80 entries
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.
Water Sedge; Cyperaceae
Alaska Native Food (Unspecified)
Stem bases eaten raw.
Heller, Christine A. 1953 Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska.
University of Alaska (p. 129)
Carex aquatilis var. dives (Holm)
Kükenth.
Sitka Sedge; Cyperaceae
Hesquiat Fiber (Basketry)
Leaves used to make strong handles for baskets and shopping baskets.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat 1982 Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat
Indians of Vancouver Island. Victoria. British Columbia Provincial
Museum (p. 53)
Carex aquatilis var. dives (Holm)
Kükenth.
Sitka Sedge; Cyperaceae
Makah Fiber (Basketry)
Used for the bottoms of trinket baskets.
Gunther, Erna 1973 Ethnobotany of Western Washington. Seattle.
University of Washington Press. Revised edition (p. 22)
Carex atherodes Spreng.
Slough Sedge; Cyperaceae
Thompson Food (Fodder)
Grass used for animal feed.
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 (p. 114)
Carex atherodes Spreng.
Slough Sedge; Cyperaceae
Thompson Food (Forage)
Roots sometimes eaten by muskrats.
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 (p. 114)
Carex atherodes Spreng.
Slough Sedge; Cyperaceae
Thompson Fiber (Clothing)
"Swamp hay" softened by rubbing and used as insoles for moccasins.
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 (p. 114)
Carex barbarae Dewey
Santa Barbara Sedge; Cyperaceae
Maidu Fiber (Basketry)
Blades used as coil thread and overlay twine weft bases in the
manufacture of baskets.
Swartz, Jr., B. K. 1958 A Study of Material Aspects of Northeastern
Maidu Basketry. Kroeber Anthropological Society Publications 19:67-84
(p. 71)
Carex barbarae Dewey
Santa Barbara Sedge; Cyperaceae
Pomo Fiber (Basketry)
Woody root fibers used as the white background in baskets.
Barrett, S. A. 1908 Pomo Indian Basketry. University of California
Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 7:134-308 (p. 137)
Carex barbarae Dewey
Santa Barbara Sedge; Cyperaceae
Pomo Fiber (Basketry)
Rootstocks used to make the white or creamy groundwork for baskets.
Chestnut, V. K. 1902 Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County,
California. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408.
(p. 315)
Carex barbarae Dewey
Santa Barbara Sedge; Cyperaceae
Pomo, Kashaya Fiber (Cordage)
White, woody center of the root used as a sewing element in coiled
baskets and in twining.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson 1980 Kashaya Pomo Plants. Los
Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los
Angeles (p. 103)
Carex barbarae Dewey
Santa Barbara Sedge; Cyperaceae
Pomo, Kashaya Fiber (Sewing Material)
White, woody center of the root used as a sewing element in coiled
baskets and in twining.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson 1980 Kashaya Pomo Plants. Los
Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los
Angeles (p. 103)
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mackenzie
Fescue Sedge; Cyperaceae
Iroquois Drug (Gynecological Aid)
Compound infusion of plant taken for evacuation of the placenta.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 275)
Carex concinnoides Mackenzie
Northwestern Sedge; Cyperaceae
Okanagan-Colville Other (Containers)
Used for pit cooking and various household purposes.
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 (p. 36)
Carex douglasii Boott
Douglas' Sedge; Cyperaceae
Kawaiisu Food (Unspecified)
Raw stems used for food.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City.
University of Utah Press (p. 17)
Carex exsiccata Bailey
Western Inflated Sedge; Cyperaceae
Shoshoni Dye (Black)
Roots used as black dye in basketry.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen 1990 Indian Uses of Native Plants. Glenwood,
Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959 (p. 8)
Carex inops ssp. heliophila (Mackenzie)
Crins
Sun Sedge; Cyperaceae
Navajo, Ramah Drug (Disinfectant)
Cold infusion of plant used as lotion for "eagle infections."
Vestal, Paul A. 1952 The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho. Papers of the
Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94 (p. 19)
Carex inops ssp. heliophila (Mackenzie)
Crins
Sun Sedge; Cyperaceae
Navajo, Ramah Drug (Gastrointestinal Aid)
Cold infusion of plant taken to relieve discomfort from overeating.
