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A review by stompyboots
Botany in a Day: Thomas J. Elpel's Herbal Field Guide to Plant Families by Thomas J. Elpel
5.0
So perfect. I highly recommend this book for all lovers of plants, whether you're a beginner/intermediate/expert in identifying them. Learning plants by family first and then drilling down to the individual species that are locally abundant is a practical method that allows you to really see all the species around you and observe their life cycles.
It's also a good primer for folks who are interested in WHY medicinal plants work the way they do, as Elpel has provided brief scientific explanations of things like alkaloids, glycosides, acrids and resins.
It's also a good primer for folks who are interested in WHY medicinal plants work the way they do, as Elpel has provided brief scientific explanations of things like alkaloids, glycosides, acrids and resins.