Taxaceae Taxus brevifolia Nutt.
Pacific Yew
Hanaksiala - Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
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 187
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Taxus brevifolia Nutt.
Scientific name: Taxus brevifolia Nutt.
USDA symbol: TABR2 (
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Common names: Pacific Yew
Family: Taxaceae
Family (APG): Taxaceae
Native American Tribe: Hanaksiala
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Hunting & Fishing Item
Notes: Sticks used to strike rods of cedar to make noise while driving animals to be killed.
RECRD: 61164 id: 39467