Cupressaceae Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don

Western Redcedar

Salish, Coast - Other, Containers

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 71

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Scientific name: Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don
USDA symbol: THPL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western Redcedar
Family: Cupressaceae
Family (APG): Cupressaceae
Native American Tribe: Salish, Coast
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Containers
Notes: Wood used to make coffins and boxes.

RECRD: 47455 id: 40231

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