| Alectoria fremontii Tuckerm. Black Moss |
Montana Indian Food, Starvation Food Long, black, hair-like lichen used as a famine food. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 5 |
| Alectoria jubata Acharius. Black Moss |
Thompson Food, Unspecified Plant cooked and eaten. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 482 |
| Alectoria jubata L. Black Tree Moss |
Coeur d'Alene Food, Unspecified Formerly used for food. Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, page 91 |
| Alectoria jubata L. Black Tree Moss |
Spokan Food, Unspecified Species used for food. Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, page 344 |
| Alectoria nigricans (Ach.) Nyl. Caribou Moss |
Eskimo, Inuktitut Food, Fodder Plant given to fawns to try to get them to eat from their hands. Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 191 |
| Alectoria nigricans (Ach.) Nyl. Caribou Moss |
Eskimo, Inuktitut Other, Fuel Dried plant used for tinder. Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 191 |
| Alectoria nitidula (Th. Fr.) Vain Caribou Moss |
Eskimo, Inuktitut Food, Fodder Plant given to fawns to try to get them to eat from their hands. Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 191 |
| Alectoria nitidula (Th. Fr.) Vain Caribou Moss |
Eskimo, Inuktitut Other, Fuel Dried plant used for tinder. Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 191 |
| Alectoria ochroleuca (Hoffm.) Massal. Caribou Moss |
Eskimo, Inuktitut Food, Fodder Plant given to fawns to try to get them to eat from their hands. Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 191 |
| Alectoria ochroleuca (Hoffm.) Massal. Caribou Moss |
Eskimo, Inuktitut Other, Fuel Dried plant used for tinder. Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 191 |
| Antitrichia curtipendula (Hedw.) Brid. Hanging Moss |
Hanaksiala Other, Cooking Tools Plant used in earth ovens. 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 145 |
| Aulacomnium sp. Moss |
Shuswap Fiber, Building Material Moss mixed with clay and used between the logs of a log house. Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 49 |
| Aulacomnium sp. Moss |
Shuswap Other, Fertilizer Moss mixed with house plant dirt as a fertilizer to make the plants healthier. Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 49 |
| Barbula unguiculata Hedw. Moss |
Seminole Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Plant used for fire sickness: fever and body aches. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 203 |
| Barbula unguiculata Hedw. Moss |
Seminole Drug, Febrifuge Plant used for fire sickness: fever and body aches. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 203 |
| Bryum capillare (L.) Hedw. Moss |
Seminole Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Plant used for fire sickness: fever and body aches. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 203 |
| Bryum capillare (L.) Hedw. Moss |
Seminole Drug, Febrifuge Plant used for fire sickness: fever and body aches. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 203 |
| Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene Small Camas USDA CAQUQ |
Flathead Food, Soup Simmered with moss in blood into a soup and used for food. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 14 |
| Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) D. Don Western Moss Heather USDA CAMEM |
Thompson Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Decoction of plant taken over a period of time for tuberculosis and spitting up blood. 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 215 |
| Cassiope tetragona (L.) D. Don White Arctic Mountain Heather USDA CATET |
Eskimo, Alaska Fiber, Building Material Plant, mosses and lichens gathered for insulating houses against cold. Anderson, J. P., 1939, Plants Used by the Eskimo of the Northern Bering Sea and Arctic Regions of Alaska, American Journal of Botany 26:714-16, page 715 |
| Cornicularia divergens Ach. Caribou Moss |
Eskimo, Inuktitut Food, Fodder Plant given to fawns to try to get them to eat from their hands. Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 191 |
| Cornicularia divergens Ach. Caribou Moss |
Eskimo, Inuktitut Other, Fuel Dried plant used for tinder. Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 191 |
| Dicranum bonjeanii De Not Woodmoss |
Chippewa Fiber, Other Used as an absorbent. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
| Dicranum sp. Moss |
Shuswap Fiber, Building Material Moss mixed with clay and used between the logs of a log house. Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 49 |
| Dicranum sp. Moss |
Shuswap Other, Fertilizer Moss mixed with house plant dirt as a fertilizer to make the plants healthier. Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 49 |
| Gramineae sp. Grass |
Tanana, Upper Fiber, Clothing Blades rubbed until soft, peat moss and squirrels' nest material placed in a cradle for a diaper. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 8 |
