Cupressaceae Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.

Oneseed Juniper

Navajo, Ramah - Fiber, Building Material

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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Scientific name: Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.
USDA symbol: JUMO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Oneseed Juniper
Family: Cupressaceae
Family (APG): Cupressaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Building Material
Notes: Boughs used for the sides and roofs of shade houses or special hogans for the Enemyway ceremonial.

RECRD: 10310 id: 18702