.A432C37 1998 <SciRR>

 Kumar, Sudhir.  *Non-conventional legumes and useful plants of North East India.*  Jodhpur, Scientific Publishers, c2008.  125 p.                 Bibliography: p. 124-125.		       QK495.L52K86 2008

 Popenoe, Wilson.  *Economic fruit-bearing plants of Ecuador.*  Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1924.  53 p.  (Smithsonian Institution.  U.S. National Museum.  Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium, v. 24, pt. 5)				   SB108.E2P6

 Van Wyk, Ben-Erik, and Nigel Gericke.  *People’s plants: a guide to useful plants of Southern Africa*.  Pretoria, Briza Publications, 2000.  351 p.                  Includes bibliographical references		       QK98.4.A356V36 2000

**Geographical Distribution: United States**

 Cheatham, Scooter, and others.  *The useful wild plants of Texas, the southeastern and southwestern United States, the southern plains, and northern Mexico.*  Austin, TX, Useful Wild Plants, c1995-  1 v.                 Includes bibliographical references.		       QK98.4.U6C48 1995

 Hussey, Jane Strickland.  *Some useful plants of early New England.*  Marion, MA, The Channings, c1976.  99 p. 	                  Bibliography: p. 93-99.		       QK98.4.U6H87

 Larsen, Wesley P.  *A folio of Indian and pioneer medicinal and food plants.*  Toquerville, UT, W. P. Larsen, 2001.  99 p.	                 Bibliography: p. 98-99.		       E78.W5L37 2001

 Silverman, Maida.  *A city herbal: a guide to the lore, legend and usefulness of 34 plants that grow wild in the city.*  New York, Knopf; distributed by Random House, 1977.  181 p.                 Bibliography: p. 173-175.		       QK83.S58 1977

 Sweet, Muriel.  *Common edible and useful plants of the East and Midwest.*Healdsburg, CA, Naturegraph Publishers, 1975.  79 p. 			   QK98.5.U6S94

 Yetman, David.*50 common edible & useful plants of the Southwest.*  Tucson, AZ, Western National Parks Association, c2009.  1 v. (unpaged)	                 Includes bibliographical references.		       QK98.5.S685Y37 2009

**Medicinal and Healing Plants**

*Aloes: the genus Aloe.*  Edited by Tom Reynolds.  Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press, c2004.  386 p. (Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles, v. 38)   Includes bibliographical references. |