| Salix humilis Marsh. Prairie Willow USDA SAHUH |
Cherokee Drug, Tonic Bark used as a 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 61 |
| Salix humilis Marsh. Prairie Willow USDA SAHUH |
Delaware Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of roots and other plants used for scrofula and venereal disease. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 34 |
| Salix humilis Marsh. Prairie Willow USDA SAHUH |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Compound infusion of plant used for scrofula. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 29, 78 |
| Salix humilis Marsh. Prairie Willow USDA SAHUH |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Venereal Aid Compound infusion of plant used for venereal disease. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 29, 78 |
| Salix humilis Marsh. Prairie Willow USDA SAHUH |
Menominee Drug, Antidiarrheal Root taken from shrub bearing insect galls and used for dysentery and diarrhea. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 52 |
| Salix humilis Marsh. Prairie Willow USDA SAHUH |
Menominee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Root taken only from shrub bearing insect galls and used for spasmodic colic. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 52 |
| Salix humilis Marsh. Prairie Willow USDA SAHUH |
Menominee Drug, Tonic Decoction of stalk taken as a general tonic. Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 133 |
| Salix humilis Marsh. Prairie Willow USDA SAHUH |
Meskwaki Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of root used for flux and enemas. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 245 |
| Salix humilis Marsh. Prairie Willow USDA SAHUH |
Meskwaki Drug, Hemostat Leaves used for stopping a hemorrhage. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 245 |
| Salix humilis Marsh. Prairie Willow USDA SAHUH |
Meskwaki Drug, Laxative Infusion of root used for flux and giving enemas. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 245 |
| Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs Prairie Willow USDA SAHUT |
Catawba Drug, Gynecological Aid Plant used for sore nipples. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 13 |
| Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs Prairie Willow USDA SAHUT |
Catawba Drug, Oral Aid Infusion of roots used as a wash for children with sore mouths. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 13 |
| Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs Prairie Willow USDA SAHUT |
Catawba Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of roots used as a wash for children with sore mouths. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 13 |
| Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs Prairie Willow USDA SAHUT |
Delaware Drug, Reproductive Aid Infusion of roots used by women for displacement of the womb. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 34 |
| Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs Prairie Willow USDA SAHUT |
Delaware Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of plant and roots of other plants used for scrofula and venereal disease. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 34 |
| Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs Prairie Willow USDA SAHUT |
Seminole Drug, Analgesic Infusion of plant taken for sun sickness: eye disease, headache, high fever and diarrhea. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 208 |
| Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs Prairie Willow USDA SAHUT |
Seminole Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of plant taken for sun sickness: eye disease, headache, high fever and diarrhea. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 208 |
| Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs Prairie Willow USDA SAHUT |
Seminole Drug, Eye Medicine Infusion of plant taken for sun sickness: eye disease, headache, high fever and diarrhea. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 208 |
| Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs Prairie Willow USDA SAHUT |
Seminole Drug, Febrifuge Infusion of plant taken and rubbed on the body for high fevers. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 202 |
| Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs Prairie Willow USDA SAHUT |
Seminole Drug, Febrifuge Infusion of plant taken for sun sickness: eye disease, headache, high fever and diarrhea. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 208 |
| Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs Prairie Willow USDA SAHUT |
Seminole Drug, Hunting Medicine Infusion of plant used as a hunting medicine to increase hunting luck. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 371 |
| Salix humilis var. tristis (Ait.) Griggs Prairie Willow USDA SAHUT |
Seminole Drug, Other Plant used to make a medicine and given to students in medical training. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 103 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Chippewa Fiber, Basketry Cut, peeled willows dipped in hot water to make them tough and pliable and made into baskets. The best time for weaving willow baskets of various forms and sizes was during the springtime. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 126 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Cree, Woodlands Fiber, Basketry Stems used to rim birch bark baskets. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 58 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Cree, Woodlands Other, Containers Stems used to make a stopper for a sturgeon skin jar. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 58 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Cree, Woodlands Other, Cooking Tools Stems used to make a fish roasting stick. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 58 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Cree, Woodlands Other, Fasteners Bark used to tie or fasten many things. Bark was used to tie the fish roasting sticks, rock fish net weights, birch bark moose calls, and snowshoe frames, which were tied together before they were bent, as well as bundles to be carried by hand. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 58 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Cree, Woodlands Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Bark made into netting and used to catch fish. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 58 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Cree, Woodlands Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Stems used to make bows and arrows. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 58 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Cree, Woodlands Other, Tools Bark made into netting to clean pitch used in sealing birch bark canoes. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 58 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Cree, Woodlands Other, Tools Stems used to make a bead weaving loom. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 58 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Cree, Woodlands Other, Toys & Games Branches used to make whistles. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 58 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Gosiute Fiber, Basketry Wood used to make baskets, fish weirs and water jugs. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 380 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Gosiute Other, Containers Wood used to make baskets and water jugs. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 380 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Gosiute Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Wood used to make fish weirs. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 380 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Iroquois Drug, Analgesic Infusion of stems and other plant parts used for side pains. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 39 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Omaha Fiber, Basketry Peeled stems used in basketry. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 73 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Potawatomi Dye, Red Willow and some other species of willow used for a scarlet dye. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 123 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Thompson Drug, Unspecified Roots used medicinally for unspecified purpose. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 465 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Thompson Other, Fasteners Slender and tough stems used as withes. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Thompson Other, Stable Gear Bark used to weave saddle blankets. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498 |
| Salix interior Rowlee Sandbar Willow USDA SAIN3 |
Ute Fiber, Basketry Used in basketry. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1909, Some Plant Names of the Ute Indians, American Anthropologist 11:27-40, page 36 |
| Salix irrorata Anderss. Sandbar Willow USDA SAIR |
Apache, White Mountain Fiber, Basketry Split withes used to make baskets. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 160 |
| Salix irrorata Anderss. Sandbar Willow USDA SAIR |
Apache, White Mountain Fiber, Basketry Withes used to make baskets and water jugs. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 150 |
| Salix irrorata Anderss. Sandbar Willow USDA SAIR |
Apache, White Mountain Fiber, Basketry Withes used to make baskets to be sold. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 150 |
| Salix irrorata Anderss. Sandbar Willow USDA SAIR |
Apache, White Mountain Fiber, Building Material Split withes used as tipi and wickiup thatching. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 160 |
| Salix irrorata Anderss. Sandbar Willow USDA SAIR |
Apache, White Mountain Other, Containers Withes used to make baskets and water jugs. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 150 |
| Salix irrorata Anderss. Sandbar Willow USDA SAIR |
Apache, White Mountain Other, Cooking Tools Withes tied together and used to stir mush and other foods. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 160 |
| Salix irrorata Anderss. Sandbar Willow USDA SAIR |
Apache, White Mountain Other, Toys & Games Split withes used to make the three dice and throwing sticks for the setdilth game. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 160 |
| Salix irrorata Anderss. Sandbar Willow USDA SAIR |
Apache, White Mountain Other, Toys & Games Wood used to make the poles and hoops for the pole game. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 160 |