Usneaceae Alectoria fremontii Tuckerm.

Black Moss

Montana Indian - Food, Starvation Food

Use documented by:
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 5

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Scientific name: Alectoria fremontii Tuckerm.
Common names: Black Moss
Family: Usneaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Montana Indian
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Starvation Food
Notes: Long, black, hair-like lichen used as a famine food.

RECRD: 10004 id: 1947

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