| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata (Regel) A.& D. L”ve Sitka Alder USDA ALVIS |
Gitksan Drug, Antihemorrhagic Pistillate catkins eaten for 'throwing blood out.' Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 225 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata (Regel) A.& D. L”ve Sitka Alder USDA ALVIS |
Gitksan Drug, Cathartic Pistillate catkins crushed and eaten raw as a physic. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 225 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata (Regel) A.& D. L”ve Sitka Alder USDA ALVIS |
Gitksan Drug, Tonic Bark and other plants used as a tonic. Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 152 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata (Regel) A.& D. L”ve Sitka Alder USDA ALVIS |
Gitksan Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of pistillate catkins taken for gonorrhea. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 225 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata (Regel) A.& D. L”ve Sitka Alder USDA ALVIS |
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Cooking Tools Wood used to make spoons. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 225 |
| Woodwardia fimbriata Sm. Giant Chainfern USDA WOFI |
Karok Fiber, Basketry Leaf fiber used to make baskets. Fibers were pounded from the rachis and dyed with Alnus bark for use in basketry. The fibers were then dried and coiled for storage. They were soaked to unroll and used. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 63 |
| Woodwardia fimbriata Sm. Giant Chainfern USDA WOFI |
Tolowa Fiber, Unspecified Leaves used to obtain fiber. The two fibers of each leaf were collected at the end of June or the first part of July. The rachis was pounded and fibers fell out. For designs, the fibers were dyed with Alnus bark. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 63 |
| Woodwardia fimbriata Sm. Giant Chainfern USDA WOFI |
Yurok Fiber, Unspecified Leaves used to obtain fiber. Fibers were harvested when leaves were fully grown and then dyed with alder bark. The strands could be dyed by chewing in Alnus bark and running the fibers through the mouth or by pounding the bark in a mortar and pestle. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 63 |