Cyperaceae Scirpus microcarpus J.& K. Presl

Panicled Bulrush

Okanagan-Colville - Fiber, Basketry

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 37

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Scientific name: Scirpus microcarpus J.& K. Presl
USDA symbol: SCMI2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Panicled Bulrush
Family: Cyperaceae
Family (APG): Cyperaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Basketry
Notes: Used to make berry picking and root digging baskets.

RECRD: 12216 id: 37520

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