Vestal, Paul A. 1952 The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho. Papers of the
Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94 (p. 19)
Carex mendocinensis Olney
Mendocino Sedge; Cyperaceae
Pomo Fiber (Basketry)
Roots used in basketry.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen 1990 Indian Uses of Native Plants. Glenwood,
Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959 (p. 6)
Carex microptera Mackenzie
Smallwing Sedge; Cyperaceae
Navajo, Ramah Drug (Ceremonial Medicine)
Plant used as a ceremonial emetic.
Vestal, Paul A. 1952 The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho. Papers of the
Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94 (p. 19)
Carex microptera Mackenzie
Smallwing Sedge; Cyperaceae
Navajo, Ramah Drug (Emetic)
Plant used as a ceremonial emetic.
Vestal, Paul A. 1952 The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho. Papers of the
Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94 (p. 19)
Carex microptera Mackenzie
Smallwing Sedge; Cyperaceae
Navajo, Ramah Food (Forage)
Plant browsed by sheep.
Vestal, Paul A. 1952 The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho. Papers of the
Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94 (p. 19)
Carex nebrascensis Dewey
Nebraska Sedge; Cyperaceae
Cheyenne Drug (Ceremonial Medicine)
Plant used in the Sun Dance and Massaum ceremonies.
Hart, Jeffrey A. 1981 The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians
of Montana. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55 (p. 7)
Carex nebrascensis Dewey
Nebraska Sedge; Cyperaceae
Blackfoot Food (Forage)
Favorite grass of the buffalo.
McClintock, Walter 1909 Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss
Indianer. Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9 (p. 277)
Carex nebrascensis Dewey
Nebraska Sedge; Cyperaceae
Blackfoot Food (Forage)
Leaves thought to be a favorite food of the buffalo.
Johnston, Alex 1987 Plants and the Blackfoot. Lethbridge, Alberta.
Lethbridge Historical Society (p. 22)
Carex nebrascensis Dewey
Nebraska Sedge; Cyperaceae
Blackfoot Other (Ceremonial Items)
Grass tied by medicine men to horns of the sacred buffalo head used in
the Sun Dance ceremony.
McClintock, Walter 1909 Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss
Indianer. Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9 (p. 277)
Carex nebrascensis Dewey
Nebraska Sedge; Cyperaceae
Blackfoot Other (Ceremonial Items)
Leaves tied around the horn of the sacred buffalo skull used in
ceremonials.
Johnston, Alex 1987 Plants and the Blackfoot. Lethbridge, Alberta.
Lethbridge Historical Society (p. 22)
Carex nebrascensis Dewey
Nebraska Sedge; Cyperaceae
Blackfoot Other (Ceremonial Items)
Plant tied around the horns of the buffalo head in the Sun Dance.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen 1990 Indian Uses of Native Plants. Glenwood,
Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959 (p. 51)
Carex obnupta Bailey
Slough Sedge; Cyperaceae
Thompson Food (Fodder)
Grass used for animal feed.
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 (p. 114)
Carex obnupta Bailey
Slough Sedge; Cyperaceae
Thompson Food (Forage)
Roots sometimes eaten by muskrats.
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 (p. 114)
Carex obnupta Bailey
Slough Sedge; Cyperaceae
Hesquiat Fiber (Basketry)
Leaves used to make fine, closely woven baskets.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat 1982 Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat
Indians of Vancouver Island. Victoria. British Columbia Provincial
Museum (p. 18)
Carex obnupta Bailey
Slough Sedge; Cyperaceae
Hesquiat Fiber (Basketry)
Dried, split leaves used to make the finest baskets.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat 1982 Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat
Indians of Vancouver Island. Victoria. British Columbia Provincial
Museum (p. 50)
Carex obnupta Bailey
Slough Sedge; Cyperaceae
Hesquiat Fiber (Clothing)
Leaves used to make fine, closely woven hats.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat 1982 Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat
Indians of Vancouver Island. Victoria. British Columbia Provincial
Museum (p. 18)
Carex obnupta Bailey
Slough Sedge; Cyperaceae
Makah Fiber (Basketry)
Leaves used for the horizontal strands in basketry.
Gill, Steven J. 1983 Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People,
Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA). Washington State University, Ph.D.
