Equisetaceae Equisetum telmateia var. braunii (Milde) Milde

Giant Horsetail

Makah - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 215

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Scientific name: Equisetum telmateia var. braunii (Milde) Milde
USDA symbol: EQTEB (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Giant Horsetail
Family: Equisetaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Makah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Young, sterile or fertile shoots peeled, washed or soaked in cold water and eaten raw.

RECRD: 6112 id: 13533