Oleaceae Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

Green Ash

Cheyenne - Fiber, Building Material

Use documented by:
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46

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Scientific name: Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.
USDA symbol: FRPE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Green Ash
Family: Oleaceae
Family (APG): Oleaceae
Native American Tribe: Cheyenne
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Building Material
Notes: Trunks used to construct the medicine lodge for the Sun Dance ceremony.

RECRD: 44786 id: 15270

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