Osmundaceae Osmunda cinnamomea L.

Cinnamon Fern

Menominee - Food, Soup

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 70

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Scientific name: Osmunda cinnamomea L.
USDA symbol: OSCIC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cinnamon Fern
Family: Osmundaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Soup
Notes: Frond tips simmered to remove the ants, added to soup stock and thickened with flour.

RECRD: 1130 id: 25093

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