Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens Underwood

Hairy Brackenfern

Yurok - Other, Cooking Tools

Use documented by:
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 48

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Scientific name: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens Underwood
USDA symbol: PTAQP2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hairy Brackenfern
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Yurok
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cooking Tools
Notes: Fronds used as plates to serve fish, to put over fish to keep the flies off and to clean fish.

RECRD: 5955 id: 31548

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