Cupressaceae Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.
Oneseed Juniper
Navajo, Ramah - Dye, Unspecified
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 11
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Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.
Scientific name: Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.
USDA symbol: JUMO (
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Common names: Oneseed Juniper
Family: Cupressaceae
Family (APG): Cupressaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Needle ashes burned on rocks or in a pan and used as an ingredient for buckskin dye.
RECRD: 10305 id: 18700