Fagaceae Quercus rubra L.

Northern Red Oak

Omaha - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 327

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Scientific name: Quercus rubra L.
USDA symbol: QURUR (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Northern Red Oak
Family: Fagaceae
Family (APG): Fagaceae
Native American Tribe: Omaha
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Acorns freed from tannic acid by boiling with wood ashes and used for food.

RECRD: 31892 id: 32388

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