num_pages: 256
description: History literature and botany meet in this delightful tour of how humans have relied on plants to nourish shelter heal clothe and even entertain us. Did you know that During World War II the US Navy paid kids to collect milkweed s fluffy white floss which was then used as filling for life preservers? And Native Americans in the deserts of the Southwest traditionally crafted tattoo needles from prickly pear cactus spines. These are just two of the dozens of tidbits that Tammi Hartung highlights in the tales of 45 native North American flowers herbs and trees that have rescued and delighted us for centuries.
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title: Cattail Moonshine and Milkweed Medicine: Amazing Facts & Curious Uses for 45 Plants You Thought You Knew
publisher: Storey Publishing