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Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Eskimo, Alaska Fiber, Basketry
Dried, brown leaves woven into mats, baskets and tote sacks.
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 34
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Eskimo, Alaska Fiber, Cordage
Dried, brown leaves woven into ropes for hanging herring and other fish.
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 34
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Eskimo, Alaska Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Dried, brown leaves woven into mats, baskets and tote sacks.
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 34
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Eskimo, Alaska Other, Cash Crop
Dried, brown leaves woven into mats and other marketable products and sold for cash. The sale of baskets, mats, tote sacks and ropes provided a significant supplementary cash income.
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 34
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Eskimo, Alaska Other, Cooking Tools
Dried, brown leaves woven into mats, baskets, tote sacks and ropes for hanging herring & other fish.
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 34
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Eskimo, Inuktitut Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Plant used as a indicator of marmot burrows.
Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 185
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Containers
Blades used to line oolichan ripening pits.
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 205
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Fasteners
Blades used to tie Pacific silverweed roots together before steaming.
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 205
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Hesquiat Fiber, Basketry
Tough, coarse leaves used to make handles for bags, but not the bags themselves.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 58
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Kwakiutl, Southern Fiber, Basketry
Fibrous leaves used to make baskets.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 275
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Kwakiutl, Southern Fiber, Clothing
Fibrous leaves used to make hats.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 275
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Kwakiutl, Southern Other, Cooking Tools
Leaves used with skunk cabbage leaves to line steaming boxes for cooking lupine roots.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 285
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Makah Drug, Unspecified
Bundles of roots used to rub the body after bathing.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Nitinaht Drug, Strengthener
Rootstocks twisted together and rubbed on bodies of young men while bathing for strength.
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 88
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Nitinaht Fiber, Sewing Material
Tough, sharply pointed leaves used as 'needle-and-thread' for sewing and tying material.
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 88
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Nitinaht Other, Fasteners
Tough, sharply pointed leaves used as 'needle-and-thread' for sewing and tying material.
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 88
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Quileute Drug, Unspecified
Roots braided, tied into bundles and used to rub the body after bathing.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass
USDA LEMOM2
Quinault Other, Containers
Leaves placed under drying salal berries.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21