| Juncus ensifolius Wikstr. Swordleaf Rush USDA JUEN |
Swinomish Food, Unspecified Bulbs used for food. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 23 |
| Juncus lesueurii Boland. Salt Rush USDA JULE |
Cahuilla Fiber, Basketry Rushes made into baskets used for collecting foods, leaching acorn meal and finely woven 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 80 |
| Juncus mertensianus Bong. Mertens' Rush USDA JUME3 |
Luiseno Fiber, Basketry Rushes used to make woven and twined baskets. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 204 |
| Juncus mertensianus Bong. Mertens' Rush USDA JUME3 |
Luiseno Other, Containers Rushes made into woven or twined baskets and used as gathering containers for acorns and cacti. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 204 |
| Juncus mertensianus Bong. Mertens' Rush USDA JUME3 |
Luiseno Other, Cooking Tools Rushes made into woven and twined baskets and used as sifters or to leach acorn meal. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 204 |
| Juncus mertensianus Bong. Mertens' Rush USDA JUME3 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Witchcraft Medicine Plant used for 'witchcraft' or 'plhax.' Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 38 |
| Juncus mexicanus Willd. ex J.A. & J.H. Schultes Mexican Rush USDA JUME4 |
Shoshoni Dye, Green Roots used as green dye in basketry. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 8 |
| Juncus sp. Rush |
Costanoan Fiber, Basketry Leaves used in basketry. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |
| Juncus sp. Rush |
Costanoan Fiber, Clothing Stems and leaves used as raw textile material. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |
| Juncus sp. Rush |
Costanoan Fiber, Cordage Stems and leaves used as cordage. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |
| Juncus sp. Rush |
Costanoan Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Stems and leaves used as stuffing. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |
| Juncus sp. Rush |
Isleta Fiber, Building Material Plant used for thatch in building houses. Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 32 |
| Juncus sp. Rush |
Navajo Other, Tools Used as a sandpaper for smoothing bows. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 31 |
| Juncus sp. Rush |
Neeshenam Fiber, Clothing Used to make breech cloths. Powers, Stephen, 1874, Aboriginal Botany, Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 5:373-9., page 378 |
| Juncus stygius L. Moor Rush USDA JUSTA |
Ojibwa Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Used to weave mats. Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 245 |
| Juncus tenuis Willd. Poverty Rush USDA JUTE |
Cherokee Drug, Oral Aid Decoction used 'to dislodge spoiled saliva.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53 |
| Juncus tenuis Willd. Poverty Rush USDA JUTE |
Cherokee Drug, Orthopedic Aid Infusion given to babies to prevent lameness. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53 |
| Juncus tenuis Willd. Poverty Rush USDA JUTE |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion used as a wash to strengthen babies and given to babies to prevent lameness. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53 |
| Juncus tenuis Willd. Poverty Rush USDA JUTE |
Cherokee Drug, Strengthener Infusion used as a wash to strengthen babies. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53 |
| Juncus tenuis Willd. Poverty Rush USDA JUTE |
Cherokee Fiber, Cordage Used to make string to bind up dough in oak leaves for cooking bread. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53 |
| Juncus tenuis Willd. Poverty Rush USDA JUTE |
Iroquois Drug, Emetic Decoction or infusion of plant taken by lacrosse players and runners to vomit. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 279 |
| Juncus tenuis Willd. Poverty Rush USDA JUTE |
Iroquois Drug, Sports Medicine Infusion of plant taken to vomit and used as a wash by lacrosse players. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 279 |
| Juncus tenuis Willd. Poverty Rush USDA JUTE |
Iroquois Drug, Veterinary Aid Infusion of plant given to 'colt that has had too much feed.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 279 |
| Juncus textilis Buch. Basket Rush USDA JUTE2 |
Cahuilla Fiber, Basketry Rushes made into baskets used for collecting foods, leaching acorn meal and finely woven 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 80 |
| Juncus textilis Buch. Basket Rush USDA JUTE2 |
Diegueno Fiber, Basketry Split stems used in basketmaking. Allowed to dry, the stems were split three or four ways into splints and used as wrapping material for coiled baskets, or sometimes as a foundation material in openwork, coiled leaching baskets. Only the lower two feet of the plant, which grows up to eight feet tall, was gathered and used. The plant was collected at any time during the year, but if the centers of the stems were brown, it was not as good for basket making as when the centers were white. Basket designs were formed with the various natural shades of green, tan and brown found in the plant or it was sometimes dyed black. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 23 |
| Juncus torreyi Coville Torrey's Rush USDA JUTO |
Hopi Other, Ceremonial Items Ceremonially associated with water. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 70 |