Must-Know Go-To Survival Plants of North America Paperback – October 21, 2025

THE MUST-KNOW GO-TO SURVIVAL PLANTS OF NORTH AMERICAThis easy-to-read book includes a line drawing for each plant, and photos which make identification easy. There is also a numerical graph which gives each plant a “score” depending on how useful the plant is for food, medicine, water, fire, shelter, and other. There is also a guide to use and storage, showing that the plant can be eaten raw, or cooked, and whether it is best stored when dried, frozen, or pickled, or all three.The authors did their best to include plants that you’re likely to find anywhere in North America. They also included those plants that they use most of the time, because the included plants are widespread, common, easy to recognize, and they taste good!The book has 29 entries, though it covers many more than 29 individual plants. For example, in the Tree section, they discuss the elderberries, the oaks, and the willows. What they say about these three genera of trees is applicable to every species world-wide of the elders, oaks, and willows. There are 20 species of Sambucus (elder) world-wide, about 600 species of Quercus (oak trees) world-wide, and about 400 species of Salix (the willows) world-wide.What they write about blackberry applies to all species of Rubus, and their comments on Cattail apply to all 15 species of cattails world-wide.Yes, the authors do talk about individual species that are used for food, such as chickweed, lamb’s quarter, and purslane. And several in the Herbaceous Plants section contain many individual species, such as Grasses, which contain about 10,550 species world-wide, and Onions of which there are about 500 species world-wide, and Seaweeds. Seaweeds are marine algae, divided into the three categories of green, red, and brown algae, with a combined total of about 10,000 species world-wide.This book is a refreshing addition to your botanical studies, whether you are a novice or expert. Read more