| Calamagrostis rubescens Buckl. Pinegrass USDA CARU |
Okanagan-Colville Fiber, Caulking Material Leaves mixed with mud and used to chink log cabins and as mortar in making chimneys. 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 53 |
| Calamagrostis rubescens Buckl. Pinegrass USDA CARU |
Okanagan-Colville Fiber, Clothing Leaves dried, softened and used as insoles in moccasins. 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 53 |
| Calamagrostis rubescens Buckl. Pinegrass USDA CARU |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Containers Leaves used at the bottom of berry baskets & in a layer over the berries to keep the berries clean. 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 53 |
| Calamagrostis rubescens Buckl. Pinegrass USDA CARU |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Containers Leaves used over and under food in pit cooking. 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 53 |
| Calamagrostis rubescens Buckl. Pinegrass USDA CARU |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Cooking Tools Leaves tied to a stick and used as a beater for whipping soapberries. 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 53 |
| Calamagrostis rubescens Buckl. Pinegrass USDA CARU |
Thompson Drug, Gynecological Aid Dried grass rubbed until soft and used as sanitary napkins. 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 140 |
| Calamagrostis rubescens Buckl. Pinegrass USDA CARU |
Thompson Fiber, Clothing Grass, rubbed and softened, sometimes mixed with sagebrush bark, used to make socks. 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 140 |
| Calamagrostis rubescens Buckl. Pinegrass USDA CARU |
Thompson Other, Cooking Tools Grass used in drying soapberries. The grass was washed, braided at the ends and laid out on a rack upon which the soapberries were placed to dry. A small fire was lit under the racks and when the berries were dried, they were stored with the grass still attached. Then, for use, the berries and grass were soaked in water and hand mixed. The grass, which helped to whip the berries, eventually floated to the top after which it was removed. Any remaining grass was removed by the person eating the berry whip. 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 140 |
| Calamagrostis rubescens Buckl. Pinegrass USDA CARU |
Thompson Other, Cooking Tools Tied bunches of grass used as soapberry whips. 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 140 |