Field guide to useful native plants from temperate Australia
By: J.M. Caton ; R.J. Hardwick
Publisher: Harbour Publishing House
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Ulladulla, N.S.W.
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781922134608
Subjects: Edible Wild plants; Identification; Endemic plants
Description: This guide answers the questions : What are the plants? Where are they found? What do they look like? What canbe done with them?Authors are at ANU.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-395) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: How to use this guide; title: Hazards in the bush; title: Food preparation; title: Fruits; title: Tubers and rhizomes; title: Seeds; title: Leaves; title: Nutritional value of native plant foods; title: Food hazards; title: Edibility testing; title: Fibre; title: Bush medicines; title: Hazards of medicinal plant use; title: Insect resources; title: Part 1. Plants of beaches, estuaries and saltwater lagoons; title: Part 2. Plants of grasslands and woodlands; title: Part 3. Plants of freshwater lakes, dams, rivers and swamps; title: Part 4. Plants of temperate rainforests; title: Part 5. Plants of tall forests (wet sclerophyll forests); title: Part 6. Plants of dry forests (dry sclerophyll forests); title: Part 7. Parasitic plants; title: Botanical glossary; title: Chemical glossary; title: Medical glossary; title: Abbreviations; title: Appendix: Identifying plants; title: Further reading; title: Plant-use index; title: Common name index; title: Scientific name index; title: Index to species within parts.