Ericaceae Arctostaphylos canescens Eastw.

Hoary Manzanita

Karok - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 388

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Scientific name: Arctostaphylos canescens Eastw.
USDA symbol: ARCAC7 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hoary Manzanita
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Karok
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Dried berries pounded, mixed with salmon eggs, cooked in a basket with a hot rock and eaten.

RECRD: 8602 id: 4341

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