BRIT - Native American Ethnobotany Database

Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw

Common names: Black Cottonwood
Species details (USDA): USDA POBAT

Documented uses

92 uses documented
Bella Coola Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, pages 210)
Bella Coola Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, pages 210)
Bella Coola Drug, Orthopedic Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, pages 210)
Bella Coola Drug, Pulmonary Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, pages 210)
Bella Coola Drug, Pulmonary Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, pages 210)
Bella Coola Drug, Throat Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, pages 210)
Bella Coola Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy detail... (Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, pages 210)
Bella Coola Food, Dried Food detail... (Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, pages 210)
Bella Coola Food, Unspecified detail... (Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, pages 210)
Blackfoot Food, Unspecified detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Blackfoot Other, Protection detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Carrier Fiber, Canoe Material detail... (Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, pages 69)
Cheyenne Fiber, Building Material detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Cheyenne Food, Fodder detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Cheyenne Other, Paint detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Clallam Food, Dried Food detail... (Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, pages 203)
Clallam Food, Unspecified detail... (Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, pages 203)
Flathead Drug, Cold Remedy detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Flathead Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Flathead Drug, Venereal Aid detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Flathead Food, Unspecified detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Haisla Food, Unspecified detail... (Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, pages 151)
Haisla and Hanaksiala Drug, Burn Dressing detail... (Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, pages 284)
Haisla and Hanaksiala Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, pages 284)
Haisla and Hanaksiala Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, pages 284)
Haisla and Hanaksiala Food, Unspecified detail... (Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, pages 284)
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Preservative detail... (Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, pages 284)
Hanaksiala Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding detail... (Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, pages 284)
Hesquiat Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 75)
Hoh Drug, Unspecified detail... (Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, pages 60)
Karok Drug, Love Medicine detail... (Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, pages 381)
Karok Fiber, Basketry detail... (Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, pages 381)
Karok Other, Fasteners detail... (Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, pages 209)
Klallam Drug, Eye Medicine detail... (Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, pages 26)
Kutenai Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Kutenai Drug, Respiratory Aid detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Kutenai Drug, Respiratory Aid detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Kutenai Food, Unspecified detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Kwakiutl Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, pages 292)
Kwakiutl Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, pages 292)
Kwakiutl, Southern Food, Unspecified detail... (Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, pages 292)
Missouri River Indian Dye, Yellow detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Montana Indian Other, Fuel detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Nez Perce Drug, Antirheumatic (External) detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Nez Perce Drug, Veterinary Aid detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 68)
Nisga Fiber, Canoe Material detail... (Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, pages 349)
Nitinaht Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 126)
Nitinaht Fiber, Cordage detail... (Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, pages 241)
Nitinaht Fiber, Cordage detail... (Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 126)
Nitinaht Other, Hunting & Fishing Item detail... (Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 126)
Nitinaht Other, Hunting & Fishing Item detail... (Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 126)
Nitinaht Other, Incense & Fragrance detail... (Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 126)
Nitinaht Other, Paint detail... (Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 126)
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Venereal Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 134)
Okanagan-Colville Fiber, Canoe Material detail... (Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 134)
Okanagan-Colville Other, Containers detail... (Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 134)
Okanagan-Colville Other, Fasteners detail... (Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 134)
Okanagan-Colville Other, Season Indicator detail... (Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 134)
Okanagan-Colville Other, Tools detail... (Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 134)
Oweekeno Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, pages 116)
Oweekeno Food, Unspecified detail... (Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, pages 116)
Oweekeno Other, Fasteners detail... (Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, pages 116)
Paiute Other, Fuel detail... (Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, pages 61)
Quileute Drug, Unspecified detail... (Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, pages 60)
Quinault Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, pages 26)
Quinault Drug, Disinfectant detail... (Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, pages 26)
Quinault Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy detail... (Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, pages 26)
Quinault Fiber, Building Material detail... (Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, pages 26)
Salish, Coast Fiber, Canoe Material detail... (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, pages 89)
Shuswap Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, pages 68)
Shuswap Fiber, Canoe Material detail... (Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, pages 68)
Shuswap Other, Hide Preparation detail... (Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, pages 68)
Squaxin Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, pages 26)
Squaxin Drug, Disinfectant detail... (Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, pages 26)
Squaxin Drug, Throat Aid detail... (Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, pages 26)
Squaxin Fiber, Building Material detail... (Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, pages 26)
Squaxin Fiber, Cordage detail... (Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, pages 26)
Thompson Drug, Ceremonial Medicine detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 276)
Thompson Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 276)
Thompson Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 276)
Thompson Drug, Gynecological Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 276)
Thompson Drug, Orthopedic Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 276)
Thompson Drug, Unspecified detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 276)
Thompson Fiber, Canoe Material detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 276)
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 276)
Thompson Fiber, Scouring Material detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 276)
Thompson Food, Forage detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 276)
Thompson Other, Fuel detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 276)
Thompson Other, Soap detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 276)
Thompson Other, Tools detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 276)
Yurok Drug, Unspecified detail... (Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, pages 47)
Yurok Other, Tools detail... (Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, pages 47)