Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt
Coastal Woodfern
Karok - Other, Cooking Tools
Use documented by:
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 28
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Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt
Scientific name: Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt
USDA symbol: DRAR3 (
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Common names: Coastal Woodfern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Karok
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cooking Tools
Notes: Leaves used to clean eels.
RECRD: 5852 id: 12681