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Ragged Mountain Press Pocket Guides are jam-packed with the no-frills, real-life advice and reassurance anyone heading out needs for a successful, safe, and rewarding trip. Designed for quick reference, Ragged Mountain Press Pocket Guides fit easily into a backpack, pocket, or dry bag, and are attractively packaged in water-resistant and tear-resistant covers. Ragged Mountain Press Pocket Guides offer the seasoned advice of some of the country's most respected experts--an unparalleled reservoir of information in a compact package.

Edible Wild Plants and Herbs provides concise, easy-to-understand details on the identification and edibility of 50 of the most common plants in the U.S. and Canada. Readers get a tutorial on preparing plants to eat and finding fresh water for cooking, as well as lists of common poisonous plants to avoid. Featuring sharp, revealing photographs that make identification a snap, this handsome field guide will be a cherished tool in every outdoor explorer's kit. ... Read more

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Color photographs would be helpful
This pocket guide is very informative; however, every photograph inside this book of edible wild plants and herbs is black and white.This makes identifying plants and herbs a challenge.

Surviving Anywhere
This book will fit nice and neatly in any backpack.It's a must if your traveling through these areas listed in the book.

It goes through what plants or parts of trees you can eat, how to cook them, in different nature settings (woods, tundra, seashore).

It also teaches about poisonous plants and a chapter on how
to find water then purify it.

Very intesting and informational book. ... Read more

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Despite decades of research, poisonous plants continue to be responsible for large economic losses to livestock producers throughout the world. As the expansion into rural areas and the use of rangelands increases, an understanding of plant toxicology has become ever more important. This book represents the product of a wide-range of research aimed at solving the various issues surrounding poisonous plants. Broader themes include plant biochemistry, toxic effects in animals and humans, and rangeland management approaches to prevent poisoning amongst others. Individual chapters address plant animal relationships, various classes of secondary plant compounds, isolation, identification and effects of these toxins on biological mammalian systems and analytical methods, diagnostic tools and management strategies for plant toxicoses in animals and humans. ... Read more

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The first field guide to poisonous plants in the westernU.S., designed by and for livestock owners to help protect againstplant poisoning. Horses, llamas, cattle, goats, alpacas, sheep, andswine are addressed. ... Read more

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FIELD GUIDE TO PLANTS POISONOUS TO LIVESTOCK WESTERN US
This book has valuable information.The plants named in this book will help you identify your problem areas such as it helped me.However, pictures instead of drawings may be more presentable.It is not easy to identify plants just from a drawing.Spring, Summar and Fall pictures would help in identifying the plants.Field Guide to Plants Poisonous to Livestock : Western U.S.

Poisonous or not?
This book put my mind at ease when it helped me identify some very poisonous plants in my pastures.Photos would be more helpful than the illustrations but the detailed information on signs of poisoning and treatments is comforting to have close at hand. ... Read more

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Not 767 pages
The above description says the book is 767 pages, whoever wrote that is a liar. It is 329 pages. Pages, not an in depth book as one might imagine. Not bad, but not quite what you'd expect for the price, the publisher and what the book is intended to be.The AMA Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants is better, and it is merely meant to be a guidebook, this book is supposed to be academic, and it is quite vacant when it comes to describing specific plants. I recommend the other book if you want to know WHICH plants are actually poisonous, and want descriptions illustrations and SPECIFICS. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: State University Press in 1914 in 182 pages; Subjects: Weeds; Poisonous plants; Livestock poisoning plants; Gardening / General; Nature / Plants; Science / Life Sciences / Botany; Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General; ... Read more

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This illustrated handbook provides detailed descriptions of approximately 300 poisonous plants--including garden vegetables, flowers, and house plants--found in the central portion of the United States. It is the only book to describe the symptoms of poisoning in both humans and farm animals. The information given for each species includes its scientific name, common name, and family name; its physical characteristics--roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, and seeds; its habitat and range of distribution; and--set apart for easy reference--its toxic principle and the symptoms of poisoning.

Included are plants that cause chemical poisoning, photosensitization, and the various forms of dermatitis and hay fever, as well as those that cause mechanical injury. Over 500 photographs-all but a handful taken of living specimens in the field by the author--aid in identification. Following the descriptions is a table of the plants found in the central states that are known to be poisonous.

Designed specifically for use by the layman, this guide will help the general reader become aware of the poisonous plants around him. It will be of considerable practical value to parents of small children, home gardeners, field sportsmen, leaders of outdoor youth groups, doctors, nurses, and veterinarians, and it will be a significant aid to the rancher and farmer in identifying plants that may be harmful to, or cause the death of, livestock. Although written specifically for the central states, it can be used in other regions as well: many of the plants discussed are found throughout the country. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Publisher: London, Baillière, Tindall ... Read more

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Poisonous Plants are the number 1 cause of poisoning of children less than 5 years old. Surprised? The Index Medicus was used to collect all of the articles concerning plant poisoning in humans in the medical literature for a decade [1967-1977]. The result was a total of 95 plants that had caused human poisoning severe enough to justify published articles in the medical literature. This book was written to specifically address that problem. All of these plants are discussed in this book. Color pictures, most of which were made at the Smithsonian, common and scientific names and discussions of each plant are included. Signs and symptoms, as well as the treatment recommended in the medical articles. Easy to read and interesting. ... Read more