Sparganiaceae Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm. ex Gray

Broadfruit Burreed

Okanagan-Colville - Food, Fodder

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 57

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Scientific name: Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm. ex Gray
USDA symbol: SPEU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Broadfruit Burreed
Family: Sparganiaceae
Family (APG): Typhaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fodder
Notes: Used as hay for cattle.

RECRD: 12290 id: 38601

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