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Pinus jeffreyi Grev. & Balf.
Jeffrey Pine
USDA PIJE
Diegueno Fiber, Basketry
Needles used in making baskets. Butt ends of the needle clusters were left protruding on the outside of the basket as a decorative touch.
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 29
Pinus jeffreyi Grev. & Balf.
Jeffrey Pine
USDA PIJE
Diegueno Fiber, Building Material
Bark used to make shelters for those gathering acorns in the mountains.
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 29
Pinus jeffreyi Grev. & Balf.
Jeffrey Pine
USDA PIJE
Paiute, Northern Food, Candy
Sap crystallized, gathered and eaten like candy.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 53
Pinus jeffreyi Grev. & Balf.
Jeffrey Pine
USDA PIJE
Paiute, Northern Food, Winter Use Food
Sap crystallized, gathered and stored for winter use.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 53
Pinus jeffreyi Grev. & Balf.
Jeffrey Pine
USDA PIJE
Paiute, Northern Other, Cash Crop
Sap crystallized, gathered and sold.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 53
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Karok Fiber, Building Material
Wood used for building sweathouses.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 378
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Karok Food, Unspecified
Coagulated sap gathered from hollow trees and eaten without preparation or mixing with other foods.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 378
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Karok Food, Unspecified
Nuts roasted and used for food.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 378
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Karok Food, Unspecified
Roasted seeds used for food. The cones were placed in a trench and covered with dirt. A fire was built on top. After roasting, the cones were broken open to release the seeds. Some were stored over winter.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 44
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Karok Food, Winter Use Food
Nuts roasted and stored for winter use.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 378
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Karok Food, Winter Use Food
Roasted seeds stored for winter use. The cones were placed in a trench and covered with dirt. A fire was built on top. After roasting, the cones were broken open to release the seeds. Some were stored over winter.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 44
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Karok Other, Fasteners
Pitch used as an adhesive.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 378
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Karok Other, Jewelry
Seeds used as beads in jewelry.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 44
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Kawaiisu Drug, Carminative
Dried sap powder eaten for stomach gas.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 50
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Kawaiisu Drug, Eye Medicine
Powdered sap and milk used as drops for sore eyes and gives infants good eyes.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 50
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Kawaiisu Drug, Laxative
Dried sap powder eaten to loosen the bowels.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 50
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Kawaiisu Drug, Pediatric Aid
Powdered sap and milk used as drops for sore eyes and gives infants good eyes.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 50
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Kawaiisu Food, Sweetener
Sap, drained through a hole cut into the tree, dried into a 'powdered sugar' and eaten.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 50
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Kawaiisu Food, Unspecified
Seeds eaten raw, roasted, parched, boiled or pounded and mixed with cold water.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 50
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Klamath Food, Unspecified
Seeds used for food.
Coville, Frederick V., 1897, Notes On The Plants Used By The Klamath Indians Of Oregon., Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 5(2):87-110, page 88
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Mendocino Indian Drug, Cathartic
Plant used as a cathartic.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 306
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Mendocino Indian Food, Unspecified
Nuts used for food.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 306
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Miwok Drug, Eye Medicine
Sugar pine sugar used as a wash for sore or blind eyes.
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 151
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Miwok Food, Sweetener
Sugar pine sugar eaten as a delicacy.
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 151
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Miwok Food, Unspecified
Pulverized nut shells and meat made into peanut butter and used for feasts.
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 151
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Miwok Food, Unspecified
Shelled nut meats used for food.
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 150
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Pomo Drug, Unspecified
Sugar found in bark wounds ground up, molded into cakes and used as a medicine.
Barrett, S. A., 1952, Material Aspects of Pomo Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 20, page 79
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Pomo Food, Unspecified
Nuts rarely used for food.
Barrett, S. A., 1952, Material Aspects of Pomo Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 20, page 79
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Pomo Food, Unspecified
Nuts used for food.
Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 11
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Pomo Food, Unspecified
Pitch used for food.
Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 11
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Pomo, Kashaya Food, Candy
Pitch chewed for gum.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 93
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Pomo, Kashaya Food, Sweetener
Pitch tasted sweet like candy.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 93
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Pomo, Kashaya Food, Unspecified
Nuts, inside the cone, eaten fresh.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 93
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Pomo, Kashaya Food, Winter Use Food
Nuts, inside the cone, dried for winter use.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 93
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Pomo, Kashaya Other, Toys & Games
Pitch used in whistles.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 93
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Shasta Food, Bread & Cake
Nuts dried, powdered, made into small cakes and eaten with a very thin mush made of grass seeds.
Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 308
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Shasta Food, Dried Food
Nuts dried and eaten.
Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 308
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Shasta Food, Unspecified
Whole nuts mixed with powdered salmon and eaten.
Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 308
Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Sugar Pine
USDA PILA
Yuki Food, Candy
Sweet exudation chewed as gum.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 88
Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m.
Singleleaf Pinyon
USDA PIMOM2
Apache, Western Drug, Dermatological Aid
Heated pitch applied to the face to remove facial hair.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 185
Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m.
Singleleaf Pinyon
USDA PIMOM2
Apache, Western Food, Candy
Pitch used as chewing gum.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 185
Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m.
Singleleaf Pinyon
USDA PIMOM2
Apache, Western Food, Porridge
Pinon and corn flour mixed and cooked into a mush.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 185
Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m.
Singleleaf Pinyon
USDA PIMOM2
Apache, Western Food, Staple
Nuts eaten raw, roasted or ground into flour.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 185
Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m.
Singleleaf Pinyon
USDA PIMOM2
Apache, Western Food, Staple
Used as a staple food.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 185
Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m.
Singleleaf Pinyon
USDA PIMOM2
Apache, Western Food, Winter Use Food
Nuts stored in baskets or pottery jars.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 185
Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m.
Singleleaf Pinyon
USDA PIMOM2
Apache, Western Other, Waterproofing Agent
Pitch used to waterproof baskets.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 185
Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m.
Singleleaf Pinyon
USDA PIMOM2
Cahuilla Drug, Dermatological Aid
Pitch used as a face cream by girls to prevent sunburn.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 102
Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m.
Singleleaf Pinyon
USDA PIMOM2
Cahuilla Fiber, Basketry
Needles and roots used to make baskets.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 102
Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m.
Singleleaf Pinyon
USDA PIMOM2
Cahuilla Fiber, Building Material
Bark used as roofing material in house construction.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 102
Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m.
Singleleaf Pinyon
USDA PIMOM2
Cahuilla Food, Baby Food
Nuts used as one of the few foods fed to babies instead of a natural milk diet.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 102