Berberidaceae Mahonia nervosa (Pursh) Nutt.
Cascade Oregongrape
Salish, Coast - Food, Preserves
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 78
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Mahonia nervosa (Pursh) Nutt.
Scientific name: Mahonia nervosa (Pursh) Nutt.
USDA symbol: MANE2 (
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Common names: Cascade Oregongrape
Family: Berberidaceae
Family (APG): Berberidaceae
Native American Tribe: Salish, Coast
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Preserves
Notes: Berries used to make jelly.
RECRD: 47506 id: 21919