Dryopteridaceae Polystichum munitum (Kaulfuss) K. Presl

Western Swordfern

Kwakiutl - Other, Ceremonial Items

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 265

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Scientific name: Polystichum munitum (Kaulfuss) K. Presl
USDA symbol: POMU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western Swordfern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Plant used as a charm to call the northwest wind.

RECRD: 92095 id: 29110

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