Osmundaceae Osmunda cinnamomea L.

Cinnamon Fern

Menominee - Other, Hunting & Fishing Item

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 70

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Scientific name: Osmunda cinnamomea L.
USDA symbol: OSCIC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cinnamon Fern
Family: Osmundaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Hunting & Fishing Item
Notes: Shoots eaten by hunters to have same scent as shoot eating deer, deer will not be frightened away.

RECRD: 1131 id: 25094

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