Thesis (p. 330)
Carex obnupta Bailey
Slough Sedge; Cyperaceae
Nitinaht Fiber (Basketry)
Leaves extensively used as wrapping and twining material for "grass"
baskets.
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 (p. 79)
Carex obnupta Bailey
Slough Sedge; Cyperaceae
Nootka Fiber (Basketry)
Leaves extensively used as wrapping and twining material for "grass"
baskets.
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 (p. 79)
Carex obnupta Bailey
Slough Sedge; Cyperaceae
Thompson Fiber (Clothing)
"Swamp hay" softened by rubbing and used as insoles for moccasins.
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 (p. 114)
Carex obnupta Bailey
Slough Sedge; Cyperaceae
Hesquiat Other (Tools)
Sharp edged leaves used by men for shaving.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat 1982 Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat
Indians of Vancouver Island. Victoria. British Columbia Provincial
Museum (p. 50)
Carex oligosperma Michx.
Fewseed Sedge; Cyperaceae
Iroquois Drug (Emetic)
Compound decoction taken as an emetic before running or playing
lacrosse.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 275)
Carex plantaginea Lam.
Plantainleaf Sedge; Cyperaceae
Menominee Drug (Snake Bite Remedy)
Root used as a charm to prevent snakebite and spittle from chewed root
used on snakebite.
Smith, Huron H. 1923 Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians. Bulletin of
the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174 (p. 34)
Carex platyphylla Carey
Broadleaf Sedge; Cyperaceae
Iroquois Drug (Other)
Used several ways to "wash the snowsnake," a snowsnake medicine.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 274)
Carex prasina Wahlenb.
Drooping Sedge; Cyperaceae
Iroquois Drug (Emetic)
Decoction taken as an emetic.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 275)
Carex prasina Wahlenb.
Drooping Sedge; Cyperaceae
Iroquois Drug (Gastrointestinal Aid)
Decoction taken "when stomach is bad from an unknown cause."
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 275)
Carex prasina Wahlenb.
Drooping Sedge; Cyperaceae
Iroquois Drug (Veterinary Aid)
Decoction given to hunting dogs "when stomach is bad from an unknown
cause."
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 275)
Carex rostrata Stokes
Beaked Sedge; Cyperaceae
Thompson Food (Fodder)
Grass used for animal feed.
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 (p. 114)
Carex rostrata Stokes
Beaked Sedge; Cyperaceae
Thompson Food (Forage)
Roots sometimes eaten by muskrats.
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 (p. 114)
Carex rostrata Stokes
Beaked Sedge; Cyperaceae
Thompson Food (Forage)
Used as a forage plant.
Steedman, E.V. 1928 The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British
Columbia. SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522 (p. 514)
Carex rostrata Stokes
Beaked Sedge; Cyperaceae
Thompson Food (Unspecified)
Bulbs used for food.
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 (p. 114)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Cherokee Drug (Antidiarrheal)
Infusion of leaf taken to "check bowels."
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their
Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 54)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Gosiute Drug (Unspecified)
Root used as medicine.
Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1911 The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of
Utah. Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405.
(p. 365)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Songish Drug (Abortifacient)
Leaves eaten to induce abortions.
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 (p. 73)
Carex sp.
; Cyperaceae
Klamath Food (Beverage)
Pith juice used as beverage.
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 (p. 92)
Carex sp.
; Cyperaceae
Klamath Food (Unspecified)
Fresh stems used for food.
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 (p. 92)
Carex sp.
; Cyperaceae
Klamath Food (Unspecified)
Tuberous base of stem used for food.
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 (p. 92)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Montana Indian Food (Unspecified)
Young stems used for food.
Blankinship, J. W. 1905 Native Economic Plants of Montana. Bozeman.
Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56 (p. 9)
Carex sp.
; Cyperaceae
Navajo, Kayenta Food (Porridge)
Seeds ground, cooked into a mush and eaten.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris 1951 The Ethnobotany of the
Kayenta Navaho. Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press (p. 16)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Thompson Food (Forage)
Used as a general forage plant.
Steedman, E.V. 1928 The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British
Columbia. SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522 (p. 515)
Carex sp.
Sedges; Cyperaceae
Thompson Food (Forage)
Leaves eaten by goats, horses and other animals.
