Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris campyloptera Clarkson

Mountain Woodfern

Kwakiutl, Southern - Other, Fuel

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 264

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Scientific name: Dryopteris campyloptera Clarkson
USDA symbol: DRCA3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Mountain Woodfern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Fuel
Notes: Thin, wiry roots used as the burning material in a 'slow match.'

RECRD: 46952 id: 12693

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