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Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Cahuilla Fiber, Building Material
Bark used to make conical shaped houses for temporary use while camped to gather and process acorns.
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 85
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Cahuilla Fiber, Building Material
Wood used for permanent construction.
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 85
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Karok Fiber, Brushes & Brooms
Boughs and twigs used to make brooms.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Karok Fiber, Building Material
Wood used to make boards.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Klamath Drug, Herbal Steam
Branches and twigs used in administering a sweatbath.
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 88
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Klamath Fiber, Basketry
Wood used for basket weaving.
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 88
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Klamath Other, Fuel
Twig used as a twirling stick to produce fire by friction.
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 88
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Klamath Other, Fuel
Wood used for fire blocks.
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 88
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Maidu Fiber, Basketry
Roots used as overlay twine warps and overlay twine weft bases in the manufacture of baskets.
Swartz, Jr., B. K., 1958, A Study of Material Aspects of Northeastern Maidu Basketry, Kroeber Anthropological Society Publications 19:67-84, page 71
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Mendocino Indian Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Decoction of leaves taken for stomach troubles.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 306
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Paiute Drug, Cold Remedy
Infusion of leaves steam inhaled for colds.
Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 46
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Paiute Fiber, Basketry
Bark made into baskets used for picking huckleberries.
Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 46
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Paiute Fiber, Building Material
Tree used for fence posts.
Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 46
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Round Valley Indian Food, Spice
Dense leaflets used as flavoring in leaching acorn meal.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 306
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Round Valley Indian Other, Cooking Tools
Dense leaflets used to prevent sand from mixing with the meal in leaching acorn meal.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 306
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Round Valley Indian Other, Cooking Tools
Leafy branches used to spread water gently over acorn meal.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 337
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Round Valley Indian Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Small limbs used as bows.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 306
Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin
Incense Cedar
USDA CADE27
Washo Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Wood used to make bows.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 52
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murr.) Parl.
Port Orford Cedar
USDA CHLA
Karok Fiber, Brushes & Brooms
Branches used to make brooms.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murr.) Parl.
Port Orford Cedar
USDA CHLA
Karok Fiber, Building Material
Wood made into planks and used to build sweathouses.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murr.) Parl.
Port Orford Cedar
USDA CHLA
Karok Fiber, Building Material
Wood used as the main post in house construction.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murr.) Parl.
Port Orford Cedar
USDA CHLA
Karok Fiber, Furniture
Wood used to make circular stools and headrests for the sweathouse.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murr.) Parl.
Port Orford Cedar
USDA CHLA
Karok Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Wood used to make pillows for the sweathouse.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murr.) Parl.
Port Orford Cedar
USDA CHLA
Yurok Other, Toys & Games
Fruits used by children to throw at each other.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 23
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Bella Coola Drug, Adjuvant
Soft bark used as cover for poultices of Trautvetteria grandis & Ranunculus acris.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 49
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Bella Coola Fiber, Clothing
Inner bark used for weaving capes.
Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 197
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Bella Coola Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Inner bark used for weaving mats and blankets.
Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 197
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Bella Coola Other, Decorations
Inner bark used for decorating masks.
Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 197
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Haisla Fiber, Clothing
Inner bark fiber used to make clothing for the nobility.
Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 153
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Haisla and Hanaksiala Fiber, Canoe Material
Wood used to make boat ribs.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 159
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Haisla and Hanaksiala Fiber, Canoe Material
Wood used to make regular and racing paddles for canoes.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 159
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Haisla and Hanaksiala Fiber, Clothing
Inner bark woven into capes and loincloths.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 159
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Haisla and Hanaksiala Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Inner bark woven into blankets.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 159
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Decorations
Wood used to make carved items and masks.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 159
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Fasteners
Wooden pegs used to hold together bent boxes of red cedar.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 159
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Rods struck with Pacific crabapple sticks or yew wood to make noise to herd animals while hunting.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 159
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Wood used to make bows.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 159
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Hesquiat Fiber, Canoe Material
Wood used for making wedge-shaped block for the back of a canoe, used to keep the feet dry.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 33
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Hesquiat Fiber, Clothing
Bark softened with special oil and used for weaving capes and other clothing of head chiefs.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 33
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Hesquiat Fiber, Clothing
Wood used for making ornamental dishes and headdresses.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 33
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Hesquiat Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Bark softened with special oil and used for weaving blankets.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 33
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Hesquiat Other, Cooking Tools
Wood used for making ornamental dishes and headdresses.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 33
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Hoh Fiber, Canoe Material
Used to make canoes and paddles.
Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Kitasoo Fiber, Basketry
Inner bark used to make baskets.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 313
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Kitasoo Fiber, Building Material
Wood used for construction.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 313
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Kitasoo Fiber, Canoe Material
Wood used to make bows, adze handles, paddles and storage containers.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 313
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Kitasoo Fiber, Clothing
Inner bark pounded and used to make fine quality clothing.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 313
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Kitasoo Fiber, Clothing
Inner bark used to make hats.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 313
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Kitasoo Fiber, Cordage
Inner bark used to make cordage.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 313
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
USDA CHNO
Kitasoo Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Inner bark pounded and used to make fine quality blankets.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 313