Berberidaceae Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.

Hollyleaved Barberry

Yurok - Dye, Yellow

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 38

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Scientific name: Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.
USDA symbol: MAAQ2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hollyleaved Barberry
Family: Berberidaceae
Family (APG): Berberidaceae
Native American Tribe: Yurok
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Yellow
Notes: Root used to dye porcupine quills yellow.

RECRD: 5912 id: 21879

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