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

Black Cottonwood

Yurok - Other, Tools

Use documented by:
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 47

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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: Yurok
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Tools
Notes: Pitch used to apply soot in the tattooing process.

RECRD: 5946 id: 29353

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