Poaceae Muhlenbergia pungens Thurb.

Sandhill Muhly

Hopi - Fiber, Brushes & Brooms

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 65

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Scientific name: Muhlenbergia pungens Thurb.
USDA symbol: MUPU2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sandhill Muhly
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Brushes & Brooms
Notes: Culms stripped of leaves and bound together to form a broom and hair brush.

RECRD: 41390 id: 23519

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