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Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising for creating varieties needed to expand food production, and there are excellent prospects of generating new economically competitive crops from these natives. The inadequacy of current crops to meet the food demands of the world's huge, growing population makes the potential of indigenous North American food plants even more significant. These plants can also generate crops that are more compatible with the ecology of the world, and many also have inherent health benefits.
Presenting detailed scholarship, a thoroughly accessible style, and numerous entertaining anecdotes, North American Cornucopia: Top 100 Indigenous Food Plants is a full-color book dedicated to the most important 100 native food plants of North America north of Mexico that have achieved commercial success or have substantial market potential. The introductory chapter reviews the historical development of North American indigenous crops and factors bearing on their future economic success. The rest of the book consists of 100 chapters, each dedicated to a particular crop. The book employs a user-friendly chapter format that presents the material in sections offering in-depth coverage of each plant.
The first section of each chapter provides information on the scientific and English names of the plants, followed by a section on the geography and ecology of the wild forms, accompanied by a map showing the North American distribution. A section entitled "Plant Portrait" comprises a basic description of the plant, its history, and its economic and social importance. This is followed by "Culinary Portrait," concerned with food uses and culinary vocabulary. The chapters then provide an analysis of the economic future of each crop, discuss notable and interesting scientific or technological observations and accomplishments, and present extensive references.
Contents
Introduction. Acerola. American Chestnut. American Ginseng. American Persimmon. Anise Hyssop. Aronia. Azolla (Mosquito Ferns). Bergamot. Bilberry. Black Walnut. Blackberries and Dewberries. Blue Honeysuckle. Blue Waxweed. Blueberries. Buffaloberries. Buffalo Gourd. Butternut. Cabbage Palmetto. Cactus Pear. California Bay. Camas. Canada Garlic. Cattails. Cherries: North American Species. Chinkapin. Chive. Chufa. Cloudberry. Coast Tarweed. Cranberry. (American) Cranberry Bush (Highbush Cranberry). Crowberry. Devil's Claw. Duck Potato. Dwarf Cape Gooseberry. Dwarf Glasswort. Elder. Epazote. Evening Primrose. Fiddlehead Fern (Ostrich Fern). Golden Chia. Golden Currant. Grapes. Groundnut (Apios). Hawthorns (Including Mayhaws). Hazelnuts. Hickories. Hog Peanut. Honewort. Hop. Huckleberries. Jerusalem Artichoke. Jojoba. Joshua Tree. Juniper. Labrador Tea. Lingonberry. May-Apple. Maypop. Mesquite. Mexican Oregano. Mountain Mint. Nettle (Stinging Nettle). Nodding Onion. Northern Gooseberry. Ogechee Lime. Oregon Grape. Paper Birch. Paradise Tree. Pawpaw. Pecan. Piñon Pine. Plums: North American Species. Pokeweed. Prairie Turnip. Raspberries. Red Mulberry. Reed (Common). Roses. Saguaro. Salal. Salmonberry. Saskatoon. Sassafras. Saw Palmetto. Scotch Lovage. Scurvy Grass. Sea Grape. Spicebush. Squash (Cucurbita pepo Squash). Strawberries: North American Species. Sugar Maple. Sunflower. Sweet Gale. Tepary Bean. Wild Leek (Ramp). Wild Rice. Winter Purslane. Yampah. Yerba Buena. Appendix. Index of Common Names. Index of Scientific Names. Index of Culinary Names.
