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Peterson Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants

Lee Allen Peterson · Updated August 2026

Why it earned a place

Portable keys, habitat notes, and comparison species create a useful foundation for supervised field learning.

Best for
Building identification vocabulary and confirming common regional plants
Material / format
Paperback · 330 pages · ISBN 9780395926222
Know before buying
Never eat a wild plant from a single-source identification
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Selection notes

A first reference, never the final word.

Every object page combines practical reasoning, limitations, care, and the context needed to decide whether it belongs in your own kitchen, field kit, bookshelf, or home.