Cyperaceae Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (K.C. Gmel.) Palla

Softstem Bulrush

Menominee - Fiber, Building Material

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 74

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Scientific name: Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (K.C. Gmel.) Palla
USDA symbol: SCTA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Softstem Bulrush
Family: Cyperaceae
Family (APG): Cyperaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Building Material
Notes: Bleached, dried rushes sewn with basswood string used for covering & side walls of medicine lodges.

RECRD: 1169 id: 37500