Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott
Male Fern
Bella Coola - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 197
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Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott
Scientific name: Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott
USDA symbol: DRFI2 (
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Common names: Male Fern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Bella Coola
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Rhizomes eaten raw or steamed.
RECRD: 47726 id: 12709