Cyperaceae Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. subarcticum (Vassiljev) Hult‚n ex Kartesz & Gandhi

Tall Cottongrass

Eskimo, Inuktitut - Fiber, Clothing

Use documented by:
Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 184

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Scientific name: Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. subarcticum (Vassiljev) Hult‚n ex Kartesz & Gandhi
USDA symbol: ERANS2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Tall Cottongrass
Family: Cyperaceae
Family (APG): Cyperaceae
Native American Tribe: Eskimo, Inuktitut
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Clothing
Notes: 'Female' stems dried, split and inserted into boot welts to seal them.

RECRD: 6403 id: 14197

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