Fagaceae Quercus gambelii Nutt.

Gambel's Oak

Navajo, Ramah - Fiber, Building Material

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 22

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Scientific name: Quercus gambelii Nutt.
USDA symbol: QUGAG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Gambel's Oak
Family: Fagaceae
Family (APG): Fagaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Building Material
Notes: Whole trees used for shade house construction.

RECRD: 10447 id: 32088

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