Caprifoliaceae Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake

Common Snowberry

Okanagan-Colville - Fiber, Brushes & Brooms

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 95

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Scientific name: Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake
USDA symbol: SYALA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Snowberry
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Family (APG): Caprifoliaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Brushes & Brooms
Notes: Branches tied together in a bundle to make a broom.

RECRD: 12570 id: 39077

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