Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn

Western Brackenfern

Thompson - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 90

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Scientific name: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
Common names: Western Brackenfern
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Thompson
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Dried, toasted rhizomes beaten with a stick to remove the bark and the white insides used for food. The rhizomes were usually eaten with fish and were said to be very sweet, but one informant's father said it would give her worms.

RECRD: 32046 id: 31508

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