Taxaceae Taxus brevifolia Nutt.
Pacific Yew
Kwakiutl, Southern - Fiber, Brushes & Brooms
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 271
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Taxus brevifolia Nutt.
Scientific name: Taxus brevifolia Nutt.
USDA symbol: TABR2 (
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Common names: Pacific Yew
Family: Taxaceae
Family (APG): Taxaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Brushes & Brooms
Notes: Wood used to make combs.
RECRD: 46897 id: 39497