Pinaceae Pinus lambertiana Dougl.

Sugar Pine

Miwok - Food, Sweetener

Use documented by:
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 151

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Scientific name: Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
USDA symbol: PILA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sugar Pine
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Miwok
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Sweetener
Notes: Sugar pine sugar eaten as a delicacy.

RECRD: 20060 id: 27768