Taxaceae Taxus brevifolia Nutt.
Pacific Yew
Kwakiutl, Southern - Other, Tools
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 267
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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: Other
Use sub-category: Tools
Notes: Wood used as a barklifter to peel red cedar bark off the trees.
RECRD: 46879 id: 39501