Fucaceae Fucus gardneri Silva

Bladderwrack Kelp

Haisla and Hanaksiala - Other, Tools

Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 125

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Scientific name: Fucus gardneri Silva
Common names: Bladderwrack Kelp
Family: Fucaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Haisla and Hanaksiala
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Tools
Notes: Plant used with an open fire to steam heat kerfed boards to bend into red cedar bentwood boxes.

RECRD: 60988 id: 15393

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