Equisetaceae Equisetum telmateia Ehrh.

Giant Horsetail

Salish, Coast - Fiber, Basketry

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 68

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Scientific name: Equisetum telmateia Ehrh.
USDA symbol: EQTEB (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Giant Horsetail
Family: Equisetaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Salish, Coast
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Basketry
Notes: Stems used for black imbrication in basketmaking.

RECRD: 47405 id: 13524

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