Bromus tectorum L.
Common names: Cheatgrass
Species details (USDA):
USDA BRTE
Documented uses
4 uses documented
Cahuilla
Food, Starvation Food
detail...
(Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel,
1972,
Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants,
Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press,
pages 48)
Navajo, Kayenta
Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
detail...
(Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris,
1951,
The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho,
Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press,
pages 15)
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 16)
Paiute
Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
detail...
(Mahar, James Michael.,
1953,
Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation,
Reed College, B.A. Thesis,
pages 51)