The Sierra Forager: Your Guide to Edible Wild Plants of the Tahoe, Yosemite, and Mammoth Regions

Brief Description:
"A guide to safe and responsible practices for foraging, cooking, and eating native and introduced plants that grow in the Tahoe and Northern Sierra Nevada region"--

Table of Contents:

Disclaimer about Dangers of Wild Edibles

Gratitude

Introduction

• A Taste of Place
• A Bit about Me and Why I Forage
• About the Montane Sierra
• Foraging in the Montane Sierra Seasons

Mindful Foraging

• How to Forage with Respect
• Ethics and Rules of Foraging

How to Use This Book

What Not to Eat

• Common Poisonous Plants of the Sierra

Promise

Edible Plants

• American Brooklime/American Speedwell
• Birches
• Blackberries and Raspberries
• Brodiaea and Blue Dicks
• Bush Chinquapin
• Cattails
• Cinquefoils
• Cleavers/Bedstraws
• Clovers
• Common Camas Lily
• Cow Parsnip
• Crab Apple
• Dandelion
• Dock
• Elderberry
• Ferns
• Fireweed
• Horsetails
• Incense Cedar
• Junipers
• Lamb's Quarters
• Manzanitas
• Mountain Ash
• Mountain Coyote Mint
• Mugwort
• Mullein
• Mustards, Cresses, and Radishes
• Oregon Grape
• Pineapple Weed
• Pines and Firs
• Plantains
• Purslane
• Roses
• Sagebrush
• Salsify
• Serviceberries
• Sierra Gooseberry
• Spring Beauties
• Stinging Nettle
• Strawberries
• Tarweeds
• Thimbleberry
• Thistles
• West Coast Goldenrod
• Western Blue Flax
• Wild Currants
• Wild Onions
• Wild Plums and Cherries
• Yampahs
• Yarrow

Next Steps

Appendix A: The Plants by Season and Index of Plant Names

Appendix B: Additional Edible Plants in the Montane Sierra

Resources

About the Author

Mia Andler is a foraging expert, founder and director of Vilda--a nonprofit that connects children to nature in Northern California--and coauthor of The Bay Area Forager (2015). Originally from Finland, she has been foraging since she was a little girl and has studied the regenerative practices of earth-based cultures around the world. Andler has been backpacking and foraging in the Sierra Nevada and the San Francisco Bay Area for over 25 years. She has appeared on television, film, and radio for her work on helping people foster meaningful connection with nature. She lives with her children in Truckee, California.

Praise for The Sierra Forager:

"Andler's book advises readers about finding edible plants in each season. Summer features the most offerings, including blossoms, berries, and greens such as dandelion and nettle. But even winter offers provisions like tree bark, fir needles and seeds of tall plants. [...] This beautiful book will fill stomachs as it educates and broadens the horizons of even those who consider themselves experienced Sierra Nevada adventurers." --Sierra Nevada Ally

Praise for Mia Andler's previous book, The Bay Area Forager, coauthored with Kevin Feinstein:

"This is a wonderful resource that is not only full of information on individual plants, it also sets forth a vision for how we may live in a regenerative way."--Drew Harwell, Washington Post