Search for Muhlenbergia found 35 matches:

Muhlenbergia andina (Nutt.) A.S. Hitchc.
Foxtail Muhly; Poaceae
Navajo, Ramah Fiber (Brushes & Brooms)
Stems used to make hair brushes.
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. 16)


Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Torr. ex Hook.) Rydb.
Plains Muhly; Poaceae
Navajo Fiber (Brushes & Brooms)
Stems used to make hair brushes and brooms for sweeping out the hogan.
Elmore, Francis H. 1944 Ethnobotany of the Navajo. Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research (p. 25)


Muhlenbergia dubia Fourn. ex Hemsl.
Pine Muhly; Poaceae
Navajo Drug (Veterinary Aid)
Compound poultice with roots applied to make sheep's blood cake.
Hocking, George M. 1956 Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. El Palacio 56:146-165 (p. 153)


Muhlenbergia filiformis (Thurb. ex S. Wats.) Rydb.
Pullup Muhly; Poaceae
Navajo, Ramah Food (Fodder)
Used for sheep, horse and cow feed.
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. 16)


Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.
Mexican Muhly; Poaceae
Navajo, Ramah Food (Fodder)
Used for sheep and horse feed.
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. 16)


Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.
Mexican Muhly; Poaceae
Navajo, Ramah Fiber (Brushes & Brooms)
Stems used to make hair brushes.
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. 16)


Muhlenbergia pauciflora Buckl.
New Mexico Muhly; Poaceae
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Other (Containers)
Moist grass laid onto hot stones to prevent steam from escaping.
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler 1936 Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache. University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63 (p. 36)


Muhlenbergia pungens Thurb.
Sandhill Muhly; Poaceae
Hopi Fiber (Brushes & Brooms)
Used to make a hair brush and broom.
Fewkes, J. Walter 1896 A Contribution to Ethnobotany. American Anthropologist 9:14-21 (p. 16)


Muhlenbergia pungens Thurb.
Sandhill Muhly; Poaceae
Hopi Fiber (Brushes & Brooms)
Culms stripped of leaves and bound together to form a broom and hair brush.
Whiting, Alfred F. 1939 Ethnobotany of the Hopi. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15 (p. 65)


Muhlenbergia pungens Thurb.
Sandhill Muhly; Poaceae
Hopi Fiber (Brushes & Brooms)
Used to make brooms.
Vestal, Paul A 1940 Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891. Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168 (p. 158)


Muhlenbergia pungens Thurb.
Sandhill Muhly; Poaceae
Navajo Fiber (Brushes & Brooms)
Stems, pulled out of their sheaths when dry, tied with string and used as brooms and brushes.
Elmore, Francis H. 1944 Ethnobotany of the Navajo. Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research (p. 26)


Muhlenbergia richardsonis (Trin.) Rydb.
Mat Muhly; Poaceae
Blackfoot Drug (Veterinary Aid)
Roots used as a horse medicine.
Johnston, Alex 1987 Plants and the Blackfoot. Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society (p. 22)


Muhlenbergia richardsonis (Trin.) Rydb.
Mat Muhly; Poaceae
Blackfoot Food (Forage)
Plant eaten by horses.
Johnston, Alex 1987 Plants and the Blackfoot. Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society (p. 22)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Apache, Western Food (Porridge)
Seeds ground, mixed with corn meal and water and made into a mush.
Buskirk, Winfred 1986 The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press (p. 189)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Apache, White Mountain Food (Bread & Cake)
Seeds ground and used to make bread and pones.
Reagan, Albert B. 1929 Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona. Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61. (p. 149)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Apache, White Mountain Food (Fodder)
Plant used for hay.
Reagan, Albert B. 1929 Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona. Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61. (p. 157)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Apache, White Mountain Food (Porridge)
Seeds ground, mixed with meal and water and eaten as mush.
Reagan, Albert B. 1929 Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona. Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61. (p. 149)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Apache, White Mountain Food (Unspecified)
Seeds used for food.
Reagan, Albert B. 1929 Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona. Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61. (p. 157)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Hopi Food (Bread & Cake)
Ground seed meal used to make bread.
Vestal, Paul A 1940 Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891. Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168 (p. 158)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Hopi Food (Bread & Cake)
Ground seed meal used to make bread.
Vestal, Paul A 1940 Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891. Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168 (p. 158)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Cahuilla Fiber (Basketry)
Stalks used as the horizontal or foundation around which the coils were wrapped in basketmaking.
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. 89)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Diegueno Fiber (Basketry)
Seed stems used as the foundation material for coiled baskets.
Hedges, Ken 1986 Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany. San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20 (p. 25)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Kawaiisu Fiber (Basketry)
Stems used as the multiple rod foundation material in coiled basketry.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 42)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Luiseno Fiber (Basketry)
Long grass used to make coiled baskets.
Sparkman, Philip S. 1908 The Culture of the Luiseno Indians. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234 (p. 204)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Luiseno Fiber (Clothing)
Long grass made into coiled, conical baskets and used as hats.
Sparkman, Philip S. 1908 The Culture of the Luiseno Indians. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234 (p. 204)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Shoshoni Fiber (Sewing Material)
Grass used as thread, very white, long and fine.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen 1990 Indian Uses of Native Plants. Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959 (p. 8)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Apache, White Mountain Other (Cash Crop)
Plant gathered and sold.
Reagan, Albert B. 1929 Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona. Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61. (p. 149)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Kawaiisu Other (Tools)
Stems used in pierced ears to keep the hole from growing together.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 42)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Luiseno Other (Containers)
Long grass made into large, coiled baskets and used for storing food.
Sparkman, Philip S. 1908 The Culture of the Luiseno Indians. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234 (p. 204)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Luiseno Other (Cooking Tools)
Long grass made into coiled, conical baskets and used as eating and drinking vessels.
Sparkman, Philip S. 1908 The Culture of the Luiseno Indians. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234 (p. 204)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Luiseno Other (Cooking Tools)
Long grass made into nearly flat, coiled baskets and used for winnowing and cleaning seeds.
Sparkman, Philip S. 1908 The Culture of the Luiseno Indians. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234 (p. 204)


Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
Deergrass; Poaceae
Zuni Other (Ceremonial Items)
Grass attached to sticks of plume offerings to anthropic gods.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 91)


Muhlenbergia sp.
; Poaceae
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food (Bread & Cake)
Seeds threshed, winnowed, ground and the flour used to make bread.
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler 1936 Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache. University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63 (p. 48)


Muhlenbergia sp.
Muhly; Poaceae
Navajo Fiber (Brushes & Brooms)
Used in the making of brushes and brooms.
Elmore, Francis H. 1944 Ethnobotany of the Navajo. Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research (p. 25)


Muhlenbergia wrightii Vasey ex Coult.
Spike Muhly; Poaceae
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Other (Containers)
Moist grass laid onto hot stones to prevent steam from escaping.
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler 1936 Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache. University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63 (p. 36)