Pacific Northwest Foraging: 120 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Alaska Blueberries to Wild Hazelnuts (Regional Foraging)

Deur, Douglas (Author)

The Pacific Northwest offers a veritable feast for foragers, and with Douglas Deur as your trusted guide you will learn how to safely find and identify an abundance of delicious wild plants. The plant profiles in Pacific Northwest Foraging include clear, color photographs, identification tips, guidance on how to ethically harvest, and suggestions for eating and preserving. A handy seasonal planner details which plants are available during every season. Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska.

Includes bibliographical references and index.;The Pacific Northwest is a veritable feast for foragers. The forests, meadows, streambanks, and even the weedy margins of neighborhoods are home to a surprising number of delicious wild edible plants. Douglas Deur, a lifetime Northwest forager, shares his insights and experiences, showing you what to look for, when and where to look, and how to gather in a responsible way. Pacific Northwest Foraging is a hardworking guide packed with detailed information and clear photography for the safe identification of more than 120 wild plants. It also features a seasonal guide for foraging year-round and collecting tips for sustainable harvesting. It is applicable to Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and southeast Alaska.

Table of Contents:
Preface -- Edible Plants of the Pacific Northwest: An Invitation -- Wild Edibles Season by Season -- Wild Edible Plants of the Pacific Northwest -- balsamroot -- big leaf maple -- biscuitroot -- black hawthorn -- black huckleberry -- black lichen -- bog cranberry and lingonberry -- bog huckleberry -- bracken fern -- bunchberry -- burdock -- camas -- cattail -- chickweed -- chicory -- chinquapin -- chokecherry -- coastal black currant -- Coltsfoot -- common plantain -- cow parsnip -- crabapple -- dandelion -- devil's club -- dock -- eelgrass -- elderberry -- evergreen huckleberry -- fireweed -- goosefoot -- goosegrass -- hazelnut -- high-bush cranberry -- Himalayan blackberry -- horsetail -- Indian plum -- juniper -- kinnikinnick -- knotweed -- lady fern -- lamb's quarters -- licorice fern -- monkeyflower -- mountain ash -- nodding onion -- oak -- Oregon grape -- oval-loafed blueberry and Alaska blueberry -- oxalis -- Pacific waterleaf -- pickleweed -- pine -- pipsissewa -- prickly currant -- red currant -- red huckleberry -- salal -- salmonberry -- seaside arrowgrass -- seaweed -- serviceberry -- sheep sorrel -- shepherd's purse -- Siberian miner's lettuce -- silverweed -- Sitka spruce -- skunk cabbage -- soapberry -- spiny wood fern -- springbank clover -- sticky gooseberry -- stinging nettle -- stink currant -- stonecrop -- sword fern -- tarweed -- thimbleberry -- thistle -- trailing wild blackberry -- trapper's tea and Labrador tea -- tule -- violet -- wapato -- watercress -- wild chamomile -- wild ginger -- wild lily -- wild lily-of-the-valley -- wild mint -- wild raspberry -- wild rose -- wild strawberry -- yampah -- yarrow -- yellow pond-lily -- yerba buena -- Metric Conversions -- Recommendations for Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Photography Credits -- Index.

Jacket Description/Back:
Douglas Deur, a lifetime Northwest forager and specialist in Native American plant traditions, shares his insights and experiences, showing you what to look for, when and where to look, and how to gather in a responsible way.

• A seasonal guide for foraging year-round
• Detailed information for safe identification
• Suggestions for sustainable harvesting
• Tips on preparation and use

Review Quotes:

"Doug Deur invites us to discover the taste and history of the Northwest." --Spencer B. Beebe, author of Cache: Creating Natural Economies and founder of Ecotrust

 "I came to the Pacific Northwest because of the endless bounty of ingredients to cook with. This book opens my eyes to even more of the region's edible wild treasures." --Vitaly Paley, chef and owner of Paley's Place, Imperial, and Portland Penny Dine

" Pacific Northwest Foraging may change the way you see the world." -- Pacific Northwest Magazine

"Doug Deur invites us to discover the taste and history of the Northwest." --Spencer B. Beebe, author of Cache and founder of Ecotrust

Contributor Bio:Deur, Douglas

Douglas Deur has been gathering native plants his whole life. He serves as a cultural ecologist for Native peoples of the western United States and Canada, documenting enduring plant use practices as well as the rituals, values, and technologies that have shaped traditional resource harvests and traditional understandings of the land. He is an associate research professor in the department of anthropology at Portland State University. He has also served as a senior research scientist in the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit in the University of Washington's School of Environmental and Forest Sciences and as an adjunct professor of environmental studies at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Much of his research is supported by the U.S. National Park Service and is used in the peaceful resolution of land-use disputes, as well as in land-use planning that serves to protect and restore culturally significant natural resources. Doug's writings have appeared in books, academic journals, and alternative newspapers. With Nancy Turner, he coedited Keeping It Living: Traditions of Plant Use and Cultivation on the Northwest Coast of North America, the first book-length treatment of Native American plant cultivation traditions in the Pacific Northwest.