Betulaceae Alnus rubra Bong.

Red Alder

Kwakiutl, Southern - Dye, Brown

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 296

View all documented uses for Alnus rubra Bong.

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Scientific name: Alnus rubra Bong.
USDA symbol: ALRU2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Red Alder
Family: Betulaceae
Family (APG): Betulaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Brown
Notes: Bark used to make a brown dye.

RECRD: 47043 id: 2527

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