Pinaceae Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco

Douglas Fir

Keresan - Other, Ceremonial Items

Use documented by:
White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 563

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Scientific name: Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco
USDA symbol: PSMEM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Douglas Fir
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Keresan
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Used to make costumes for dancers, prayer sticks and other ceremonial items.

RECRD: 3110 id: 31169

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