Zosteraceae Zostera marina L.
Seawrack
Oweekeno - Food, Unspecified
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 82
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Zostera marina L.
Scientific name: Zostera marina L.
USDA symbol: ZOMA (
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Common names: Seawrack
Family: Zosteraceae
Family (APG): Zosteraceae
Native American Tribe: Oweekeno
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Leaves picked with attached herring spawn and eaten.
RECRD: 60865 id: 44690