Fagaceae Quercus kelloggii Newberry

California Black Oak

Paiute, Northern - Food, Staple

Use documented by:
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 52

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Scientific name: Quercus kelloggii Newberry
USDA symbol: QUKE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: California Black Oak
Family: Fagaceae
Family (APG): Fagaceae
Native American Tribe: Paiute, Northern
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Staple
Notes: Acorns ground into flour, leached and eaten.

RECRD: 8979 id: 32221

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