Poaceae Calamagrostis rubescens Buckl.

Pinegrass

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Cooking Tools

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 53

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Scientific name: Calamagrostis rubescens Buckl.
USDA symbol: CARU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pinegrass
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cooking Tools
Notes: Leaves tied to a stick and used as a beater for whipping soapberries.

RECRD: 12269 id: 7634

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