| Huperzia lucidula (Michx.) Trevisan Shining Clubmoss USDA HULU2 |
Iroquois Drug, Blood Medicine Compound used when 'blood is bad.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 263 |
| Huperzia lucidula (Michx.) Trevisan Shining Clubmoss USDA HULU2 |
Iroquois Drug, Cold Remedy Decoction used when woman catches cold due to suppressed menses. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 263 |
| Huperzia lucidula (Michx.) Trevisan Shining Clubmoss USDA HULU2 |
Iroquois Drug, Dermatological Aid Compound used for neck sores. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 263 |
| Huperzia selago var. selago Fir Clubmoss USDA HUSES |
Nitinaht Drug, Cathartic Plant used as a purgative. Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 60 |
| Huperzia selago var. selago Fir Clubmoss USDA HUSES |
Nitinaht Drug, Emetic Plant used as a fast acting emetic. Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 60 |
| Huperzia selago var. selago Fir Clubmoss USDA HUSES |
Nitinaht Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Branches used to 'clean...out' the insides. Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 60 |
| Huperzia selago var. selago Fir Clubmoss USDA HUSES |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Analgesic Poultice of the whole plant applied to the head for headaches. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 18 |
| Liquidambar styraciflua L. Sweetgum USDA LIST2 |
Houma Drug, Diaphoretic Decoction of Spanish moss from this tree taken as a diaphoretic for fever. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 61, 62 |
| Liquidambar styraciflua L. Sweetgum USDA LIST2 |
Houma Drug, Febrifuge Decoction of Spanish moss from this tree taken as a diaphoretic for fever. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 61, 62 |
| Lycopodium annotinum L. Stiff Clubmoss USDA LYAN2 |
Cree, Woodlands Other, Cooking Tools Plant used to separate raw fish eggs from the membranes. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 44 |
| Lycopodium annotinum L. Stiff Clubmoss USDA LYAN2 |
Shuswap Fiber, Building Material Moss mixed with clay and used between the logs of a log house. Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 49 |
| Lycopodium annotinum L. Stiff Clubmoss USDA LYAN2 |
Shuswap Other, Fertilizer Moss mixed with house plant dirt as a fertilizer to make the plants healthier. Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 49 |
| Lycopodium clavatum L. Running Clubmoss USDA LYCL |
Aleut Drug, Analgesic Infusion of plant taken for postpartum pain. Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 427 |
| Lycopodium clavatum L. Running Clubmoss USDA LYCL |
Aleut Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion of plant taken for postpartum pain. Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 427 |
| Lycopodium clavatum L. Running Clubmoss USDA LYCL |
Bella Coola Other, Decorations Used to make wreaths. Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 196 |
| Lycopodium clavatum L. Running Clubmoss USDA LYCL |
Carrier, Southern Drug, Analgesic Moss inserted into the nose to cause bleeding for headaches. Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 48 |
| Lycopodium clavatum L. Running Clubmoss USDA LYCL |
Hanaksiala Fiber, Clothing Plant used as a belt for the blankets that were worn. 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 157 |
| Lycopodium clavatum L. Running Clubmoss USDA LYCL |
Hesquiat Other, Decorations Used by children to make Christmas decorations. Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 29 |
| Lycopodium clavatum L. Running Clubmoss USDA LYCL |
Montagnais Drug, Febrifuge 'Brew' from plant used for weakness and fever. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 315 |
| Lycopodium clavatum L. Running Clubmoss USDA LYCL |
Montagnais Drug, Stimulant Compound containing plant used for weakness and fever. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 315 |
| Lycopodium clavatum L. Running Clubmoss USDA LYCL |
Oweekeno Other, Jewelry Plant used to make a decorative necklace worn during festive occasions. 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 59 |
| Lycopodium clavatum L. Running Clubmoss USDA LYCL |
Potawatomi Drug, Hemostat Spores of fruiting spikes used as a styptic and coagulant. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 64 |
| Lycopodium clavatum L. Running Clubmoss USDA LYCL |
Thompson Other, Decorations Plant used as a Christmas decoration. One informant used it as a Christmas decoration, but was told not to use it by her chief, as it was considered to bring bad luck. He said, 'that's for the devil.' 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 87 |
| Lycopodium obscurum L. Rare Clubmoss USDA LYOB |
Chippewa Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Compound decoction of moss used as herbal steam for rheumatism. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 362 |