Sporobolus contractus A.S. Hitchc.
Common names: Spike Dropseed
Species details (USDA):
USDA SPCO4
Documented uses
7 uses documented
Apache, Western
Food, Porridge
detail...
(Buskirk, Winfred,
1986,
The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950,
Norman. University of Oklahoma Press,
pages 189)
Apache, White Mountain
Food, Bread & Cake
detail...
(Reagan, Albert B.,
1929,
Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona,
Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61.,
pages 149)
Apache, White Mountain
Food, Porridge
detail...
(Reagan, Albert B.,
1929,
Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona,
Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61.,
pages 149)
Apache, White Mountain
Other, Cash Crop
detail...
(Reagan, Albert B.,
1929,
Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona,
Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61.,
pages 149)
Navajo
Food, Bread & Cake
detail...
(Steggerda, Morris,
1941,
Navajo Foods and Their Preparation,
Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25,
pages 223)
Zuni
Fiber, Building Material
detail...
(Stevenson, Matilda Coxe,
1915,
Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #30,
pages 81)
Zuni
Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
detail...
(Stevenson, Matilda Coxe,
1915,
Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #30,
pages 81)