Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn

Western Brackenfern

Hesquiat - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 32

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Scientific name: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
Common names: Western Brackenfern
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Hesquiat
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Long, mashed rhizomes eaten boiled or steamed.

RECRD: 511 id: 31453

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