Salicaceae Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw
Black Cottonwood
Kwakiutl, Southern - Food, Unspecified
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 292
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Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw
Scientific name: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw
USDA symbol: POBAT (
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Common names: Black Cottonwood
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Cambium eaten in early spring.
RECRD: 47010 id: 29302