Wild plant culture A guide to restoring edible and medicinal native plant communities
Book - 2023
"Wild Plant Culture covers the ecological restoration of native edible and medicinal plant communities with a focus on Eastern North America. Integrating restoration practices, foraging, herbalism, rewilding, and permaculture, it provides tools to engage with wild plant communities in mutually beneficial relationships."--
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Gabriola Island, BC, Canada :
New Society Publishers
[2023]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- ix, 293 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portrait ; 23 cm
Issued also in electronic formats - Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780865719804
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1. Restoring Reciprocity, Sustaining Sustenance
- Introduction
- The Farmer's Quandary
- Two Human Paths
- Who Is This Book For?
- Chapter 1. A different Way
- Tending the Wild
- Eat Local
- Chapter 2. Plants in Relationship
- Plant Planet
- Carbon and Soils
- Temperature and Water
- Wild Plants as Food
- Wild Plants as Medicine
- Chapter 3. Ecological Restoration
- Mimesis and the Reference Ecosystem
- Restoring Plants
- Chapter 4. In Community with Nature
- Communities
- Belonging to an Ecological Community
- Section 2. Learning Your Land
- Chapter 5. Reading Geology, Soils, and Water
- Soils and Geology
- Water
- Plants and Hydrology
- Chapter 6. Land Use History
- Land Use History and Habitat Quality
- Post-Agricultural Soils
- Natural Disturbances
- Chapter 7. Reading the Story of the Land
- Historical Aerial Photos and Maps
- Analyzing the Landscape
- Indicators of a Remnant
- Indicators of Disturbed Habitats
- Making Your Own Map
- Tend or Mend
- High-Quality Sites → Tend
- Low-Quality Sites → Mend
- Section 3. Plant Communities and Culturally Useful Plants
- Chapter 8. Plant Communities
- Plant Community: Riparian Forests
- Plant Community: Rich Mesic Forest
- Plant Community: Upland Oak Forest
- Plant Community: Glades
- Plant Community: Meadows and Grasslands
- Plant Community: Forested Wetlands
- Plant Community: Sunny Wetlands and Shores
- Plant Community: High Elevation and Northern Forests
- Plant Community: Sandy Pine and Oak Forests
- Plant Community: The Seashore
- Chapter 9. Plant Species
- Section 4. Restoring Your Land
- Chapter 10. The Reference Site
- How to Find a Reference Site
- Interpreting a Natural Area for Beginners
- Chapter 11. Repairing Soils
- Soil Amendments
- Wood Chips
- Leaf Compost
- Mycorrhizal Fungi
- Biochar
- Decompacting Soil
- Restoring Landscape Structure
- Pit and Mound Topography
- Structural Repair Methods
- Chapter 12. Vegetation Control
- Tillage
- Smothering and Solarizing
- The "Lasagna" Mulching Method
- Herbicides
- Chapter 13. Burning
- Indigenous Fire
- Transitions
- Ecological Potential
- Chapter 14. Deer Management and Exclusion
- Protecting Plantings from White-Tailed Deer
- Chapter 15. Introducing Plant Materials
- Planting
- Seeding
- Post-Seeding Maintenance for Meadows
- Meadow Maintenance
- Conclusion: A Missing Link
- Belonging to This Place
- Appendix - Assessment and Monitoring Techniques
- Assessment and Monitoring
- Baseline Monitoring
- Monitoring Methods
- Photo Monitoring
- Biological Inventories
- Floristic Quality Assessment
- Sampling Units
- Endnotes
- Index
- About the Author
- About New Society Publishers