The Encyclopedia of Bio-indicator, Edible and Medicinal Plants Vol.1: Soil Diagnostics Guide (French edition)

Since the appearance of plants on Earth, they have learned to adapt to the most diverse environments. Whether it involves acidic, calcareous, compacted, or disrupted soils, each plant species grows where it finds conditions favorable for its development. And what if this presence was not a coincidence ?

This Volume 1 of The Encyclopedia of Bio-indicator, Food, and Medicinal Plants propose a innovative approach : understanding the condition of soil by observing the Spontaneous plants that grow there. Thanks to the work of Gérard Ducerf, field botanist and former farmer-gatherer, this book offers a live and accessible reading the interaction between plants and their environment.

What lessons can be learned from a field overrun with poppies? Why do bindweeds proliferate in your vegetable garden? What does the abundance of dandelions in a meadow tell us ?

So many agricultural and ecological questions to which this work provides precise answers. It is intended for both amateur gardeners than to the soil professionals, farmers, technical advisors, or trainers.

Over 1300 color photos illustrate the 284 species presented, thereby facilitating their Botanical identification in the field. For each plant, the following details are provided:

• His/Her/Their indications on the condition of the soil

• His/Her/Their medicinal properties

• His/Her/Their Food uses

A vegetable recipe book completes the work, encouraging the exploration of the culinary richness of the edible wild plants : young leaf salads, pestos, infusions, soups, and other natural delicacies.

This book also allows a Dynamic study of soil evolution, useful for adapting agricultural or gardening practices in favor of the fertility and of the ecological resilience.

First volume of an ambitious series, this guide opens a new path in agroecology, founded on the knowledge of bioindicator plants and their key role in the balance between humans, the earth, and health.

🟢 Article features

• Type of product : Paperback book

• Title : The Encyclopedia of Bio-indicator, Food, and Medicinal Plants – Volume 1

• Author : Gérard Ducerf

• Editor : PROMONATURE

• Collection : The Encyclopedia of Bio-indicator Plants

• Language : French

• ISBN : 978-2-9519258-7-8

• Publication date : January 1, 2014

• Number of pages : 352 pages

• Dimensions : 29 x 20 cm

• Weight : 1490 g

• Themes : Medicinal plants, Bio-indication, Soil diagnostics, Botany, Agroecology, Wild cuisine