Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants & Herbs of Eastern & Central N. America: Third Edition (Peterson Field Guides) (3RD ed.) (Spiral Bound)

The best-selling field guides of all time

Medicinal plants are increasingly well regarded as supplements and sometimes as alternatives for prescription drugs. Steven Foster and James A. Duke have used recent advances in the study of medicinal plants and their combined experience of over 100 years to completely update the Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. The clear and concise text identifies the key traits, habitats, uses, and warnings for more than 530 of the most significant medicinal plants in the eastern and central United States and Canada including both native and alien species. Seven hundred plus images, the organization-by-color system, and simplified warnings make identifying medicinal plants fast and easy.

Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute

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Peterson The best-selling field guides of all timeMedicinal plants are increasingly well regarded as supplements and sometimes as alternatives for prescription drugs. Steven Foster and James A. Duke have used recent advances in the study of medicinal plants and their combined experience of over 100 years to completely update the Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. The clear and concise text identifies the key traits, habitats, uses, and warnings for more than 530 of the most significant medicinal plants in the eastern and central United States and Canada including both native and alien species. Seven hundred plus images, the organization-by-color system, and simplified warnings make identifying medicinal plants fast and easy.Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson InstituteWith more than forty years of experience in the herbal field, STEVEN FOSTER is the author, coauthor, and photographer of seventeen books.DR. JAMES A. DUKE has over six decades of experience as a botanist, and is the author of more than twenty books.[use PFG website QR code] To learn more, visit www.petersonfieldguides.com or scan here."

Marc Notes:
Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, and the National Wildlife Federation.;Includes bibliographical references (p. 422-425) and indexes.;A reference to the medicinal plants and herbs of Eastern and Central North American includes specific remedies for asthma, headaches, colds, stomachaches, depression, and many other common ailments.

Brief Description:
"Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, and the National Wildlife Federation."

Biographical Note:

With more than forty years of experience in the herbal field, STEVEN FOSTER is the author, coauthor, and photographer of seventeen books.

DR. JAMES A. DUKE has more than six decades of experience as a botanist, and is the author of more than twenty books.

The best-selling field guides of all time

Medicinal plants are increasingly well regarded as supplements and sometimes as alternatives for prescription drugs. Steven Foster and James A. Duke have used recent advances in the study of medicinal plants and their combined experience of over 100 years to completely update the Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. The clear and concise text identifies the key traits, habitats, uses, and warnings for more than 530 of the most significant medicinal plants in the eastern and central United States and Canada including both native and alien species. Seven hundred plus images, the organization-by-color system, and simplified warnings make identifying medicinal plants fast and easy.

Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute

Review Citations:

• Library Journal 05/15/2014 pg. 105 (EAN 9780547943985, Paperback)
• Wilson Nonfiction Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780547943985, Paperback)
• Wilson Senior High Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780547943985, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:Foster, Steven

With more than 40 years of experience in the herbal field, Steven Foster is author, co-author, and photographer of seventeen books. He lives in Eureka Springs Arkansas, in the heart of the medicinal plant-rich Ozarks.

With more than six decades of experience as a botanist, and three decades in medical botany James A. Duke is the author of more than 20 books. He lives in Fulton, Maryland, surrounded by some 300 medicinal plants.