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Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Pima Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Used to make mats.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 75
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Pima Other, Musical Instrument
Used to make flutes.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 75
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Seminole Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of plant applied to dry up boils and carbuncles.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 243
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Seminole Other, Tools
Plant used to make medicine blowing tubes.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 495
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Seminole Other, Tools
Stems used to make medicine tubes.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 172
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Seri Fiber, Canoe Material
Canes used to make rafts.
Dawson, E. Yale, 1944, Some Ethnobotanical Notes on the Seri Indians, Desert Plant Life 9:133-138, page 134
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Tewa Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Plant used to make arrows.
Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 66
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Tewa Other, Toys & Games
Plant used to make game sticks for the canute game.
Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 66
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Thompson Fiber, Basketry
Extensively used for basketry.
Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Thompson Fiber, Basketry
Reed used for weaving baskets.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 497
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Thompson Fiber, Basketry
Stems used commonly as basketry material.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 497
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Thompson Fiber, Basketry
Stems used in basket imbrication.
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 142
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Extensively used to make mats.
Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Stems twined together to make food drying mats similar to those of tule stems.
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 142
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Thompson Food, Forage
Used as a forage plant only in absence of other foods.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 516
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Thompson Other, Cooking Tools
Stems twined together to make food drying mats similar to those of tule stems.
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 142
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Thompson Other, Decorations
Extensively used to make fringe for dresses.
Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Thompson Other, Decorations
Whitish culms valued for the use in decoration of coiled split cedar root baskets. The culms were harvested while still green and soft, warmed over the coals of a fire and broken at the nodes. They were then split open, flattened and used together with dyed and undyed bitter cherry bark to create patterns on coiled cedar root 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 142
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Thompson Other, Designs
Used to design ornamenting baskets.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 499
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Thompson Other, Jewelry
Reed cut in different lengths, dyed and used interspersed with seed beads for necklaces.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 497
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Yuma Food, Unspecified
Honey-dew obtained from grass.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 218
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
USDA PHAU7
Yuma Other, Smoking Tools
Tubular stalk internodes used to smoke tobacco.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 122