Pinaceae Picea glauca (Moench) Voss

White Spruce

Koyukon - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

Use documented by:
Nelson, Richard K., 1983, Make Prayers to the Raven--A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest, Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, page 50

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Scientific name: Picea glauca (Moench) Voss
USDA symbol: PIGL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: White Spruce
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Koyukon
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Pitch, swan feathers & slender grass tops burned by shamans when making medicine for a sick person.

RECRD: 60427 id: 26944

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