| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Quinault 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 |
Quinault 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 |
Quinault 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 |
Quinault Other, Containers Used to make large wallet-like packsacks. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Salish, Coast Fiber, Basketry Flat leaves sun dried, split and spun 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 77 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Salish, Coast Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Flat leaves sun dried and woven into mats for insulating winter house walls and kneeling in canoes. 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 77 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
San Felipe Food, Unspecified Shoots ground, mixed with corn meal and used 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 |
Shuswap Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Cotton used for pillows and mattresses. Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 55 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Shuswap Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Used to make mats for bedding, drying berries and for meal times. Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 55 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Shuswap Other, Cooking Tools Used to make mats for bedding, drying berries and for meal times. Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 55 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Sioux Drug, Burn Dressing Poultice of fruit spikes' 'down' applied to burns and scalds. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 25 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Sioux Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of fruit spikes, down and coyote fat applied to smallpox pustules. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 25 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Sioux Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Poultice of fruit spikes, down and coyote fat applied to smallpox pustules. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 25 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Sioux Food, Unspecified Young roots and shoots eaten raw. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 25 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Snohomish 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 |
Snohomish 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 |
Snohomish 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 |
Snohomish 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 |
Snohomish Fiber, Sewing Material Leaves peeled and made into two-ply strings for sewing mats. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Squaxin 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 |
Squaxin 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 |
Squaxin 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 |
Squaxin 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 |
Tanana, Upper Food, Unspecified Lower part of stem used for food. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 9 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Thompson Fiber, Building Material Leaves & stems made into mats used as wall insulators and in constructing temporary summer houses. The mats were twined with fiber of Indian hemp or silverberry. 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 144 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Thompson Fiber, Clothing Downy seed fluff used as diapers for infants. 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 144 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Downy seed fluff used in quilts and as a substitute for feathers in stuffing pillows and mattresses. The seed fluff was considered to be 'really warm.' 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 144 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Fruiting heads substituted for down and used in stuffing pillows and making beds. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Leaves and stems made into twined mats and used as mattresses and placemats. 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 144 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Leaves and stems stripped and made into mats. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 496 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Leaves and stems 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 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Stalks used to make bedding. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 496 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Thompson Food, Unspecified Rootstocks used as an important food. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 482 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Thompson Other, Containers Leaves and stems stripped and made into bags. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 496 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Thompson Other, Containers Leaves and stems used to make bags. Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Thompson Other, Cooking Tools Leaves and stems used in making 'trays' or plates. 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 144 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Thompson Other, Decorations Leaves used to make headdresses for Indian doctors. 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 144 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Tolowa Fiber, Clothing Leaves woven together to make raincoats. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Tubatulabal Food, Unspecified Roots used extensively for food. Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 15 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Washo Drug, Antidiarrheal Young flowering heads eaten for diarrhea. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 146 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Winnebago Drug, Burn Dressing Down used as a dressing for burns and scalds. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 64, 65 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Winnebago Drug, Dermatological Aid Down used on infants to prevent chafing. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 64, 65 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Winnebago Drug, Pediatric Aid Down used on infants to prevent chafing. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 64, 65 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Yuma Food, Bread & Cake Pollen shaped into flat cakes and baked. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 207 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Yuma Food, Dried Food Pollen dried and stored for future use. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 207 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Yuma Food, Dried Food Rhizomes dried, stored temporarily, pounded and boiled with fish. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 207 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Yuma Food, Porridge Pollen boiled in water into a thin gruel. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 207 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Yuma Food, Porridge Young shoots used in combination with corn or tepary meal to make mush. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 207 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Yuma Food, Spice Pollen used as flavoring. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 207 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Yuma Food, Unspecified Fleshy rhizomes eaten without preparation. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 207 |