| Carex sp. Sedge |
Gosiute Drug, Unspecified Root used as medicine. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 365 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Jemez Other, Ceremonial Items Plant considered sacred and used in the kiva. Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 21 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Jemez Other, Sacred Items Plant considered sacred and used in the kiva. Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 21 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Klamath Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Leaves woven into mats. 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 92 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Klamath Food, Beverage Pith juice used as beverage. 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 92 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Klamath Food, Unspecified Fresh stems 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 92 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Klamath Food, Unspecified Tuberous base of stem 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 92 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Mendocino Indian Fiber, Basketry Rootstocks used to make strong and durable 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 314 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Mendocino Indian Fiber, Cordage Rootstocks formerly used to make rope. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 314 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Montana Indian Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Leaves woven into mats. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 9 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Montana Indian Food, Unspecified Young stems used for food. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 9 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Navajo, Kayenta Food, Porridge Seeds ground, cooked into a mush and eaten. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 16 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Paiute Other, Cooking Tools Woven sedge used to make spoons. Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 52 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Pomo Fiber, Basketry Roots split finely and used for black design material in fine baskets. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 296 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Pomo Fiber, Basketry Roots used for basket body material. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 296 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Pomo Fiber, Cordage Roots used as a sewing element in coiled baskets. Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 11 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Pomo Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Used in tending hako fish traps. Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 12 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Pomo Other, Lighting Dried plant tied in tight bundles for torches and used for travel by night like a lantern. Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 12 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Salish, Coast Fiber, Basketry Fibrous leaves used to make baskets. Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 73 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Salish, Coast Fiber, Cordage Fibrous leaves used to make twine. Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 73 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Songish Drug, Abortifacient Leaves eaten to induce abortions. Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 73 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Thompson Fiber, Brushes & Brooms Leaves used as brushes for cleaning things. 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 114 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Thompson Food, Forage Leaves eaten by goats, horses and other animals. 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 114 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Thompson Food, Forage Used as a general forage plant. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 515 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Wailaki Fiber, Basketry Roots and leaves used for 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 315 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Wailaki Fiber, Clothing Leaves used to weave hats. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 315 |
| Carex sp. Sedge |
Yuki Fiber, Basketry Large roots used to make baskets. Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 93 |
| Carex utriculata Boott Northwest Territory Sedge USDA CAUT |
Gosiute Food, Unspecified Lower, tender stems and root parts eaten by children. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 365 |
| Carex vicaria Bailey Western Fox Sedge USDA CAVI3 |
Mendocino Indian Food, Forage Foliage cut for hay and used for forage. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 314 |
| Carex vulpinoidea Michx. Fox Sedge USDA CAVUV |
Iroquois Drug, Other Compound decoction of roots used as a 'rooster fighting medicine.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 275 |
| Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense (Crantz) Kkenth. Jamaica Swamp Sawgrass USDA CLMAJ |
Mewuk Fiber, Basketry Roots used to make small baskets. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 328 |
| Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense (Crantz) Kkenth. Jamaica Swamp Sawgrass USDA CLMAJ |
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 498 |
| Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense (Crantz) Kkenth. Jamaica Swamp Sawgrass USDA CLMAJ |
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 |
| Cladium sp. Tulare |
Pomo Fiber, Basketry Roots used for basket body material. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 296 |
| Cladium sp. Tulare |
Yokut Fiber, Basketry Roots used to make baskets. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 405 |
| Cyperus erythrorhizos Muhl. Redroot Flatsedge USDA CYER2 |
Kamia Food, Porridge Pulverized seeds cooked as mush. Gifford, E. W., 1931, The Kamia of Imperial Valley, Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, page 24 |
| Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Costanoan Food, Unspecified Tubers eaten. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |
| Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as a ceremonial emetic. Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 19 |
| Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic Plant used as a ceremonial emetic. Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 19 |
| Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Paiute, Northern Food, Dried Food Roots dried, ground and mixed with other foods. 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 44 |
| Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Paiute, Northern Food, Unspecified Roots eaten raw. 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 44 |
| Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Pima Drug, Cold Remedy Roots chewed for colds. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 98 |
| Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Pima Drug, Cough Medicine Roots chewed for coughs. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 98 |
| Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Pima Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Poultice of chewed roots applied to snakebites. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 98 |
| Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Pima Drug, Veterinary Aid Chewed roots placed in horse's nostrils as a stimulant. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 98 |
| Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Pomo, Kashaya Food, Vegetable Tubers on the rootstock eaten raw, baked or boiled like potatoes. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 78 |
| Cyperus fendlerianus Boeckl. Fendler's Flatsedge USDA CYFE2 |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Fodder Flowers salted and fed to horses. Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 47 |
| Cyperus fendlerianus Boeckl. Fendler's Flatsedge USDA CYFE2 |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Fodder Seeds salted and fed to horses. Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 47 |
| Cyperus fendlerianus Boeckl. Fendler's Flatsedge USDA CYFE2 |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Unspecified Tubers eaten raw or peeled and cooked. Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 47 |
| Cyperus laevigatus L. Smooth Flatsedge USDA CYLA2 |
Hawaiian Drug, Cold Remedy Stalks crushed into fine particles and used as a snuff for hard head colds. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 9 |