Pinaceae Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud.

Lodgepole Pine

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Ceremonial Items

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 28

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Scientific name: Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud.
USDA symbol: PICOC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Lodgepole Pine
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Wood placed in a basket of water to bring rain and pine cones burned to stop rain.

RECRD: 12172 id: 27440

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