Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn

Western Brackenfern

Oweekeno - Other, Fuel

Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 58

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Scientific name: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
Common names: Western Brackenfern
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Oweekeno
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Fuel
Notes: Rhizomes chewed, used as punk in a clam shell and placed in a fire.

RECRD: 60774 id: 31490

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