Salicaceae Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
Okanagan-Colville - Other, Fasteners
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 136
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Salix exigua Nutt.
Scientific name: Salix exigua Nutt.
USDA symbol: SAEX (
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Common names: Sandbar Willow
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Fasteners
Notes: Bark twisted into cord and used to tie things together.
RECRD: 12999 id: 35827