Pinaceae Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco
Rocky Mountain Douglas Fir
Okanagan-Colville - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 34
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Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco
Scientific name: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco
USDA symbol: PSMEG (
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Common names: Rocky Mountain Douglas Fir
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: White, crystalline sugar exuded from branches and eaten alone or with balsamroot seeds.
RECRD: 12193 id: 31238