Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn

Western Brackenfern

Ojibwa - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 408

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Scientific name: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
Common names: Western Brackenfern
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Young fern tips, with coiled fronds, were like asparagus tips, only not stringy like asparagus.

RECRD: 76 id: 31485

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