NAEB Text Search


Note: This Boolean text search is experimental and only Boolean operators "AND" and "OR" are supported. Additionally, only the first Boolean operator in the query is used - any additional operators are treated as part of the text query.

9 uses matching query. Search results limited to 1,000 records.
Scirpus microcarpus J.& K. Presl
Panicled Bulrush
USDA SCMI2
Makah Fiber, Basketry
Leaves used for the bottom portion of baskets.
Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 332
Scirpus microcarpus J.& K. Presl
Panicled Bulrush
USDA SCMI2
Malecite Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of pounded roots used for abscesses.
Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 247
Scirpus microcarpus J.& K. Presl
Panicled Bulrush
USDA SCMI2
Malecite Drug, Throat Aid
Infusion of plants and blue flag used as a gargle for sore throats.
Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 248
Scirpus microcarpus J.& K. Presl
Panicled Bulrush
USDA SCMI2
Micmac Drug, Dermatological Aid
Roots used for abscesses.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 61
Scirpus microcarpus J.& K. Presl
Panicled Bulrush
USDA SCMI2
Micmac Drug, Throat Aid
Herbs used for sore throats.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 61
Scirpus microcarpus J.& K. Presl
Panicled Bulrush
USDA SCMI2
Okanagan-Colville Fiber, Basketry
Used to make berry picking and root digging baskets.
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 37
Scirpus microcarpus J.& K. Presl
Panicled Bulrush
USDA SCMI2
Okanagan-Colville Other, Containers
Used over and under food in steaming pits.
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 37
Scirpus microcarpus J.& K. Presl
Panicled Bulrush
USDA SCMI2
Okanagan-Colville Other, Decorations
Used to make fringe for buckskin dresses.
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 37
Scirpus microcarpus J.& K. Presl
Panicled Bulrush
USDA SCMI2
Thompson Other, Tools
Grass formerly used to cut a newborn baby's umbilical cord.
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 116