Pinaceae Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco

Rocky Mountain Douglas Fir

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Ceremonial Items

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 34

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Scientific name: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco
USDA symbol: PSMEG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rocky Mountain Douglas Fir
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Boughs used by bereaved persons to scrub themselves as a purification ritual.

RECRD: 12200 id: 31240

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