Taxaceae Taxus brevifolia Nutt.

Pacific Yew

Oweekeno - Fiber, Canoe Material

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 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: Oweekeno
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Canoe Material
Notes: Wood used to make canoe paddles.

RECRD: 60849 id: 39520

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