Rosaceae Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi (Wenzig) C.L. Hitchc.
Gray's Mountainash
Heiltzuk - Food, Forage
Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 116
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Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi (Wenzig) C.L. Hitchc.
Scientific name: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi (Wenzig) C.L. Hitchc.
USDA symbol: SOSIG (
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Common names: Gray's Mountainash
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Heiltzuk
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Forage
Notes: Considered a food for black bears.
RECRD: 60970 id: 38582