Fagaceae Quercus kelloggii Newberry

California Black Oak

Shasta - Food, Porridge

Use documented by:
Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 308

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Scientific name: Quercus kelloggii Newberry
USDA symbol: QUKE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: California Black Oak
Family: Fagaceae
Family (APG): Fagaceae
Native American Tribe: Shasta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Acorns pounded, winnowed, leached and made into mush.

RECRD: 7488 id: 32233

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