Dryopteridaceae Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth
Common Ladyfern
Salish, Coast - Food, Unspecified
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 68
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Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth
Scientific name: Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth
USDA symbol: ATFIA (
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Common names: Common Ladyfern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Salish, Coast
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: New shoots and rhizomes used for food.
RECRD: 47406 id: 6586