Nick's Recommendation:
A fantastic guide to edible bush plants, Small enough to cary as a field guide when out exploring.
Covers Australia wide but importantly covers these particular Bellarine Peninsula plants:
Suadea australis Seablite
Sarcocornia quinqueflora Samphire
Apium prostratum Sea Celery
Carprobrostos Pigface/Karkalla
Rhagodia candolleana Seabery Salt-bush
Tetregonia Implexicoma Bower Spinach
Atriplex cinera Grey Saltbush
Leucopogon parviflorus Coast Beard Heath
Myoporum Boobialas
Acacia sophorae Coast Wattle
Avcennia marina Grey Mangrove
Triglochin Water Ribbons
Bolboschoennus Clubrushes
Eleocharis Spike Rush
Cumbungi Bulrush
Rubus parvifolus Native Raspberry/bramble
Solanum aviculare Kangaroo Apple
Burchardia umbellata Milkmaids
Wurmbea Early Nancy
Caesia Grass lilies
Bulbine bulbosa Bulbine Lilly
Athropodium strictum Chocolate lilly
Thysanotus Twining Fringe lily
Microseris Yam Dasiy (Extinct on Peninsula)
Geranium Cranebills
Dianella Flax Lilies
Pteridium Bracken
Lomandra Longifolia Spiny Headed Mat-rush
Cassytha Devils Twine
Mistletoes
Stephylia humifusa Cranberry Heath
Persoonias Geebung
Exocarpus Native Cherry
Xanthorea Grass Trees
Banksias
Acacias
Eucalyptus
Enchylaena tomentosa Ruby Saltbush
Always be careful when foraging for food in the bush. Some plants that look similar may be poisonous. Check with local authorities and observe signage as some areas/plants may be protected before picking leaves or fruit.
Description:
Tim Low has provided a truly reliable guide to our edible flora, making identification easy. Thus it is a perfect companion for bushwalkers, naturalists, scientists and, with emphasis on wild food cuisine, gourmets. Low describes more than 180 plants - from the most tasty and significant plant foods of southern and eastern Australia to the more important and spectacular inland and tropical foods. Distribution maps are provided with each description plus notes on how these plants were used in the past and can be used today. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs and line drawings there is also a guide to poisonous and non-poisonous plants, and information on introduced food plants, the nutrients found in wild food plants, on bush survival, and how to forage for and cook with wild plants.
Pages: 248, Cover: Paperback, Publisher: HarperCollins, ISBN: 9780207169304