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Invasive plant medicine : the ecological benefits and healing abilities of invasives / Timothy Lee Scott.

By: Publication details: Rochester, Vt. : Healing Arts Press, c2010.Description: xviii, 348 p., [16] of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781594773051 (pbk.)
  • 159477305X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 581.6/2 22
LOC classification:
  • SB613.5 .S36 2010
Contents:
1 The Politics of Prolific Plants -- 2 The Science of Invasions -- 3 Naturally Native: Plants on the Move -- 4 The Nature of Harm, the Harm to Nature -- 5 Invasive Herbicidal Impacts -- 6 The Economics of Weeds -- 7 The Deep Ecology of Invasives -- 8 The Chemistry of Plant Medicine -- 9 Using Invasive Plants to Treat Invasive Diseases -- PART 3 Guide to Invasive Plants: Medicine and Ecological Roles -- Artemisia (Artemisia absinthium var. annua) -- Barberry (Berberis vulgaris var. thunbergii) -- Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) -- Blackberry (Rubus spp.) -- Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) -- English Ivy (Hedera helix) -- Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) -- Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) -- Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum) -- Knapweed or Star Thistle (Centaurea spp.) -- Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) -- Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) -- Plantain (Plantago spp.) -- Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) -- Reed (Phragmites australis) -- Russian/Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus spp.) -- Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) -- Siberian Elm (Ulmus pumila) -- Tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) -- Thistle (Cirsium spp.) -- Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) -- White Mulberry (Morus alba) -- Wild Mustard (Brassica rapa var. nigra) -- Wild Rose (Rosa spp.)
Summary: "The first book to show how plants wrongly identified as harming the environment actually restore the Earth's ecosystem and possess powerful healing properties"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The first book to show how plants wrongly identified as harming the environment actually restore the Earth's ecosystem and possess powerful healing properties"--Provided by publisher.

1 The Politics of Prolific Plants -- 2 The Science of Invasions -- 3 Naturally Native: Plants on the Move -- 4 The Nature of Harm, the Harm to Nature -- 5 Invasive Herbicidal Impacts -- 6 The Economics of Weeds -- 7 The Deep Ecology of Invasives -- 8 The Chemistry of Plant Medicine -- 9 Using Invasive Plants to Treat Invasive Diseases -- PART 3 Guide to Invasive Plants: Medicine and Ecological Roles -- Artemisia (Artemisia absinthium var. annua) -- Barberry (Berberis vulgaris var. thunbergii) -- Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) -- Blackberry (Rubus spp.) -- Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) -- English Ivy (Hedera helix) -- Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) -- Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) -- Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum) -- Knapweed or Star Thistle (Centaurea spp.) -- Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) -- Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) -- Plantain (Plantago spp.) -- Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) -- Reed (Phragmites australis) -- Russian/Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus spp.) -- Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) -- Siberian Elm (Ulmus pumila) -- Tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) -- Thistle (Cirsium spp.) -- Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) -- White Mulberry (Morus alba) -- Wild Mustard (Brassica rapa var. nigra) -- Wild Rose (Rosa spp.)

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