Author: Jim Meuninck
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493010255
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
A richly photographed and information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran, Basic Illustrated Poisonous and Harmful Plants distills years of knowledge into an affordable visual guide. Whether planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, with this updated guide you'll discover how to identify and avoid poisonous, harmful, and psychoactive plants in the contiguous United States. BASIC ILLUSTRATED Poisonous and Psychoactive Plants identifies wild and cultivated plants that are: • Toxic and dangerous • Psychoactive • Allergenic • Inflammatory
The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms
Author: Nancy J. Turner
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 160469145X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
If people knew how many poisonous plants are commonly found in homes and gardens, they'd be shocked. Plants as common as monkshood, castorbean, and oleander are not just dangerous, they're deadly. The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms is a comprehensive, easy-to-use handbook. The book is split into four main categories: mushrooms, wild plants, ornamental and crop plants, and houseplants. Each plant entry includes a clear photograph to aid the task of identification, a description of the plant, notes on where they commonly occur, and a description of their toxic properties. Plants are listed by common name to assist the non-specialist.
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 160469145X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
If people knew how many poisonous plants are commonly found in homes and gardens, they'd be shocked. Plants as common as monkshood, castorbean, and oleander are not just dangerous, they're deadly. The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms is a comprehensive, easy-to-use handbook. The book is split into four main categories: mushrooms, wild plants, ornamental and crop plants, and houseplants. Each plant entry includes a clear photograph to aid the task of identification, a description of the plant, notes on where they commonly occur, and a description of their toxic properties. Plants are listed by common name to assist the non-specialist.
Hallucinogenic Plants
Author: Richard Evans Schultes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780307243621
Category : Hallucinogenic plants
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Provides information on the native habitat, appearance, characteristics, and past and present uses of numerous plants whose chemical composition causes sensory distortion and hallucinations.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780307243621
Category : Hallucinogenic plants
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Provides information on the native habitat, appearance, characteristics, and past and present uses of numerous plants whose chemical composition causes sensory distortion and hallucinations.
The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants
Author: Christian Rätsch
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1594776628
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 3143
Book Description
The most comprehensive guide to the botany, history, distribution, and cultivation of all known psychoactive plants • Examines 414 psychoactive plants and related substances • Explores how using psychoactive plants in a culturally sanctioned context can produce important insights into the nature of reality • Contains 797 color photographs and 645 black-and-white illustrations In the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful plants--those known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of consciousness--have traditionally been regarded as sacred. In The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants Christian Rätsch details the botany, history, distribution, cultivation, and preparation and dosage of more than 400 psychoactive plants. He discusses their ritual and medicinal usage, cultural artifacts made from these plants, and works of art that either represent or have been inspired by them. The author begins with 168 of the most well-known psychoactives--such as cannabis, datura, and papaver--then presents 133 lesser known substances as well as additional plants known as “legal highs,” plants known only from mythological contexts and literature, and plant products that include substances such as ayahuasca, incense, and soma. The text is lavishly illustrated with 797 color photographs--many of which are from the author’s extensive fieldwork around the world--showing the people, ceremonies, and art related to the ritual use of the world’s sacred psychoactives.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1594776628
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 3143
Book Description
The most comprehensive guide to the botany, history, distribution, and cultivation of all known psychoactive plants • Examines 414 psychoactive plants and related substances • Explores how using psychoactive plants in a culturally sanctioned context can produce important insights into the nature of reality • Contains 797 color photographs and 645 black-and-white illustrations In the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful plants--those known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of consciousness--have traditionally been regarded as sacred. In The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants Christian Rätsch details the botany, history, distribution, cultivation, and preparation and dosage of more than 400 psychoactive plants. He discusses their ritual and medicinal usage, cultural artifacts made from these plants, and works of art that either represent or have been inspired by them. The author begins with 168 of the most well-known psychoactives--such as cannabis, datura, and papaver--then presents 133 lesser known substances as well as additional plants known as “legal highs,” plants known only from mythological contexts and literature, and plant products that include substances such as ayahuasca, incense, and soma. The text is lavishly illustrated with 797 color photographs--many of which are from the author’s extensive fieldwork around the world--showing the people, ceremonies, and art related to the ritual use of the world’s sacred psychoactives.
Basic Illustrated Medicinal Plants
Author: Jim Meuninck
Publisher: Falcon Guides
ISBN: 9781493041053
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
An information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran. Distills years of knowledge into an affordable and portable book. With this guide, you'll discover how to identify medicinal plants in the contiguous United States.
Publisher: Falcon Guides
ISBN: 9781493041053
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
An information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran. Distills years of knowledge into an affordable and portable book. With this guide, you'll discover how to identify medicinal plants in the contiguous United States.
Poisonous Plants & Fungi
Author: Marion R. Cooper
Publisher: Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780117028616
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
This is a revised edition of the 1988 guide, now including over 300 plants and 100 fungi, and adopting the common name usage of wild plants from the book New Flora of the British Isles (1991). The purpose of this publication is to provide information on plants found in Britain that are known to have adverse effects on people or animals, either here or abroad. It is intended as a layman's guide, but is also a reference tool for doctors, veterinarians and farmers.
Publisher: Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780117028616
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
This is a revised edition of the 1988 guide, now including over 300 plants and 100 fungi, and adopting the common name usage of wild plants from the book New Flora of the British Isles (1991). The purpose of this publication is to provide information on plants found in Britain that are known to have adverse effects on people or animals, either here or abroad. It is intended as a layman's guide, but is also a reference tool for doctors, veterinarians and farmers.
Plants That Kill
Author: Elizabeth A. Dauncey
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691178763
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"This richly illustrated book provides an in-depth natural history of the most poisonous plants on earth, covering everything from the lethal effects of hemlock and deadly nightshade to the uses of such plants in medicine, ritual, and chemical warfare"--Dust jacket.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691178763
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"This richly illustrated book provides an in-depth natural history of the most poisonous plants on earth, covering everything from the lethal effects of hemlock and deadly nightshade to the uses of such plants in medicine, ritual, and chemical warfare"--Dust jacket.