As I mentioned in the Plant Walk video, and will mention in every video that discusses plant identification, you and you alone are 100% responsible for anything you choose to consume. Always be 100% sure on your plant identification.
I believe that having a primary reference and backing it up with 2-3 additional references is best practice even with training from local guides.
I recommend you get each of my top three choices as a baseline for a basic plant and wild edible library. All three are excellent.
From there, I also recommend one of the other field guides (based on your focus pants/trees/mushroom/etc.) as a backup reference. Follow that up with one of the regional foraging series for your particular area as a tertiary reference.
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Hope to see you in the woods,
-Joshua Enyart, The Grey Bearded Green Beret
My Top Three Recommended Books:
- Newcombs’ Wildflower Guide (Little, Brown, and Company) http://bit.ly/gbgb-newcombs
- Foraging and Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook (Dini Falconi) http://bit.ly/gbgb-forage
- Ancestral Plants: A Primitive Skills Guide to Important Wild Edible, Medicinal, and Useful Plants (Arthur Haines) http://bit.ly/gbgb-ancestral-plants
As Confirmation Resources:
Peterson Field Guides http://bit.ly/gbgb-peterson-Guides
National Audubon Society Field Guides http://bit.ly/gbgb-national-audubon
Regional Foraging Series for Tertiary Confirmation:
Northeast Foraging (Leda Meredith) http://bit.ly/gbgb-NE-foraging
Southeast Foraging (Chris Bennett) http://bit.ly/gbgb-SE-foraging
Midwest Foraging (Lisa M. Rose) http://bit.ly/gbgb-MW-foraging
Pacific Northwest Foraging (Douglas Deur) http://bit.ly/gbgb-pnw-foraging
Southwest Foraging (John Slattery) http://bit.ly/gbgb-SW-foraging
Mountain States Medicinal Plants (Briana Wiles) http://bit.ly/gbgb-MS-medicinal
California Foraging (Judith Larner Lowry) http://bit.ly/gbgb-CA-foraging
