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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