Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn

Western Brackenfern

Kwakiutl, Southern - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 265

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Scientific name: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
Common names: Western Brackenfern
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Rhizomes roasted, beaten until soft, broken into pieces and used for food.

RECRD: 46961 id: 31467

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