Salicaceae Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder

Plains Cottonwood

Omaha - Dye, Yellow

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 324

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Scientific name: Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder
USDA symbol: PODEM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Plains Cottonwood
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Omaha
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Yellow
Notes: Leaf buds used to make a yellow dye.

RECRD: 31851 id: 29412

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