Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn

Western Brackenfern

Salish, Coast - Food, Bread & Cake

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 69

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Scientific name: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
Common names: Western Brackenfern
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Salish, Coast
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Rhizomes pounded into flour and baked to make bread.

RECRD: 47421 id: 31493

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