111 RANGE AND FORAGE PLANTS OF THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES J. Looman Ottawa, Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, c1983. Distributed by Canadian Government Publishing Centre 255pp, paper, $11.00. ISBN 0-660-11387-2. Grades 10 and up. Reviewed by Grace E. Funk. Volume 12 Number 6 1984 November Developed at the Research Station at Swift Current, Saskatchewan, this is a concise reference book to forage plants, "Prairies" are defined by a semicircle from the Rocky Mountains through Edmonton, Meadow Lake, Nipawin, to the Red River, of which forty per cent is range land. Each plant is identified on the left-hand page and illustrated on the facing page. The brief text describes the plant, its habitat, growth pattern, food content both growing and at maturity, its palatability and usefulness as forage and as hay. Plant families are arranged alphabetically within six sections, namely, grasses, herbs, legumes, poisonous plants, rushes and sedges, and trees and shrubs. Grasses are naturally the largest group, with sixty-five varieties listed. Each group is given a brief general description in the introduction, and distinguishing characteristics are illustrated. An index of common and botanical names makes finding easy. Altogether, a useful book for anyone raising livestock in the Canadian prairies, useful to a lesser extent in British Columbia, useful, of course, in secondary school or college agriculture courses. Grace E. Funk, Harwood E. S., Vernon, BC.