Beckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fern.
Common names: American Sloughgrass
Species details (USDA):
USDA BESY
Documented uses
4 uses documented
Klamath
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Coville, Frederick V.,
1897,
Notes On The Plants Used By The Klamath Indians Of Oregon.,
Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 5(2):87-110,
pages 91)
Montana Indian
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Blankinship, J. W.,
1905,
Native Economic Plants of Montana,
Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56,
pages 8)
Navajo, Ramah
Food, Fodder
detail...
(Vestal, Paul A.,
1952,
The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho,
Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94,
pages 15)
Okanagan-Colville
Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy,
1980,
Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington,
Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum,
pages 53)