Pinaceae Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson

Ponderosa Pine

Navajo, Ramah - Fiber, Snow Gear

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 13

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Scientific name: Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson
USDA symbol: PIPOP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Ponderosa Pine
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Snow Gear
Notes: Wood slabs tied together with yucca fiber used as snowshoes.

RECRD: 10345 id: 27991

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