Native Food Plants of Texas

This is the first field guide to edible wild plants in Texas based entirely on Indigenous knowledge. Drawing on decades of ethnobotanical research and firsthand foraging experience, it documents the historical uses of over 120 native species, naming the Indigenous peoples who harvested them and describing the exact methods that sustained them for millennia.

Carefully crafted by an expert forager and scholar, this 300+ page guide features detailed plant profiles with 98 full-color photos and collages, 4 illustrations, 130 maps, and historical context. Every factual statement is traceable to citations, making it both a practical resource and a rigorously researched reference book.

Whether you are a forager, naturalist, educator, or student of traditional lifeways, this book reveals exactly how humans have relied on nature for sustenance. Comprehensive, evocative, richly illustrated, and grounded in science and history, it is an essential guide to North America's wild plants.