Onagraceae Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Kartesz

Fireweed

Oweekeno - Fiber, Cordage

Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 106

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Scientific name: Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Kartesz
USDA symbol: CHANC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Fireweed
Family: Onagraceae
Family (APG): Onagraceae
Native American Tribe: Oweekeno
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Cordage
Notes: Stem fibers possibly used to make cordage.

RECRD: 60934 id: 9333

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