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Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Salish, Coast Other, Cooking Tools
Wood used to make dishes and spoons.
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 79
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Salish, Coast Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Wood used to make arrow points.
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 79
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Skagit, Upper Food, Unspecified
Sap used for food.
Theodoratus, Robert J., 1989, Loss, Transfer, and Reintroduction in the Use of Wild Plant Foods in the Upper Skagit Valley, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 23(1):35-52, page 42
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Skagit, Upper Other, Cooking Tools
Wood used to make canned food dishes, spoons and platters.
Theodoratus, Robert J., 1989, Loss, Transfer, and Reintroduction in the Use of Wild Plant Foods in the Upper Skagit Valley, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 23(1):35-52, page 42
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Skagit, Upper Other, Fuel
Wood used as fuel for smoking salmon.
Theodoratus, Robert J., 1989, Loss, Transfer, and Reintroduction in the Use of Wild Plant Foods in the Upper Skagit Valley, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 23(1):35-52, page 42
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Snohomish Dye, Red-Brown
Bark made into a red to brown dye and used to make fish nets invisible to fish.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 27
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Swinomish Drug, Cold Remedy
Decoction of bark taken for colds.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 27
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Swinomish Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of bark taken for scrofula sores.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 27
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Swinomish Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Decoction of bark taken for stomach troubles.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 27
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Swinomish Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Decoction of bark taken for scrofula sores.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 27
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Swinomish Food, Unspecified
Sap taken from the inside of the bark only with the incoming tide and used as food.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 27
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Swinomish Other, Containers
Bark used to line pots for storing elderberries.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 27
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Thompson Drug, Dermatological Aid
Infusion of bark used as a wash for scabby skin, eczema and skin sores. One informant used a concentrated decoction of the bark as a wash for her uncle who had a severe allergic reaction to hops.
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 188
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Thompson Drug, Toothache Remedy
Poultice of immature catkins applied to the tooth for toothache.
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 188
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Thompson Dye, Brown
Bark boiled in water to make a brown dye and used for mountain goat wool, cloth and other items.
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 188
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Thompson Dye, Red
Bark boiled in water to make a red dye and used for mountain goat wool, cloth and other items. The dye was used to color mountain goat wool and other cloth and to deepen the color of basket materials such as bitter cherry bark. Skins were tanned and dyed simultaneously by soaking them in a cooled solution of the bark.
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 188
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Thompson Dye, Red
Bark used as a red dye.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 501
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Thompson Other, Fuel
Wood used as a fuel for smoking meat.
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 188
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Tolowa Dye, Unspecified
Bark used to dye fibers.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 16
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Tolowa Fiber, Basketry
Stems used in basketry.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 16
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Wintoon Dye, Red
Inner bark chewed and used as a dull red dye.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 264
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Yurok Dye, Unspecified
Bark used to dye fibers.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 16
Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
USDA ALRU2
Yurok Fiber, Basketry
Stems used in basketry.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 16
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic
Used for childbirth pain and infusion of bark used for various pains.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Blood Medicine
Infusion of bark taken to purify blood and compound infusion used as a blood tonic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Cathartic
Used as an 'emetic and purgative.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine
Infusion of bark taken for cough.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid
Used for skin eruptions and infusion used to bathe hives.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Emetic
Used as an 'emetic and purgative.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Eye Medicine
Infusion of bark 'rubbed and blown in eyes for drooping.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Eye Medicine
Infusion of bark rubbed into the eye for eye troubles.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Febrifuge
Hot infusion of berries taken for fever.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Compound used in steam bath for indigestion, biliousness and jaundice.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Gynecological Aid
Used for childbirth pain and compound infusion taken for menstrual period.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Heart Medicine
Infusion taken for heart trouble.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy
Compound infusion of root taken and used as a bath for piles.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Hypotensive
Cold infusion of bark taken to purify blood or lower blood pressure.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Kidney Aid
Infusion of scraped bark made kidneys act.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Oral Aid
Infusion of bark given to babies for 'thrash,' a mouth soreness.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Orthopedic Aid
Used for swellings and sprains.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid
Infusion of bark given to babies for 'thrash,' a mouth soreness.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Toothache Remedy
Compound infusion of bark held in mouth for toothache.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.
Hazel Alder
USDA ALSE2
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid
Compound infusion taken to 'clear milky urine.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 22
Alnus sp.
Alder
Carrier Drug, Antihemorrhagic
Decoction of bark taken for bleeding.
Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 72
Alnus sp.
Alder
Carrier Drug, Heart Medicine
Decoction of bark taken 'whenever their heart moved.'
Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 72
Alnus sp.
Alder
Carrier Dye, Black
Used as a black dye for fish nets.
Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 72
Alnus sp.
Alder
Carrier Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Used to make fish nets.
Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 72
Alnus sp.
Alder
Great Basin Indian Dye, Orange
Bark used to make an orange dye.
Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 47
Alnus sp.
Alder
Malecite Drug, Unspecified
Used to make medicines.
Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1952, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Malecite Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42:1-7, page 6
Alnus sp.
Alder
Micmac Drug, Analgesic
Bark used for cramps.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 54