Betulaceae Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung

Thinleaf Alder

Keres, Western - Dye, Red

Use documented by:
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 25

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Scientific name: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung
USDA symbol: ALINT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Thinleaf Alder
Family: Betulaceae
Family (APG): Betulaceae
Native American Tribe: Keres, Western
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Red
Notes: Soaked bark rubbed on buckskin as a red dye.

RECRD: 30019 id: 2439

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