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Author Foster, Steven, 1957-

Title Peterson field guide to medicinal plants and herbs of eastern and central North America / Steven Foster and James A. Duke ; photographs by Steven Foster.

Imprint Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Eureka Non-Fiction  581.634 Fos    ---  Available
Edition 3rd ed.
Description xviii, 456 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
Series Peterson field guides
Note "Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, and the National Wildlife Federation."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 422-425) and indexes.
Summary 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.
Contents How to use this book -- White or whitish flowers -- Yellow flowers -- Orange flowers -- Pink to red flowers -- Violet to blue flowers -- Green flowers -- Shrubs -- Trees -- Woody vines -- Ferns -- Grasses and grasslike plants.
Subject Medicinal plants -- East (U.S.) -- Identification.
Medicinal plants -- Middle West -- Identification.
Medicinal plants -- Canada, Eastern -- Identification.
Added Author Duke, James A., 1929-2017.
Added Title Field guide to medicinal plants and herbs of eastern and central North America
Medicinal plants and herbs of eastern and central North America
ISBN 0547943989 (pbk.)
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