Salicaceae Populus tremuloides Michx.
Quaking Aspen
Cheyenne - Fiber, Building Material
Use documented by:
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46
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Populus tremuloides Michx.
Scientific name: Populus tremuloides Michx.
USDA symbol: POTR5 (
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Common names: Quaking Aspen
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Cheyenne
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Building Material
Notes: Trunks used to construct the medicine lodge for the Sun Dance ceremony.
RECRD: 44785 id: 29586