Salicaceae Salix exigua Nutt.

Sandbar Willow

Karok - Fiber, Basketry

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 53

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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: Stems used for the main ribs in baskets as an alternate for Corylus stems.

RECRD: 5982 id: 35796

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