Taxaceae Taxus brevifolia Nutt.

Pacific Yew

Nitinaht - Other, Ceremonial Items

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 75

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Scientific name: Taxus brevifolia Nutt.
USDA symbol: TABR2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pacific Yew
Family: Taxaceae
Family (APG): Taxaceae
Native American Tribe: Nitinaht
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Branches used as scrubbers in the manhood training rituals of young boys.

RECRD: 47181 id: 39512

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