| Pinus strobus L. Eastern White Pine USDA PIST |
Ojibwa Food, Unspecified Young staminate catkins of this pine cooked for food and stewed with meat. One might think this would taste rather like pitch, but they assured the writer that is was sweet and had no pitchy flavor. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 407 |
| Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. Eastern Cottonwood USDA PODED |
Pima Food, Unspecified Catkins eaten raw. Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 69 |
| Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni (S. Wats.) Eckenwalder Rio Grande Cottonwood USDA PODEW |
Acoma Food, Candy Cotton from the pistillate catkins used as chewing gum. 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 31 |
| Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni (S. Wats.) Eckenwalder Rio Grande Cottonwood USDA PODEW |
Isleta Food, Unspecified Catkins eaten raw. 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 43 |
| Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni (S. Wats.) Eckenwalder Rio Grande Cottonwood USDA PODEW |
Jemez Food, Unspecified Catkins eaten raw. 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 43 |
| Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni (S. Wats.) Eckenwalder Rio Grande Cottonwood USDA PODEW |
Laguna Food, Candy Cotton from the pistillate catkins used as chewing gum. 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 31 |
| Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni (S. Wats.) Eckenwalder Rio Grande Cottonwood USDA PODEW |
Navajo Food, Candy Sap or catkins, alone or mixed with animal fat, used for chewing gum. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 38 |
| Populus fremontii S. Wats. Fremont's Cottonwood USDA POFRF3 |
Pima, Gila River Food, Snack Food Catkins eaten as a snack food by all age groups. Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 5 |
| Prosopis pubescens Benth. Screwbean Mesquite USDA PRPU |
Pima, Gila River Food, Snack Food Catkins eaten as a snack food by all age groups. Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 5 |
| Prosopis velutina Woot. Velvet Mesquite USDA PRVE |
Pima Food, Unspecified Catkins eaten raw. Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 74 |
| Prosopis velutina Woot. Velvet Mesquite USDA PRVE |
Pima Food, Unspecified Catkins sucked for their sweet taste. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 93 |
| Prosopis velutina Woot. Velvet Mesquite USDA PRVE |
Pima, Gila River Food, Snack Food Catkins eaten as a snack food by all age groups. Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 5 |
| Salix gooddingii Ball Goodding's Willow USDA SAGO |
Pima Food, Unspecified Catkins eaten raw. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 108 |
| Salix pulchra Cham. Tealeaf Willow USDA SAPU15 |
Eskimo, Alaska Food, Vegetable Young shoots and catkins used fresh or in seal oil. 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 |
| Salix pulchra Cham. Tealeaf Willow USDA SAPU15 |
Eskimo, Alaska Food, Winter Use Food Young shoots and catkins stored in oil for winter use. 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 |