Cupressaceae Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.

Rocky Mountain Juniper

Keresan - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 561

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Scientific name: Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.
USDA symbol: JUSC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rocky Mountain Juniper
Family: Cupressaceae
Family (APG): Cupressaceae
Native American Tribe: Keresan
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Berries eaten raw by hunters while out in the mountains, but better when cooked.

RECRD: 3101 id: 18979

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