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Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples

This book describes some 300 plant species used by the people of the Okanagan, Thompson, Carrier, Chilcotin, and Kootenay, among others. Detailed botanical descriptions of the plants aer accompanied by photographs and notes on their habitat and distributions as well as information on their collection, preparation, and use.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 164 pages

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