Consumers' Attitudes towards Edible Wild Plants: A Case Study of Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Table 2

The number of species of wild plants used as food and medicine.

	Total	Food	Medicine
Number
Family	67	65	36
Species	184	176	60
Parts to be used	Sprout, flowers, soft stem, root, seed, bark, and fruit
Habitat	Open field, the border of the forest, rivers, paddy fields, forest, and shoreline

Note: this table was summarized under the instruction of Ms. Fujiko Tanikuchi, with a reference to the books as follows: Flora in Kaga and Noto [8]; Best Guide to Wild Edible Plants [9]; Dictionary of Trees and Herbs Used as Medicine [10].