| Acer macrophyllum Pursh Bigleaf Maple USDA ACMA3 |
Thompson Fiber, Basketry Inner bark used to make scouring pads, temporary baskets and sometimes for weaving bags. 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 147 |
| Acer macrophyllum Pursh Bigleaf Maple USDA ACMA3 |
Thompson Fiber, Scouring Material Inner bark used to make scouring pads and sometimes for weaving bags and for temporary baskets. 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 147 |
| Acer macrophyllum Pursh Bigleaf Maple USDA ACMA3 |
Thompson Food, Sauce & Relish Sap boiled to make a type of maple syrup. 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 147 |
| Acer macrophyllum Pursh Bigleaf Maple USDA ACMA3 |
Thompson Food, Unspecified Raw shoots used for food. 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 147 |
| Acer macrophyllum Pursh Bigleaf Maple USDA ACMA3 |
Thompson Food, Vegetable Sprouted seeds boiled and eaten as green vegetables. The sprouted seeds were generally bitter, but the young shoots were considered to be quite sweet and juicy. 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 147 |
| Acer macrophyllum Pursh Bigleaf Maple USDA ACMA3 |
Thompson Other, Containers Inner bark used to make scouring pads, temporary baskets and sometimes for weaving bags. 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 147 |
| Acer macrophyllum Pursh Bigleaf Maple USDA ACMA3 |
Thompson Other, Cooking Tools Inner bark used to make soapberry whippers. Children sometimes made miniature whisks which they used to whip the juice that was left after the dried soapberries were soaked. They made the juice with their whisks and then drank it. 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 147 |
| Acer macrophyllum Pursh Bigleaf Maple USDA ACMA3 |
Thompson Other, Cooking Tools Leaves used in pit cooking, to line the pit and interspersed between the layers of food. The leaves were also used between layers of fish in fish caches. 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 147 |
| Acer macrophyllum Pursh Bigleaf Maple USDA ACMA3 |
Thompson Other, Cooking Tools Leaves used to line the containers used in making ripened salmon eggs. The maple leaves were used to line the basket and were placed in layers between the eggs. The eggs were generally prepared in a birch bark basket, placed in a hole in the ground lined with birch bark and left there until springtime when they were considered cooked. 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 147 |
| Acer macrophyllum Pursh Bigleaf Maple USDA ACMA3 |
Thompson Other, Cooking Tools Wood used to make soapberry eating paddles. 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 147 |
| Acer macrophyllum Pursh Bigleaf Maple USDA ACMA3 |
Tlingit Other, Decorations Wood used to make wood carvings. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 39 |
| Acer macrophyllum Pursh Bigleaf Maple USDA ACMA3 |
Tolowa Fiber, Clothing Bark fibers used to make women's skirts. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 15 |
| Acer macrophyllum Pursh Bigleaf Maple USDA ACMA3 |
Tsimshian Other, Decorations Wood used to make wood carvings. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 39 |
| Acer macrophyllum Pursh Bigleaf Maple USDA ACMA3 |
Wailaki Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Bark cut into one-inch bands, fastened together into a roll and used to catch deer. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 365 |