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Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Quinault Fiber, Clothing
Fruiting stalks made into mats and used for raincoats and capes.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Quinault Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Fruiting stalks made into mats and used for kneeling pads in canoes.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Quinault Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Fruiting stalks used to make mats for hangings, screens, mattresses and coverings.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Quinault Other, Containers
Used to make large wallet-like packsacks.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Salish, Coast Fiber, Basketry
Flat leaves sun dried, split and spun to make baskets.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 77
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Salish, Coast Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Flat leaves sun dried and woven into mats for insulating winter house walls and kneeling in canoes.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 77
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
San Felipe Food, Unspecified
Shoots ground, mixed with corn meal and used as food.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 53
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Shuswap Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Cotton used for pillows and mattresses.
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 55
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Shuswap Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Used to make mats for bedding, drying berries and for meal times.
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 55
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Shuswap Other, Cooking Tools
Used to make mats for bedding, drying berries and for meal times.
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 55
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Sioux Drug, Burn Dressing
Poultice of fruit spikes' 'down' applied to burns and scalds.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 25
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Sioux Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of fruit spikes, down and coyote fat applied to smallpox pustules.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 25
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Sioux Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Poultice of fruit spikes, down and coyote fat applied to smallpox pustules.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 25
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Sioux Food, Unspecified
Young roots and shoots eaten raw.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 25
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Snohomish Fiber, Basketry
Used to make light-weight baskets.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Snohomish Fiber, Clothing
Fruiting stalks made into mats and used for raincoats and capes.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Snohomish Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Fruiting stalks made into mats and used for kneeling pads in canoes.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Snohomish Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Fruiting stalks used to make mats for hangings, screens, mattresses and coverings.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Snohomish Fiber, Sewing Material
Leaves peeled and made into two-ply strings for sewing mats.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Squaxin Fiber, Basketry
Used to make light-weight baskets.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Squaxin Fiber, Clothing
Fruiting stalks made into mats and used for raincoats and capes.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Squaxin Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Fruiting stalks made into mats and used for kneeling pads in canoes.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Squaxin Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Fruiting stalks used to make mats for hangings, screens, mattresses and coverings.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Tanana, Upper Food, Unspecified
Lower part of stem used for food.
Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 9
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Thompson Fiber, Building Material
Leaves & stems made into mats used as wall insulators and in constructing temporary summer houses. The mats were twined with fiber of Indian hemp or silverberry.
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 144
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Thompson Fiber, Clothing
Downy seed fluff used as diapers for infants.
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 144
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Downy seed fluff used in quilts and as a substitute for feathers in stuffing pillows and mattresses. The seed fluff was considered to be 'really warm.'
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 144
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Fruiting heads substituted for down and used in stuffing pillows and making beds.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Leaves and stems made into twined mats and used as mattresses and placemats.
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 144
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Leaves and stems stripped and made into mats.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 496
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Leaves and stems used to make mats.
Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Stalks used to make bedding.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 496
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Thompson Food, Unspecified
Rootstocks used as an important food.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 482
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Thompson Other, Containers
Leaves and stems stripped and made into bags.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 496
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Thompson Other, Containers
Leaves and stems used to make bags.
Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Thompson Other, Cooking Tools
Leaves and stems used in making 'trays' or plates.
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 144
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Thompson Other, Decorations
Leaves used to make headdresses for Indian doctors.
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 144
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Tolowa Fiber, Clothing
Leaves woven together to make raincoats.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Tubatulabal Food, Unspecified
Roots used extensively for food.
Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 15
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Washo Drug, Antidiarrheal
Young flowering heads eaten for diarrhea.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 146
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Winnebago Drug, Burn Dressing
Down used as a dressing for burns and scalds.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 64, 65
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Winnebago Drug, Dermatological Aid
Down used on infants to prevent chafing.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 64, 65
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Winnebago Drug, Pediatric Aid
Down used on infants to prevent chafing.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 64, 65
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Yuma Food, Bread & Cake
Pollen shaped into flat cakes and baked.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 207
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Yuma Food, Dried Food
Pollen dried and stored for future use.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 207
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Yuma Food, Dried Food
Rhizomes dried, stored temporarily, pounded and boiled with fish.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 207
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Yuma Food, Porridge
Pollen boiled in water into a thin gruel.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 207
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Yuma Food, Porridge
Young shoots used in combination with corn or tepary meal to make mush.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 207
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Yuma Food, Spice
Pollen used as flavoring.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 207
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Yuma Food, Unspecified
Fleshy rhizomes eaten without preparation.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 207