Salicaceae Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw

Black Cottonwood

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Season Indicator

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 134

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Scientific name: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw
USDA symbol: POBAT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Black Cottonwood
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Season Indicator
Notes: Leaves trembling or shimmering with no perceptible wind was a signal that bad weather was coming.

RECRD: 12961 id: 29319

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