Pinaceae Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.

Sitka Spruce

Kwakiutl, Southern - Fiber, Cordage

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 269

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Scientific name: Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
USDA symbol: PISI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sitka Spruce
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Cordage
Notes: Roots burned over a fire, freed from rootbark, dried, split and used to make ropes.

RECRD: 46892 id: 27215

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