Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt

Coastal Woodfern

Yurok - Food, Cooking Agent

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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Scientific name: Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt
USDA symbol: DRAR3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Coastal Woodfern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Yurok
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Cooking Agent
Notes: Leaves used to clean meats and to lay over meat to keep the flies off.

RECRD: 5850 id: 12685

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