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 (p. 114)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Blackfoot Fiber (Clothing)
Grass used in moccasins to protect the feet during winter horse
stealing expeditions.
Johnston, Alex 1987 Plants and the Blackfoot. Lethbridge, Alberta.
Lethbridge Historical Society (p. 22)
Carex sp.
; Cyperaceae
Costanoan Fiber (Basketry)
Roots of many species used in basketry.
Bocek, Barbara R. 1984 Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California,
Based on Collections by John P. Harrington. Economic Botany
38(2):240-255 (p. 255)
Carex sp.
; Cyperaceae
Klamath Fiber (Mats, Rugs & Bedding)
Leaves woven into mats.
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 (p. 92)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Mendocino Indian Fiber (Basketry)
Rootstocks used to make strong and durable baskets.
Chestnut, V. K. 1902 Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County,
California. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408.
(p. 314)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Mendocino Indian Fiber (Cordage)
Rootstocks formerly used to make rope.
Chestnut, V. K. 1902 Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County,
California. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408.
(p. 314)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Montana Indian Fiber (Mats, Rugs & Bedding)
Leaves woven into mats.
Blankinship, J. W. 1905 Native Economic Plants of Montana. Bozeman.
Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56 (p. 9)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Pomo Fiber (Basketry)
Roots used for basket body material.
Merriam, C. Hart 1966 Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes.
University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley (p.
296)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Pomo Fiber (Basketry)
Roots split finely and used for black design material in fine baskets.
Merriam, C. Hart 1966 Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes.
University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley (p.
296)
Carex sp.
; Cyperaceae
Pomo Fiber (Cordage)
Roots used as a sewing element in coiled baskets.
Gifford, E. W. 1967 Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo.
Anthropological Records 25:10-15 (p. 11)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Salish, Coast Fiber (Basketry)
Fibrous leaves used to make baskets.
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 (p. 73)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Salish, Coast Fiber (Cordage)
Fibrous leaves used to make twine.
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 (p. 73)
Carex sp.
Sedges; Cyperaceae
Thompson Fiber (Brushes & Brooms)
Leaves used as brushes for cleaning things.
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 (p. 114)
Carex sp.
; Cyperaceae
Wailaki Fiber (Basketry)
Roots and leaves used for baskets.
Chestnut, V. K. 1902 Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County,
California. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408.
(p. 315)
Carex sp.
; Cyperaceae
Wailaki Fiber (Clothing)
Leaves used to weave hats.
Chestnut, V. K. 1902 Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County,
California. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408.
(p. 315)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Yuki Fiber (Basketry)
Large roots used to make baskets.
Curtin, L. S. M. 1957 Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food
Plants. The Masterkey 31:85-94 (p. 93)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Jemez Other (Ceremonial Items)
Plant considered sacred and used in the kiva.
Cook, Sarah Louise 1930 The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians.. University
of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis (p. 21)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Jemez Other (Sacred Items)
Plant considered sacred and used in the kiva.
Cook, Sarah Louise 1930 The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians.. University
of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis (p. 21)
Carex sp.
Sedge; Cyperaceae
Paiute Other (Cooking Tools)
Woven sedge used to make spoons.
Mahar, James Michael. 1953 Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the
Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Reed College, B.A. Thesis (p. 52)
Carex sp.
; Cyperaceae
Pomo Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Used in tending hako fish traps.
Gifford, E. W. 1967 Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo.
Anthropological Records 25:10-15 (p. 12)
Carex sp.
; Cyperaceae
Pomo Other (Lighting)
Dried plant tied in tight bundles for torches and used for travel by
night like a lantern.
Gifford, E. W. 1967 Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo.
Anthropological Records 25:10-15 (p. 12)
Carex utriculata Boott
Northwest Territory Sedge; Cyperaceae
Gosiute Food (Unspecified)
Lower, tender stems and root parts eaten by children.
Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1911 The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of
Utah. Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405.
(p. 365)
Carex vicaria Bailey
Western Fox Sedge; Cyperaceae
Mendocino Indian Food (Forage)
Foliage cut for hay and used for forage.
Chestnut, V. K. 1902 Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County,
California. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408.
(p. 314)
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
Fox Sedge; Cyperaceae
Iroquois Drug (Other)
Compound decoction of roots used as a "rooster fighting medicine."
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 275)
