Fagaceae Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd.
Tanoak
Shasta - Food, Bread & Cake
Use documented by:
Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 308
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Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd.
Scientific name: Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd.
USDA symbol: LIDED2 (
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Common names: Tanoak
Family: Fagaceae
Family (APG): Fagaceae
Native American Tribe: Shasta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Acorns pounded, winnowed, leached and made into bread.
RECRD: 7497 id: 20532