Cupressaceae Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach

Alaska Cedar

Kwakiutl, Southern - Fiber, Furniture

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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Scientific name: Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
USDA symbol: CHNO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Alaska Cedar
Family: Cupressaceae
Family (APG): Cupressaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Furniture
Notes: Wood used to make chests.

RECRD: 46866 id: 9115

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