Poaceae Panicum capillare L.
Witchgrass
Navajo, Ramah - Food, Fodder
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 17
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Panicum capillare L.
Scientific name: Panicum capillare L.
USDA symbol: PACA6 (
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Common names: Witchgrass
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fodder
Notes: Used for sheep and horse feed.
RECRD: 10382 id: 25457