Dryopteridaceae Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth

Common Ladyfern

Nitinaht - Other, Cooking Tools

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 62

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Scientific name: Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth
USDA symbol: ATFIA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Ladyfern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Nitinaht
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cooking Tools
Notes: Fronds placed in layers below and above food in steaming pits.

RECRD: 47099 id: 6578

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