Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris sp.

Wood Fern

Kitasoo - Drug, Antidote

Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 312

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Scientific name: Dryopteris sp.
Common names: Wood Fern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Kitasoo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidote
Notes: Rhizomes used as an antidote for food poisoning.

RECRD: 61468 id: 12719