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Minnis, P. 1991. Famine foods of the Northern American Desert Borderlands in Historical Context. Journal of Ethnobiology 11(2):231257.

Acacia pennatula

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Acanthochiton wrightii

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Agave cerulata  ssp. Dentiens

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Agave parryi

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Apodanthera undulata

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Atriplex lentiformis

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Atriplex polycarpa

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Baccharis salcifolia

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Carnegeia gigantea

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Chamaesaracha coronopus

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