Populus balsamifera L.
Common names: Balsam Poplar
Species details (USDA):
USDA POBAB2
Documented uses
64 uses documented
Algonquin, Quebec
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Black, Meredith Jean,
1980,
Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65,
pages 148)
Algonquin, Quebec
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Black, Meredith Jean,
1980,
Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65,
pages 148)
Algonquin, Quebec
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Black, Meredith Jean,
1980,
Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65,
pages 148)
Algonquin, Quebec
Drug, Disinfectant
detail...
(Black, Meredith Jean,
1980,
Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65,
pages 148)
Algonquin, Quebec
Drug, Disinfectant
detail...
(Black, Meredith Jean,
1980,
Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65,
pages 148)
Bella Coola
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 54)
Bella Coola
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 54)
Bella Coola
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 54)
Bella Coola
Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 54)
Bella Coola
Drug, Diaphoretic
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 54)
Bella Coola
Drug, Orthopedic Aid
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 54)
Bella Coola
Drug, Pulmonary Aid
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 54)
Carrier, Northern
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 54)
Carrier, Northern
Drug, Eye Medicine
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 54)
Carrier, Southern
Drug, Cough Medicine
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 54)
Carrier, Southern
Drug, Pulmonary Aid
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 54)
Carrier, Southern
Other, Insecticide
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 54)
Chippewa
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 356)
Chippewa
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1933,
Some Chippewa Uses of Plants,
Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press,
pages 126)
Chippewa
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 356)
Chippewa
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 358)
Chippewa
Drug, Heart Medicine
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 338)
Chippewa
Drug, Orthopedic Aid
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 362)
Cree, Woodlands
Drug, Disinfectant
detail...
(Leighton, Anna L.,
1985,
Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 52)
Cree, Woodlands
Drug, Hemostat
detail...
(Leighton, Anna L.,
1985,
Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 52)
Cree, Woodlands
Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
detail...
(Leighton, Anna L.,
1985,
Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 52)
Eskimo, Inuktitut
Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
detail...
(Wilson, Michael R.,
1978,
Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut,
The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196,
pages 188)
Eskimo, Inuktitut
Other, Insecticide
detail...
(Wilson, Michael R.,
1978,
Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut,
The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196,
pages 188)
Eskimo, Inuktitut
Other, Smoke Plant
detail...
(Wilson, Michael R.,
1978,
Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut,
The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196,
pages 188)
Klamath
Fiber, Clothing
detail...
(Coville, Frederick V.,
1897,
Notes On The Plants Used By The Klamath Indians Of Oregon.,
Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 5(2):87-110,
pages 94)
Malecite
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Mechling, W.H.,
1959,
The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs,
Anthropologica 8:239-263,
pages 247)
Micmac
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper,
1979,
Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68,
pages 59)
Micmac
Drug, Venereal Aid
detail...
(Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper,
1979,
Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68,
pages 59)
Montana Indian
Fiber, Building Material
detail...
(Blankinship, J. W.,
1905,
Native Economic Plants of Montana,
Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56,
pages 19)
Montana Indian
Food, Fodder
detail...
(Blankinship, J. W.,
1905,
Native Economic Plants of Montana,
Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56,
pages 19)
Montana Indian
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Blankinship, J. W.,
1905,
Native Economic Plants of Montana,
Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56,
pages 19)
Montana Indian
Other, Fuel
detail...
(Blankinship, J. W.,
1905,
Native Economic Plants of Montana,
Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56,
pages 19)
Montana Indian
Other, Smoke Plant
detail...
(Blankinship, J. W.,
1905,
Native Economic Plants of Montana,
Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56,
pages 19)
Ojibwa
Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
detail...
(Reagan, Albert B.,
1928,
Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota,
Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248,
pages 231)
Ojibwa
Drug, Blood Medicine
detail...
(Reagan, Albert B.,
1928,
Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota,
Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248,
pages 231)
Ojibwa
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1932,
Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525,
pages 387)
Ojibwa
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1932,
Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525,
pages 387)
Ojibwa
Drug, Panacea
detail...
(Reagan, Albert B.,
1928,
Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota,
Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248,
pages 231)
Ojibwa
Drug, Respiratory Aid
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1932,
Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525,
pages 387)
Ojibwa
Other, Paper
detail...
(Reagan, Albert B.,
1928,
Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota,
Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248,
pages 243)
Paiute
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer,
1941,
Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada,
Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture,
pages 121122)
Potawatomi
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1933,
Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230,
pages 80, 81)
Shoshoni
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer,
1941,
Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada,
Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture,
pages 121122)
Shoshoni
Drug, Blood Medicine
detail...
(Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer,
1941,
Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada,
Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture,
pages 121122)
Shoshoni
Drug, Tonic
detail...
(Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer,
1941,
Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada,
Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture,
pages 121122)
Shoshoni
Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
detail...
(Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer,
1941,
Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada,
Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture,
pages 121122)
Shoshoni
Drug, Venereal Aid
detail...
(Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer,
1941,
Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada,
Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture,
pages 121122)
Tanana, Upper
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Kari, Priscilla Russe,
1985,
Upper Tanana Ethnobotany,
Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission,
pages 4)
Tanana, Upper
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Kari, Priscilla Russe,
1985,
Upper Tanana Ethnobotany,
Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission,
pages 4)
Tanana, Upper
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Kari, Priscilla Russe,
1985,
Upper Tanana Ethnobotany,
Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission,
pages 4)
Tanana, Upper
Drug, Cough Medicine
detail...
(Kari, Priscilla Russe,
1985,
Upper Tanana Ethnobotany,
Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission,
pages 4)
Tanana, Upper
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Kari, Priscilla Russe,
1985,
Upper Tanana Ethnobotany,
Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission,
pages 4)
Tanana, Upper
Drug, Panacea
detail...
(Kari, Priscilla Russe,
1985,
Upper Tanana Ethnobotany,
Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission,
pages 4)
Tanana, Upper
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Kari, Priscilla Russe,
1985,
Upper Tanana Ethnobotany,
Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission,
pages 4)
Tanana, Upper
Other, Cooking Tools
detail...
(Kari, Priscilla Russe,
1985,
Upper Tanana Ethnobotany,
Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission,
pages 4)
Tanana, Upper
Other, Fuel
detail...
(Kari, Priscilla Russe,
1985,
Upper Tanana Ethnobotany,
Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission,
pages 4)
Tanana, Upper
Other, Preservative
detail...
(Kari, Priscilla Russe,
1985,
Upper Tanana Ethnobotany,
Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission,
pages 4)
Tanana, Upper
Other, Smoke Plant
detail...
(Kari, Priscilla Russe,
1985,
Upper Tanana Ethnobotany,
Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission,
pages 4)
Tanana, Upper
Other, Toys & Games
detail...
(Kari, Priscilla Russe,
1985,
Upper Tanana Ethnobotany,
Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission,
pages 4)