Usneaceae Letharia vulpina

Karok - Dye, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 34

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Scientific name: Letharia vulpina
Common names:
Family: Usneaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Karok
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Used as a dye for porcupine quills.

RECRD: 5884 id: 19987