Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris campyloptera Clarkson
Mountain Woodfern
Nitinaht - Other, Cooking Tools
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 62
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Dryopteris campyloptera Clarkson
Scientific name: Dryopteris campyloptera Clarkson
USDA symbol: DRCA3 (
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Common names: Mountain Woodfern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Nitinaht
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cooking Tools
Notes: Fronds placed in layers below and above food in steaming pits.
RECRD: 47100 id: 12694