| Quercus wislizeni A. DC. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIW |
Luiseno Food, Porridge Acorns leached, ground into a meal, cooked in an earthen vessel and eaten. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 194 |
| Quercus wislizeni A. DC. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIW |
Luiseno Food, Staple Stored acorns pounded in a mortar and pestle to make a flour. Several methods were used to remove the bitterness from the acorn meal. The meal was either leached with hot water, placed in a rush basket and warm water poured over it or placed in a sand hole and warm water poured over it to soak away the bitterness. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 193 |
| Quercus wislizeni A. DC. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIW |
Luiseno Food, Substitution Food Acorns used only when more preferred species could not be obtained. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 193 |
| Quercus wislizeni A. DC. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIW |
Luiseno Food, Winter Use Food Acorns formerly stored in acorn granaries. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 194 |
| Quercus wislizeni A. DC. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIW |
Miwok Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of bark taken as a cough medicine. Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 172 |
| Quercus wislizeni A. DC. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIW |
Miwok Drug, Dermatological Aid Pulverized, outer bark dusted on running sores and particularly used for babies with sore umbilicus. Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 172 |
| Quercus wislizeni A. DC. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIW |
Miwok Drug, Pediatric Aid Pulverized, outer bark dusted on running sores and particularly used for babies with umbilicus. Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 172 |
| Quercus wislizeni A. DC. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIW |
Miwok Food, Bread & Cake Acorns ground into a meal and used to make bread and biscuits. Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 142 |
| Quercus wislizeni A. DC. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIW |
Miwok Food, Porridge Acorns considered a staple food and used to make mush. Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 142 |
| Quercus wislizeni A. DC. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIW |
Miwok Food, Soup Acorns ground into a meal and used to make soup. Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 142 |
| Quercus wislizeni A. DC. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIW |
Miwok Food, Winter Use Food Whole acorns stored for winter use. Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 142 |
| Quercus wislizeni A. DC. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIW |
Neeshenam Food, Unspecified Acorns occasionally used for food. Powers, Stephen, 1874, Aboriginal Botany, Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 5:373-9., page 374 |
| Quercus wislizeni A. DC. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIW |
Tubatulabal Food, Unspecified Acorns used extensively for food. Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 15 |
| Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens Engelm. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIF |
Diegueno Food, Porridge Acorns shelled, pounded, leached and cooked into a mush or gruel. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 33 |
| Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens Engelm. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIF |
Kawaiisu Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal) Decoction of inner bark taken for arthritis. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |
| Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens Engelm. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIF |
Kawaiisu Drug, Burn Dressing Ground plant applied to burns. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |
| Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens Engelm. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIF |
Kawaiisu Fiber, Basketry Branches used to make rims for twined work baskets. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |
| Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens Engelm. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIF |
Kawaiisu Fiber, Building Material Logs used in house construction. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |
| Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens Engelm. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIF |
Kawaiisu Food, Bread & Cake Acorns made into a fine meal, cooked into a mush and allowed to stand and harden into a 'cake.' Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |
| Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens Engelm. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIF |
Kawaiisu Food, Staple Acorns dried, pounded, sifted into a fine meal and leached. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |
| Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens Engelm. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIF |
Kawaiisu Food, Winter Use Food Acorns stored for future use. Acorns were stored in several different ways. The granaries, elevated about a foot above the ground to keep out rodents, were made of hardwood poles, usually oak, with sides, top and bottom covered with bark and lined with gray California buckwheat leaves. Stone lined pits were covered with brush, acorns were piled on a large flat stone and covered with bark. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |
| Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens Engelm. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIF |
Kawaiisu Other, Fasteners Acorn meal used to mend cracks in clay pots. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |
| Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens Engelm. Interior Live Oak USDA QUWIF |
Kawaiisu Other, Toys & Games Acorn cupule used to make a top for children. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |