Salicaceae Salix exigua Nutt.

Sandbar Willow

Karok - Fiber, Basketry

Use documented by:
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 381

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Scientific name: Salix exigua Nutt.
USDA symbol: SAEX (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sandbar Willow
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Karok
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Basketry
Notes: Roots scraped, dried and used on the inside of the overlaid twined baskets.

RECRD: 8489 id: 35795

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