Search for Phalaris found 5 matches:
Phalaris arundinacea L.
Reed Canarygrass; Poaceae
Okanagan-Colville Other (Ceremonial Items)
Used to make peaked hats suitable for wearing by Indian doctors.
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. 57)
Phalaris arundinacea L.
Reed Canarygrass; Poaceae
Okanagan-Colville Other (Cooking Tools)
Used to make eating mats and mats for drying roots and berries.
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. 57)
Phalaris arundinacea L.
Reed Canarygrass; Poaceae
Okanagan-Colville Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Used to make fishing weirs.
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. 57)
Phalaris caroliniana Walt.
Carolina Canarygrass; Poaceae
Pima, Gila River Food (Unspecified)
Seeds parched and eaten.
Rea, Amadeo M. 1991 Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction. Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10 (p. 7)
Phalaris minor Retz.
Littleseed Canarygrass; Poaceae
Pima, Gila River Food (Unspecified)
Seeds parched and eaten.
Rea, Amadeo M. 1991 Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction. Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10 (p. 7)