Search for Phragmites found 72 matches:
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Keres, Western Other (Unspecified)
Taxon known and named but no use was specified.
Swank, George R. 1932 The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians. University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis (p. 59)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Keres, Western Drug (Pediatric Aid)
Crushed plant given to children for diarrhea.
Swank, George R. 1932 The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians. University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis (p. 59)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Apache, White Mountain Drug (Antidiarrheal)
Root used for diarrhea and kindred diseases.
Reagan, Albert B. 1929 Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona. Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61. (p. 159)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Apache, White Mountain Drug (Gastrointestinal Aid)
Root used for stomach troubles and kindred diseases.
Reagan, Albert B. 1929 Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona. Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61. (p. 159)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Blackfoot Drug (Emetic)
Decoction of whole plant taken as an emetic.
Johnston, Alex 1987 Plants and the Blackfoot. Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society (p. 22)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Cahuilla Drug (Orthopedic Aid)
Used as a splint for broken limbs.
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. 101)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Iroquois Drug (Ceremonial Medicine)
Decoction of rootstocks and bottle brush grass used as medicine to soak corn seeds before planting.
Waugh, F. W. 1916 Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation. Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines (p. 18)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Iroquois Drug (Other)
Compound used as a "corn medicine."
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 273)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Paiute Drug (Analgesic)
Sugary sap taken by pneumonia patients to loosen phlegm and soothe lung pain.
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. 116)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Paiute Drug (Expectorant)
Sugary sap taken by pneumonia patients to loosen phlegm.
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. 116)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Paiute Drug (Pulmonary Aid)
Sugary sap taken by pneumonia patients to loosen phlegm and soothe lung pain.
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. 116)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Seminole Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Poultice of plant applied to dry up boils and carbuncles.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 243)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Kawaiisu Food (Sweetener)
Stems dried and beaten with sticks to remove the sugar crystals.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 49)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Klamath Food (Unspecified)
Seeds 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)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; 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. 17)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Paiute Food (Sweetener)
Dried sap made into balls, softened by fire and eaten like sugar.
Steward, Julian H. 1933 Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250 (p. 245)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Paiute, Northern Food (Candy)
Sap crystallized, gathered and eaten like candy.
Fowler, Catherine S. 1989 Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 53)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Thompson Food (Forage)
Used as a forage plant only in absence of other foods.
Steedman, E.V. 1928 The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia. SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522 (p. 516)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Yuma Food (Unspecified)
Honey-dew obtained from grass.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell 1951 Yuman Indian Agriculture. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press (p. 218)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Havasupai Fiber (Mats, Rugs & Bedding)
Stems used to make mats for drying yucca fruit pulp, baked mescal, peaches or figs.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman 1985 Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture. Tucson. The University of Arizona Press (p. 209)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Hopi Fiber (Building Material)
Used for roofing, tubular pipes, pipe stems and weaving rods.
Whiting, Alfred F. 1939 Ethnobotany of the Hopi. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15 (p. 66)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Klamath Fiber (Basketry)
Stems used for surface finish of baskets.
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)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Montana Indian Fiber (Basketry)
Hard, hollow culms used for pipe stems, arrow shafts and in making baskets.
Blankinship, J. W. 1905 Native Economic Plants of Montana. Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56 (p. 17)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Okanagon Fiber (Basketry)
Extensively used for basketry.
Perry, F. 1952 Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia. Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43. (p. 39)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Okanagon Fiber (Mats, Rugs & Bedding)
Extensively used to make mats.
Perry, F. 1952 Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia. Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43. (p. 39)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Pima Fiber (Mats, Rugs & Bedding)
Used to make mats.
Curtin, L. S. M. 1949 By the Prophet of the Earth. Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation (p. 75)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Seri Fiber (Canoe Material)
Canes used to make rafts.
Dawson, E. Yale 1944 Some Ethnobotanical Notes on the Seri Indians. Desert Plant Life 9:133-138 (p. 134)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Thompson Fiber (Basketry)
Stems used in basket imbrication.
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. 142)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Thompson Fiber (Basketry)
Extensively used for basketry.
Perry, F. 1952 Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia. Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43. (p. 39)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Thompson Fiber (Basketry)
Stems used commonly as basketry material.
Steedman, E.V. 1928 The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia. SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522 (p. 497)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Thompson Fiber (Basketry)
Reed used for weaving baskets.
Steedman, E.V. 1928 The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia. SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522 (p. 497)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Thompson Fiber (Mats, Rugs & