Urticaceae Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland.

California Nettle

Kwakiutl, Southern - Fiber, Cordage

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 292

View all documented uses for Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland.

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Scientific name: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland.
USDA symbol: URDIG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: California Nettle
Family: Urticaceae
Family (APG): Urticaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Cordage
Notes: Plants split, dried, pounded and used to make twine and rope.

RECRD: 47013 id: 41786

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