Acknowledgments
Section One: Restoring Reciprocity, Sustaining Sustenance
Introduction
The Farmer's Quandary
Two Human Paths
Who Is This Book For?
Chapter 1: A Different Way
Tending the Wild
Eat Local
Chapter 2: Plants in Relationship
Plant Planet
Carbon and Soils
Temperature and Water
Wild Plants as Food
Wild Plants as Medicine
Chapter 3: Ecological Restoration
Mimesis and the Reference
Ecosystem
Restoring Plants
Chapter 4: In Community with Nature
Communities
Belonging to an Ecological Community
Section Two: Learning Your Land
Chapter 5: Reading Geology, Soils, and Water
Soils and Geology
Water
Plants and Hydrology
Chapter 6: Land Use History
Land Use History and Habitat Quality
Post-Agricultural Soils
Natural Disturbances
Chapter 7: Reading the Story of the Land
Historical Aerial Photos and Maps
Analyzing the Landscape
Indicators of a Remnant
Indicators of Disturbed Habitats
Making Your Own Map
Tend or Mend
High-Quality Sites → Tend
Low-Quality Sites → Mend
Section Three: Plant Communities and Culturally Useful Plants
Chapter 8: Plant Communities
Plant Community: Riparian Forests
Plant Community: Rich Mesic Forest
Plant Community: Upland Oak Forest
Plant Community: Glades
Plant Community: Meadows and Grasslands
Plant Community: Forested Wetlands
Plant Community: Sunny Wetlands and Shores
Plant Community: High Elevation and Northern Forests
Plant Community: Sandy Pine and Oak Forests
Plant Community: The Seashore
Chapter 9: Plant Species
Section Four: Restoring Your Land
Chapter 10: The Reference Site
How to Find a Reference Site
Interpreting a Natural Area for Beginners
Chapter 11: Repairing Soils
Soil Amendments
Wood Chips
Leaf Compost
Mycorrhizal Fungi
Biochar
Decompacting Soil
Restoring Landscape Structure
Pit and Mound Topography
Structural Repair Methods
Chapter 12: Vegetation Control
Tillage
Smothering and Solarizing
The "Lasagna" Mulching Method
Herbicides
Chapter 13: Burning
Indigenous Fire
Transitions
Ecological Potential
Chapter 14: Deer Management and Exclusion
Protecting Plantings from White-Tailed Deer
Chapter 15: Introducing Plant Materials
Planting
Seeding
Post-Seeding Maintenance for Meadows
Meadow Maintenance
Conclusion: A Missing Link
Belonging to This Place
Appendix — Assessment and Monitoring Techniques
Assessment and Monitoring
Baseline Monitoring
Monitoring Methods
Photo Monitoring
Biological Inventories
Floristic Quality
Assessment
Sampling Units
Endnotes
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers
