Taxaceae Taxus brevifolia Nutt.

Pacific Yew

Salish, Coast - Fiber, Canoe Material

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 72

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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: Salish, Coast
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Canoe Material
Notes: Wood used to make paddles.

RECRD: 47465 id: 39546

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