Zosteraceae Phyllospadix scouleri Hook.

Scouler's Surfgrass

Hesquiat - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 58

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Scientific name: Phyllospadix scouleri Hook.
USDA symbol: PHSC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Scouler's Surfgrass
Family: Zosteraceae
Family (APG): Zosteraceae
Native American Tribe: Hesquiat
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Leaves occasionally cooked and eaten when it had herring eggs on it.

RECRD: 603 id: 26646

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