Poaceae Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed
Hopi - Other, Ceremonial Items
Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 66
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Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Scientific name: Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
USDA symbol: PHAU7 (
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Common names: Common Reed
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Associated ceremonially with the bow and arrow.
RECRD: 41393 id: 26580