Dryopteridaceae Polystichum munitum (Kaulfuss) K. Presl

Western Swordfern

Salish, Coast - Other, Cooking Tools

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 69

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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: Salish, Coast
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cooking Tools
Notes: Large, fleshy leaves used for laying food on and for spreading on berry drying racks.

RECRD: 47417 id: 29147

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