Edible plants : a photographic survey of the wild edible botanicals of North America / Jimmy W. Fike.

ISBN:

9781684351695

9781684351701

Title:

Edible plants : a photographic survey of the wild edible botanicals of North America / Jimmy W. Fike.

Author:

Fike, Jimmy W., author, photographer.

Personal Author:

Fike, Jimmy W., author, photographer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contents:

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by Millee Tibbs -- Foreword by Dr. Mark K. Wourms -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Agoseris -- Amaranth -- American Lotus -- American Speedwell -- Angelica -- Arrowleaf Balsamroot -- Asparagus -- Autumn Olive -- Ballhead Waterleaf -- Bedstraw -- Bracken Fern -- Broadleaf Plantain -- Bugleweed -- Burdock -- California Poppy -- Canadian Violet -- Cattail -- Chestnut Oak -- Chia -- Chickweed -- Chiming Bells -- Chokeberry -- Clover -- Cow Parsnip -- Curly Dock -- Dandelion -- Desert Hollygrape -- Desert Parsley -- Desert Trumpet

Eastern Hemlock -- Eastern White Pine -- Echinacea -- Elderberry -- False Solomon's Seal -- Field Mint -- Field Pennycress -- Filaree -- Gill-over-the-ground -- Ginkgo -- Ginseng -- Glacier Lily -- Gooseberry -- Greenbrier -- Ground Cherry -- Heal-all -- Hedge Mustard -- Henbit -- Hibiscus -- Hoary Mountain Mint -- Hooker's Evening Primrose -- Horehound -- Indian Cucumber -- Ithuriel's Spear -- Jojoba -- Juniper -- Kentucky Coffee Tree -- Lemonade Berry -- Lemon Balm -- Licorice Fern -- London Rocket -- Man-of-the-earth -- Manzanita -- Marsh Mallow -- Marsh Marigold -- Mayapple -- Mesquite

Miner's Lettuce -- Mock Strawberry -- Monkey Flower -- Nettle-leaf Goosefoot -- Oxeye Daisy -- Pale Touch-me-not -- Palo Verde -- Pawpaw -- Pickerelweed -- Pineapple Weed -- Prickly Lettuce -- Purslane -- Raspberry -- Salmonberry -- Sassafras -- Sea Beans -- Sego Lily -- Sheep Sorrel -- Shisho -- Shooting Star -- Silverweed -- Skunk Cabbage -- Soap Plant -- Solomon's Seal -- Spicebush -- Spring Beauty -- Stonecrop -- Sumac -- Sunflower -- Swamp Hedge Nettle -- Walnut -- Wapato -- Watercress -- Water Lily -- Wild Ginger -- Wild Oats -- Wild Oregano -- Wild Radish -- Wild Rhubarb -- Wild Rose

Wintergreen -- Wolfberry -- Wood Nettle -- Yampa -- Yellow Bells -- Yellow Wood Sorrel -- Yerba Santa

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Subject Term:

Plants, Edible -- North America -- Identification.

Plants, Edible -- North America -- Pictorial works.

Plantes comestibles -- Amérique du Nord -- Identification.

Plantes comestibles -- Amérique du Nord -- Ouvrages illustrés.

ART / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals

Plants, Edible

Geographic Term:

North America

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2022

Publication Information:

Bloomington, Indiana :

Red Lightning Books,

2022.

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Summary

For over a decade, artist Jimmy Fike traveled across the continental United States in an epic effort to photograph wild edible flora. Edible Plants is the culmination of that journey, featuring over 100 photographs that Fike has selectively colorized to highlight the comestible part of the plant.

While the images initially appear to be scientific illustrations or photograms from the dawn of photography when plants were placed directly on sensitized paper and exposed under the sun, a closer look reveals, according to Liesl Bradner of the Los Angeles Times , "haunting [and] eerily beautiful" photographs. Beyond instilling wonder, Fike's contemporary, place-based approach to landscape photography emphasizes our relationship to the natural world, reveals food sources, and encourages environmental stewardship. His clever and beautiful method makes it easy to identify both the specimen and its edible parts and includes detailed descriptions about the plant's wider purposes as food and medicine.

