| Typha domingensis Pers. Southern Cattail USDA TYDO |
Paiute, Northern Food, Unspecified Seeds eaten fresh and raw or cooked. 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 48 |
| Typha domingensis Pers. Southern Cattail USDA TYDO |
Paiute, Northern Food, Unspecified Seeds roasted and eaten. Brown seed heads were cut from the stalks and taken to an area where the earth had been dampened and packed into a hard, crusted surface. After warming the spikes in the sun, the cat tail fluff was removed from the spikes and placed on the ground in a layer about two inches deep. This was set on fire and the mixture stirred until all the fluff was burned. Remaining on the hard packed earth were thousands of tiny black cat tail seeds. These were gathered into a finely woven basketry tray and the seed was winnowed by gently tossing it in the air during a slight breeze. Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 69 |
| Typha domingensis Pers. Southern Cattail USDA TYDO |
Paiute, Northern Food, Unspecified Seeds roasted, ground and eaten in powder form. 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 48 |
| Typha domingensis Pers. Southern Cattail USDA TYDO |
Paiute, Northern Food, Unspecified Stalks used for food. Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 69 |
| Typha domingensis Pers. Southern Cattail USDA TYDO |
Paiute, Northern Other, Fasteners Used as ties for sandals. Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 81 |
| Typha domingensis Pers. Southern Cattail USDA TYDO |
Paiute, Northern Other, Fasteners Used for wefts and binding tule items. Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 81 |
| Typha domingensis Pers. Southern Cattail USDA TYDO |
Paiute, Northern Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Used in the construction of duck decoys and boats. Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 69 |
| Typha domingensis Pers. Southern Cattail USDA TYDO |
Pima, Gila River Food, Unspecified Roots eaten raw. Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 7 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Acoma Food, Unspecified Roots and tender shoots salted and eaten as food. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 53 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Alaska Native Food, Unspecified Green flower spikes boiled in salted water and eaten. Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 137 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Alaska Native Food, Unspecified Shoots eaten boiled or roasted. Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 137 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of crushed roots applied to wounds. Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 132 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Disinfectant Poultice of crushed roots applied to infections. Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 132 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Wool used to stuff mattresses. Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 132 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Apache Food, Unspecified Roots used for food. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 53 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Unspecified Rootstocks cooked with meat. 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 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Other, Ceremonial Items Pollen sprinkled as a cross onto largest mescal crown. 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 36 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Apache, Mescalero Drug, Unspecified Pollen used as medicine. Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 46 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Apache, Mescalero Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Leaves used for lodge floor covering. Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 46 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Apache, Mescalero Food, Unspecified Species used for food. Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 46 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Apache, Mescalero Food, Unspecified Stem bases eaten raw or cooked with other foods in early spring. Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 46 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Apache, Mescalero Other, Ceremonial Items Leaves used as ground covering for ceremonial tipis during the puberty ritual. Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 46 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Apache, Mescalero Other, Ceremonial Items Pollen used in many ceremonies. Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 46 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Apache, White Mountain Fiber, Building Material Flags used for thatching the tipis and wickiups. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 161 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Apache, White Mountain Other, Ceremonial Items Pollen used in religious ceremonies. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 151 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Blackfoot Fiber, Clothing Down used as diapers. Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 19 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Blackfoot Food, Unspecified Rootstocks used for food. Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 19 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Cahuilla Drug, Dermatological Aid Roots used for bleeding wounds. 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 142 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Cahuilla Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Stalks used as matting materials and bedding. 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 142 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Cahuilla Food, Porridge Pollen used to make cakes and mush. 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 142 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Cahuilla Food, Staple Dried roots ground into a meal. 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 142 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Cahuilla Other, Ceremonial Items Stalks used in constructing ceremonial bundles. 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 142 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Carrier Food, Unspecified Stems peeled and eaten. Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 85 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Chehalis Fiber, Basketry Used to make light-weight baskets. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Chehalis Fiber, Clothing Fruiting stalks made into mats and used for raincoats and capes. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Chehalis Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Fruiting stalks made into mats and used for kneeling pads in canoes. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Chehalis Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Fruiting stalks used to make mats for hangings, screens, mattresses and coverings. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Chehalis Food, Unspecified Roots and inner stalks baked in ashes and eaten. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Chehalis Other, Decorations Leaf edges used to make imbrications on coiled baskets. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Cheyenne Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Leaves used in the Sun Dance ceremony. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 13 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Cheyenne Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of dried, pulverized root and white base of the leaves taken for abdominal cramps. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 170 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Cheyenne Fiber, Basketry Leaves formerly used to make baskets. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 13 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Chippewa Fiber, Basketry Used for baskets. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 378 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Chippewa Fiber, Building Material Leaves used as mats for roofing wigwams. The leaves were laid parallel, with one overlapping another, and were then stitched together with basswood, dogbane or swamp milkweed fiber. The leaves were said to be quite effective in shedding the rain. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 124 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Chippewa Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Used for mats. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 378 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Clallam Fiber, Basketry Used to make baskets. Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 197 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Clallam Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Used to make mats. Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 197 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Clallam Food, Unspecified Fleshy interior eaten raw or pit cooked. Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 197 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Costanoan Food, Unspecified Pollen used for food. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Costanoan Food, Unspecified Roots used for food. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |