Usneaceae Letharia vulpina

Oweekeno - Dye, Yellow

Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 49

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Scientific name: Letharia vulpina
Common names:
Family: Usneaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Oweekeno
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Yellow
Notes: Thalli used to make a yellow dye.

RECRD: 60759 id: 19988