| Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene Small Camas USDA CAQUQ |
Karok Food, Vegetable Bulbs used for food. Bulbs were dug up with a stick and placed in a pit two feet in diameter. Leaves of Vitis californica were placed on the bottom, a layer of bulbs and then another layer of Vitis californica leaves. Finally a layer of dirt was added and a fire built on top. The mush formed was pure white and eaten by itself. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 21 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Costanoan Food, Fruit Raw fruits used for food. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 251 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Karok Fiber, Basketry Roots used as basketry material for the basket bottoms. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 62 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Karok Fiber, Basketry Roots used to make baskets. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Karok Fiber, Cordage Vines used to moor a boat and smaller vines twisted to make ropes. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Karok Food, Fruit Fruit used for food. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Karok Other, Containers Leaves put over bulbs while cooking in the earth oven. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Karok Other, Tools Stems used for lashings. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 62 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Mendocino Indian Food, Preserves Fruits used to make jelly. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 369 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Miwok Other, Cooking Tools Green leaves used as top layer, over the hot stones, in the earth oven. Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 139 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Pomo Fiber, Basketry Sap wood used as binding material in basketry. Barrett, S. A., 1908, Pomo Indian Basketry, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 7:134-308, page 139 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Pomo Fiber, Basketry Woody parts of vines used for the rims of large, cone-shaped carrying baskets. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 369 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Pomo Fiber, Cordage Vines used to make withes to tie things when hunting or traveling. Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 14 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Pomo Fiber, Cordage Vines used to tie western service berry thatch in place on the winter house. Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 14 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Pomo Fiber, Sewing Material Vines soaked in water and hot ashes, bark removed, wood split into strands and used as thread. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 369 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Pomo Food, Fruit Raw berries used for food. Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 14 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Pomo Other, Fasteners Sap wood used as a binding material for brush fences, rafters, stringers and posts of earth lodges. Barrett, S. A., 1908, Pomo Indian Basketry, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 7:134-308, page 139 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Pomo, Kashaya Fiber, Cordage Vine made a very strong cord used to tie bundles and for lashing. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 51 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Pomo, Kashaya Fiber, Furniture Vine used to make the hoop on a baby basket. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 51 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Pomo, Kashaya Food, Fruit Berries eaten fresh. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 51 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Tubatulabal Food, Fruit Berries used for food. Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 15 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Wintoon Food, Fruit Fruit used for food. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 264 |
| Vitis californica Benth. California Wild Grape USDA VICA5 |
Yurok Food, Fruit Fresh berries used for food. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 62 |