Salicaceae Populus tremuloides Michx.

Quaking Aspen

Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero - Food, Bread & Cake

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 43

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Scientific name: Populus tremuloides Michx.
USDA symbol: POTR5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Quaking Aspen
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Inner bark scraped off and baked in the form of cakes.

RECRD: 40133 id: 29568

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