Pinaceae Picea glauca (Moench) Voss
White Spruce
Algonquin, Quebec - Food, Candy
Use documented by:
Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 73
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Picea glauca (Moench) Voss
Scientific name: Picea glauca (Moench) Voss
USDA symbol: PIGL (
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Common names: White Spruce
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Algonquin, Quebec
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Candy
Notes: Resin chewed like chewing gum.
RECRD: 10933 id: 26888