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Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt
Coastal Woodfern
USDA DRAR3
Costanoan Drug, Dermatological Aid
Infusion of fronds used as a hair wash.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 5
Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt
Coastal Woodfern
USDA DRAR3
Costanoan Food, Unspecified
Rhizomes gathered in spring and eaten.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 247
Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt
Coastal Woodfern
USDA DRAR3
Karok Other, Cooking Tools
Leaves used to clean eels.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 28
Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt
Coastal Woodfern
USDA DRAR3
Mewuk Drug, Antiemetic
Decoction of roots taken for vomiting.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 366
Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt
Coastal Woodfern
USDA DRAR3
Mewuk Drug, Antihemorrhagic
Decoction of roots taken for spitting blood and other internal bleeding.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 366
Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt
Coastal Woodfern
USDA DRAR3
Thompson Food, Unspecified
Rootstocks used for food.
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 88
Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt
Coastal Woodfern
USDA DRAR3
Yurok Food, Cooking Agent
Leaves used to clean meats and to lay over meat to keep the flies off.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 28
Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt
Coastal Woodfern
USDA DRAR3
Yurok Other, Containers
Leaves used to clean meats and to lay over meat to keep the flies off.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 28
Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt
Coastal Woodfern
USDA DRAR3
Yurok Other, Designs
Spores used to make designs on hands.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 28