Agavaceae Yucca glauca Nutt.
Small Soapweed
Navajo, Ramah - Fiber, Cordage
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 21
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Yucca glauca Nutt.
Scientific name: Yucca glauca Nutt.
USDA symbol: YUGLG2 (
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Common names: Small Soapweed
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Cordage
Notes: Fiber made into string to tie hoops, prayer sticks, chant arrows and other ceremonial equipment.
RECRD: 10427 id: 44148