Wild Food Plants of Australia is presented in a concise, convenient form to facilitate quick and ready reference in the field. 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 an emphasis on wild food cuisine, Low describes more than 180 plants from the most tasty and significant food plants 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 hundreds of colour photographs there is also a guide to poisonous plants. This book is a must have in any bushfood book collection and ideal for those that want to identify plants in their garden on in the bush.