Nancy Turner is an ethnobotanist whose work thoughtfully bridges the disciplines of botany and ecology with anthropology, geography, and linguistics. She is deeply interested in the traditional knowledge systems and land and resource management practices of Indigenous Peoples, with a particular focus on western Canada. Her research illuminates the intricate and profound connections between culture and the natural world. She explores how traditional knowledge shapes perspectives on the environment and its sustainability.
Reprint of the revision of the 1975 edition. Each plant is illustrated in color with scientific name, family, a botanical description, habitat, distribution and its uses with warnings about similar, injurious, species. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR