Pinaceae Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco

Douglas Fir

Salish, Coast - Other, Hunting & Fishing Item

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 71

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Scientific name: Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco
USDA symbol: PSMEM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Douglas Fir
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Salish, Coast
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Hunting & Fishing Item
Notes: Knots steamed, placed in hollow kelp stems overnight and bent to make halibut and cod hooks.

RECRD: 47436 id: 31196

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