Edible and Medicinal Plants of Canada - Softcover

Andy MacKinnon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1772130028 ISBN 13: 9781772130027

Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing (CA), 2000

Synopsis

Throughout human history plants have provided us with food, clothing, medicine and shelter. Canada is a huge country with diverse habitats that are home to an incredible diversity of plant species that have helped native peoples and early settlers survive through the centuries. This book describes nearly 600 common trees, shrubs, flowers, ferns, mosses and lichens that have been used by people from ancient times to the present. More than 800 color photographs and illustrations.

About this title

About the Author:

ANDY MACKINNON is a professional biologist and professional forester who works as regional ecologist for coastal BC for the B.C. Ministry of Forests and Range. Andy is also adjunct professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University.LINDA KERSHAW has been an avid naturalist since childhood and focused her studies on botany at the University of Waterloo, earning her master's degree in 1976. Following her education, she has worked as a consultant and researcher in northwestern Canada and as an editor/author in Edmonton, while pursuing her two favorite pastimes--photography and illustrating.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing (CA)
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1772130028
• ISBN 13: 9781772130027
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 448