that wild food books don’t provide a great guide to plant identification. the thing is, in general, they never set out to achieve this. they are wild food guides. if you don’t know the plants already, then these books need to be used in conjunction with good identification guides and keys. i have provided a list here. my approach to these mixed media pieces of art is that i want to just have fun and be creative! they are a pleasure to paint and sometimes i just play and play with many layers of art media till i feel it’s done. then i stop. 