Betula occidentalis Hook.
Common names: Water Birch
Species details (USDA):
USDA BEOC2
Documented uses
12 uses documented
Blackfoot
Drug, Abortifacient
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 60)
Blackfoot
Drug, Abortifacient
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 60)
Blackfoot
Fiber, Building Material
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 17)
Blackfoot
Other, Cooking Tools
detail...
(Johnston, Alex,
1987,
Plants and the Blackfoot,
Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society,
pages 33)
Jemez
Dye, Red
detail...
(Cook, Sarah Louise,
1930,
The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians.,
University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis,
pages 21)
Navajo
Other, Toys & Games
detail...
(Elmore, Francis H.,
1944,
Ethnobotany of the Navajo,
Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research,
pages 39)
Okanagan-Colville
Dye, Brown
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 89)
Okanagan-Colville
Fiber, Basketry
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 89)
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 89)
Okanagan-Colville
Fiber, Furniture
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 89)
Okanagan-Colville
Other, Fuel
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 89)
Paiute
Other, Stable Gear
detail...
(Mahar, James Michael.,
1953,
Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation,
Reed College, B.A. Thesis,
pages 64)