Study on the variety of dietary wild plant and the local flora in a rural landscape

A case study in Batou district, Tochigi

Abstract

To examine the relationship between dietary wild plants and variety of local flora in a rural landscape, we investigated one farming family in Batou district,Tochigi prefecture. As a result,15 taxa of floristic species were used for food,143 taxa of dietary plants were observed in the backyard of their farmhouse, and 404 species of wild plants was recorded around the farmhouse. The dietary wild plants was 24 species (6.0%) in 404 species of wild plants. The dietary wild plants was not many in the regional flora.