Rosaceae Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim.
Oceanspray
Salish, Coast - Other, Tools
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 86
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Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim.
Scientific name: Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim.
USDA symbol: HODI (
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Common names: Oceanspray
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Salish, Coast
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Tools
Notes: Wood used to make camas bulb digging sticks and cambium scrapers.
RECRD: 47632 id: 17357