Cupressaceae Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Alaska Cedar
Kwakiutl - Drug, Herbal Steam
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 266
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Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
Scientific name: Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
USDA symbol: CHNO (
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Common names: Alaska Cedar
Family: Cupressaceae
Family (APG): Cupressaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Herbal Steam
Notes: Plant used in sweatbaths for arthritis and rheumatism.
RECRD: 83806 id: 9107