Alariaceae Egregia menziesii (Turner) Areschoug

Boa Kelp

Bella Coola - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 195

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Scientific name: Egregia menziesii (Turner) Areschoug
Common names: Boa Kelp
Family: Alariaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Bella Coola
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Whole plants with attached herring spawn dried and used as a winter food.

RECRD: 47705 id: 12950