Aceraceae Acer glabrum Torr.
Rocky Mountain Maple
Okanagan-Colville - Fiber, Building Material
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 59
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Acer glabrum Torr.
Scientific name: Acer glabrum Torr.
USDA symbol: ACGLG2 (
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Common names: Rocky Mountain Maple
Family: Aceraceae
Family (APG): Sapindaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Building Material
Notes: Wood used to make the frame of a woman's sweathouse.
RECRD: 12306 id: 446