There are several books available about harvesting wild plants for food. however, it seems most of them are oriented to the East or South. I've found relatively little published about the Southwest or West. One resource is the Old Farmer's Almanac, Western Edition, which has planting and harvesting times for domestic crops as well as articles about wild plants. Domestic crops often coincide with wild plants in times of harvest.
Thanks for the reference!
It does take time, and maybe luck, to find significant stands of wild edibles. If you do not spend such time before you need these resources, then trying to rely on finding wild edibles would be a truly desperate act. Most Native Americans depended heavily on a very few staples, like acorn, to get them through, supplemented by game and other plant foods in season.
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