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Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Acoma Food, Unspecified
Roots and tender shoots salted and eaten 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
Alaska Native Food, Unspecified
Green flower spikes boiled in salted water and eaten.
Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 137
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Alaska Native Food, Unspecified
Shoots eaten boiled or roasted.
Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 137
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of crushed roots applied to wounds.
Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 132
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Disinfectant
Poultice of crushed roots applied to infections.
Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 132
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Wool used to stuff mattresses.
Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 132
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Apache Food, Unspecified
Roots used for 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
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Unspecified
Rootstocks cooked with meat.
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 47
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Other, Ceremonial Items
Pollen sprinkled as a cross onto largest mescal crown.
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 36
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Apache, Mescalero Drug, Unspecified
Pollen used as medicine.
Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 46
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Apache, Mescalero Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Leaves used for lodge floor covering.
Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 46
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Apache, Mescalero Food, Unspecified
Species used for food.
Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 46
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Apache, Mescalero Food, Unspecified
Stem bases eaten raw or cooked with other foods in early spring.
Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 46
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Apache, Mescalero Other, Ceremonial Items
Leaves used as ground covering for ceremonial tipis during the puberty ritual.
Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 46
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Apache, Mescalero Other, Ceremonial Items
Pollen used in many ceremonies.
Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 46
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Apache, White Mountain Fiber, Building Material
Flags used for thatching the tipis and wickiups.
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 161
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Apache, White Mountain Other, Ceremonial Items
Pollen used in religious ceremonies.
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 151
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Blackfoot Fiber, Clothing
Down used as diapers.
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 19
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Blackfoot Food, Unspecified
Rootstocks used for food.
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 19
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Cahuilla Drug, Dermatological Aid
Roots used for bleeding wounds.
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 142
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Cahuilla Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Stalks used as matting materials and bedding.
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 142
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Cahuilla Food, Porridge
Pollen used to make cakes and mush.
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 142
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Cahuilla Food, Staple
Dried roots ground into a meal.
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 142
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Cahuilla Other, Ceremonial Items
Stalks used in constructing ceremonial bundles.
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 142
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Carrier Food, Unspecified
Stems peeled and eaten.
Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 85
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Chehalis 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
Chehalis 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
Chehalis 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
Chehalis 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
Chehalis Food, Unspecified
Roots and inner stalks baked in ashes and eaten.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Chehalis Other, Decorations
Leaf edges used to make imbrications on coiled baskets.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Cheyenne Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Leaves used in the Sun Dance ceremony.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 13
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Cheyenne Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Infusion of dried, pulverized root and white base of the leaves taken for abdominal cramps.
Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 170
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Cheyenne Fiber, Basketry
Leaves formerly used to make baskets.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 13
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Chippewa Fiber, Basketry
Used for baskets.
Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 378
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Chippewa Fiber, Building Material
Leaves used as mats for roofing wigwams. The leaves were laid parallel, with one overlapping another, and were then stitched together with basswood, dogbane or swamp milkweed fiber. The leaves were said to be quite effective in shedding the rain.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 124
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Chippewa Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Used for mats.
Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 378
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Clallam Fiber, Basketry
Used to make baskets.
Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 197
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Clallam Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Used to make mats.
Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 197
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Clallam Food, Unspecified
Fleshy interior eaten raw or pit cooked.
Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 197
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Costanoan Food, Unspecified
Pollen used for food.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Costanoan Food, Unspecified
Roots used for food.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Costanoan Food, Unspecified
Shoots used for food.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Cowlitz 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
Cowlitz 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
Cowlitz 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
Cowlitz 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
Cree, Woodlands Food, Dried Food
Peeled roots dried over a fire for winter storage.
Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 62
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Cree, Woodlands Food, Unspecified
Fresh stem bases and young shoots eaten in July.
Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 62
Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
USDA TYLA
Cree, Woodlands Food, Unspecified
Raw roots used for food.
Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 62