Sumptuously illustrated and delightfully informative, Edible Plants is the perfect gift for anyone curious about unlocking the secrets of native North American plants.

Author Notes

Jimmy W. Fike was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1970. Even at an early age he showed a penchant for art and a love for exploring nature. He earned a BA in Art from Auburn University and an MFA in Photography from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Fike's photographs have been exhibited extensively across the United States, published in the Washington Post , Boston Globe , Los Angeles Times , Mother Jones , and can be found in the permanent collections of the George Eastman Museum, St. Lawrence University, and the University of Alabama Birmingham. He currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his daughter, Isobel, and dogs, Sallie and Scrappy, where he works as Residential Art Faculty at Estrella Mountain Community College.

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

The photographs in this botanical survey are almost otherworldly. Fike offers over 100 edible plants, white on a solidly black background, with their edible parts gently colorized. Each plant's image is accompanied by concise notes with information on field description, common landscape, edible portions, medicinal uses, food preparation, and traditional use by Native Americans. The mountain dandelion flower is edible, and leaves may be used in salads and the roots roasted. As a medicinal herb, it is used to treat wounds and swelling, as well as for wart removal. Sea beans, also known as pickleweed, grow only in saltwater environments like coastal marshes, bays, and saltwater lakes. The stalks are the edible parts, best harvested young. They are high in calcium, iron, and vitamin A. Salty and crunchy when eaten raw, they are sometimes pickled. This is an unusual and exceptionally engaging survey of edible plants. Hungry food foragers will carry it in the woods, and the images are wonderfully suitable for coffee-table enjoyment. Edible Plants merits prominent display in any public library collection.

Excerpts

Manzanita, Arctostaphylos spp. An evergreen shrub or small tree growing to twenty feet, found in dry sunny places like chaparral shrub lands, coastal scrublands and open forests in the western and southwestern United States. The shrub is identifiable by its red, smooth twisted branches and fruits that look like little apples turning from green to red as the season progresses. The greyish green leaves are leathery, oval and lighter in color on the underside. Its flowers are bell shaped, white to pink and hang in clusters of up to twenty. There are over one hundred species of manzanitas with most producing edible fruits and flowers. The ripe berries are sour but can be eaten raw, added to dishes and desserts or dried and ground for later use. The berries can be crushed and soaked in water to create a cider-like drink. The young flowers are sweet and can be used raw as an addition to salads or as a garnish. Traditionally, manzanita has been used to treat a number of medical conditions; colds, urinary tract infections, stomach aches, bronchitis, and poison ivy. Sego Lily, Mariposa Lily, Calochortus nuttallii A slender perennial herb growing to eighteen inches in height; found in woodlands, grasslands, sagebrush scrub, and on dry foothills along the Rocky Mountain corridor and into Utah and Nevada. Other similar species of mariposa lilies can be found throughout the western United States and are identical in edibility. Sego lily bulbs grow relatively deeply and are onion-like in appearance. Its leaves are few and grass like, mostly basal and clasping the thin stalk. The flowers are white to pale yellow with three petals and three sepals with hints of light purple or magenta with a yellow base, cup like in shape, but open, up to three inches across with one to four flowers per plant. Mariposa lilies were an important food source for many Native American tribes in the west. The flower petals can be eaten raw as a sweet trail nibble. The nutritious bulbs can be eaten raw, but are more commonly roasted, steamed or dried and ground for flour that can be added to breads or as a thickening agent in soups. Medicinally, it has been used to treat acne and aid in childbirth. These lilies are rare enough that harvesting should be done very conservatively to maintain healthy populations of this beautiful flower. Excerpted from Edible Plants: A Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of North America by Jimmy Fike All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.