University of Michigan at Dearborn Native American Ethnobotany Database
(database accessed August 2005)

 Burchloe
2 entries


Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.
Buffalograss; Poaceae
Keres, Western Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Stolons crushed with yucca root or soaked in water and used as a head bath to make the hair grow.
Swank, George R. 1932 The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians. University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis (p. 34)


Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.
Buffalograss; Poaceae
Blackfoot Food (Forage)
Used as an excellent fall and winter pasture for horses.
Johnston, Alex 1987 Plants and the Blackfoot. Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society (p. 20)



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