Pinaceae Picea glauca (Moench) Voss

White Spruce

Tanana, Upper - Other, Cooking Tools

Use documented by:
Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 2

View all documented uses for Picea glauca (Moench) Voss

---

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: Tanana, Upper
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cooking Tools
Notes: Bark made into a container and used to roast waterfowl eggs. The spruce bark was cut large enough to surround the eggs, tied around the eggs and the ends plugged with moss.

RECRD: 3219 id: 27030

---