Search for Leymus found 57 matches:

Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Okanagan-Colville Drug (Antihemorrhagic)
Decoction of roots taken for internal hemorrhaging.
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. 55)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Okanagan-Colville Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Decoction of roots used as a wash to stimulate hair growth.
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. 55)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Okanagan-Colville Drug (Venereal Aid)
Infusion of mashed roots taken for gonorrhea.
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. 55)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Thompson Drug (Veterinary Aid)
Hollow straw used to clear the blocked nipple of a cow.
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. 140)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Blackfoot Food (Forage)
Used for grazing during the winter.
Johnston, Alex 1987 Plants and the Blackfoot. Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society (p. 20)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Okanagan-Colville Food (Fodder)
Leaves used as bedding and horse feed.
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. 55)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Cheyenne Dye (Black)
Plants tied in bunches, burned, ash mixed in blood and used as a permanent black dye.
Hart, Jeffrey A. 1981 The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55 (p. 8)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Cheyenne Dye (Unspecified)
Used to make a dye.
Hart, Jeffrey A. 1981 The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55 (p. 46)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Blackfoot Fiber (Mats, Rugs & Bedding)
Grass used for beds in lodges made from sticks when on war parties.
Johnston, Alex 1987 Plants and the Blackfoot. Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society (p. 20)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Okanagan-Colville Fiber (Mats, Rugs & Bedding)
Leaves used as bedding and horse feed.
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. 55)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Okanagan-Colville Fiber (Mats, Rugs & Bedding)
Leaves used to cover the floor of sweathouse.
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. 55)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Thompson Fiber (Basketry)
Culms used for basket imbrication as a substitute for another plant or other swamp grasses.
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. 140)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Cheyenne Other (Ceremonial Items)
Plants used to make bedding for various ceremonies.
Hart, Jeffrey A. 1981 The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55 (p. 8)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Okanagan-Colville Other (Containers)
Leaves used over and under the food in the cooking pits.
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. 55)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Okanagan-Colville Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Stems straightened, notched, fixed with wooden tips into arrows and used for hunting.
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. 55)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Okanagan-Colville Other (Toys & Games)
Stems straightened, notched, fixed with wooden tips into arrows and used in games.
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. 55)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Thompson Other (Ceremonial Items)
Grass used to line old style graves.
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. 140)


Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve
Basin Wildrye; Poaceae
Thompson Other (Cooking Tools)
Stout culms broken into lengths and poked into edges of cut fish to hold it flat while drying.
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. 140)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Paiute Drug (Eye Medicine)
Decoction or infusion of leaves used as a wash for sore eyes.
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 (p. 67)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Paiute Drug (Eye Medicine)
Sharp edges of leaf blades used to scrape granulated eyelids.
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 (p. 67)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Paiute Drug (Eye Medicine)
Dried leaves used to scrape pimples from the under side of the eyelid.
Mahar, James Michael. 1953 Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Reed College, B.A. Thesis (p. 51)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Shoshoni Drug (Eye Medicine)
Decoction or infusion of leaves used as a wash for sore eyes.
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 (p. 67)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Shoshoni Drug (Eye Medicine)
Sharp edges of leaf blades used to scrape granulated eyelids.
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 (p. 67)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Klamath Food (Unspecified)
Grains 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. 91)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Montana Indian Food (Unspecified)
Seeds used for food.
Blankinship, J. W. 1905 Native Economic Plants of Montana. Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56 (p. 11)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Paiute Food (Unspecified)
Species used for food.
Steward, Julian H. 1933 Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250 (p. 244)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Paiute, Southern Food (Unspecified)
Species used for food.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel 1972 Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press (p. 69)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Shoshoni Food (Starvation Food)
Seeds stored for times of famine.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen 1990 Indian Uses of Native Plants. Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959 (p. 17)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Cahuilla Fiber (Building Material)
Stalks used for roof thatching.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel 1972 Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press (p. 69)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Paiute Fiber (Brushes & Brooms)
Roots tied together and used as hair combs.
Mahar, James Michael. 1953 Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Reed College, B.A. Thesis (p. 51)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Cahuilla Other (Ceremonial Items)
Stems made into painted arrows and used in ceremonial dances.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel 1972 Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press (p. 69)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Cahuilla Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Fire hardened stems used as the main shaft in arrowmaking.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel 1972 Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press (p. 69)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Luiseno Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Plant used to make arrow mainshafts.
Sparkman, Philip S. 1908 The Culture of the Luiseno Indians. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234 (p. 205)


Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve
Giant Wildrye; Poaceae
Luiseno Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Fire hardened stems used as the main shaft in arrowmaking.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel 1972 Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press (p. 69)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Makah Drug (Unspecified)
Bundles of roots used to rub the body after bathing.
Gunther, Erna 1973 Ethnobotany of Western Washington. Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition (p. 21)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Nitinaht Drug (Strengthener)
Rootstocks twisted together and rubbed on bodies of young men while bathing for strength.
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. 88)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Quileute Drug (Unspecified)
Roots braided, tied into bundles and used to rub the body after bathing.
Gunther, Erna 1973 Ethnobotany of Western Washington. Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition (p. 21)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Eskimo, Alaska Fiber (Basketry)
Dried, brown leaves woven into mats, baskets and tote sacks.
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager 1980 Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska. Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48 (p. 34)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Eskimo, Alaska Fiber (Cordage)
Dried, brown leaves woven into ropes for hanging herring and other fish.
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager 1980 Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska. Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48 (p. 34)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Eskimo, Alaska Fiber (Mats, Rugs & Bedding)
Dried, brown leaves woven into mats, baskets and tote sacks.
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager 1980 Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska. Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48 (p. 34)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Hesquiat Fiber (Basketry)
Tough, coarse leaves used to make handles for bags, but not the bags themselves.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat 1982 Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island. Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum (p. 58)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Kwakiutl, Southern Fiber (Basketry)
Fibrous leaves used to make baskets.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell 1973 The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia. Economic Botany 27:257-310 (p. 275)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Kwakiutl, Southern Fiber (Clothing)
Fibrous leaves used to make hats.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell 1973 The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia. Economic Botany 27:257-310 (p. 275)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Nitinaht Fiber (Sewing Material)
Tough, sharply pointed leaves used as "needle-and-thread" for sewing and tying material.
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. 88)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Eskimo, Alaska Other (Cash Crop)
Dried, brown leaves woven into mats and other marketable products and sold for cash.
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager 1980 Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska. Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48 (p. 34)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Eskimo, Alaska Other (Cooking Tools)
Dried, brown leaves woven into mats, baskets, tote sacks and ropes for hanging herring & other fish.
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager 1980 Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska. Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48 (p. 34)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Eskimo, Inuktitut Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Plant used as a indicator of marmot burrows.
Wilson, Michael R. 1978 Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut. The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196 (p. 185)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other (Containers)
Blades used to line oolichan ripening pits.
Compton, Brian Douglas 1993 Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants.... Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia (p. 205)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other (Fasteners)
Blades used to tie Pacific silverweed roots together before steaming.
Compton, Brian Douglas 1993 Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants.... Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia (p. 205)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Kwakiutl, Southern Other (Cooking Tools)
Leaves used with skunk cabbage leaves to line steaming boxes for cooking lupine roots.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell 1973 The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia. Economic Botany 27:257-310 (p. 285)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Nitinaht Other (Fasteners)
Tough, sharply pointed leaves used as "needle-and-thread" for sewing and tying material.
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. 88)


Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
American Dunegrass; Poaceae
Quinault Other (Containers)
Leaves placed under drying salal berries.
Gunther, Erna 1973 Ethnobotany of Western Washington. Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition (p. 21)


Leymus triticoides (Buckl.) Pilger
Beardless Wildrye; Poaceae
Kawaiisu Food (Forage)
Plant eaten by cows.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 27)


Leymus triticoides (Buckl.) Pilger
Beardless Wildrye; Poaceae
Kawaiisu Food (Porridge)
Seeds pounded in a bedrock mortar hole, cooked into a thick mush and eaten.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 27)


Leymus triticoides (Buckl.) Pilger
Beardless Wildrye; Poaceae
Mendocino Indian Food (Fodder)
Foliage used as fodder in late summer.
Chestnut, V. K. 1902 Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408. (p. 312)


Leymus triticoides (Buckl.) Pilger
Beardless Wildrye; Poaceae
Mendocino Indian Food (Staple)
Seeds used for pinole.
Chestnut, V. K. 1902 Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408. (p. 312)


Leymus triticoides (Buckl.) Pilger
Beardless Wildrye; Poaceae
Thompson Fiber (Basketry)
Culms used as a substitute in making basketry.
Steedman, E.V. 1928 The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia. SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522 (p. 499)