Fagaceae Quercus ?pauciloba Rydb. (pro sp.) [gambelii ? turbinella]

Wavyleaf Oak

Navajo, Ramah - Other, Protection

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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Scientific name: Quercus ?pauciloba Rydb. (pro sp.) [gambelii ? turbinella]
USDA symbol: QUPA4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wavyleaf Oak
Family: Fagaceae
Family (APG): Fagaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Protection
Notes: Used to protect new or ceremonial hogans from lightning, ghosts and witches.

RECRD: 10451 id: 32620

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