Salicaceae Populus ?acuminata Rydb. (pro sp.) [angustifolia ? deltoides]
Lanceleaf Cottonwood
Navajo, Ramah - Fiber, Building Material
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 22
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Populus ?acuminata Rydb. (pro sp.) [angustifolia ? deltoides]
Scientific name: Populus ?acuminata Rydb. (pro sp.) [angustifolia ? deltoides]
USDA symbol: POAC5 (
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Common names: Lanceleaf Cottonwood
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Building Material
Notes: Used for hogan construction.
RECRD: 10431 id: 29685