Cyperaceae Carex rostrata Stokes

Beaked Sedge

Thompson - Food, Forage

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 114

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Scientific name: Carex rostrata Stokes
USDA symbol: CARO6 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Beaked Sedge
Family: Cyperaceae
Family (APG): Cyperaceae
Native American Tribe: Thompson
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Forage
Notes: Roots sometimes eaten by muskrats.

RECRD: 32229 id: 8097

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