Poaceae Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus

Slender Wheatgrass

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Veterinary Aid

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 15

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Scientific name: Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus
USDA symbol: ELTRT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Slender Wheatgrass
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Veterinary Aid
Notes: Leaves eaten by dogs, causing emesis.

RECRD: 10361 id: 13058

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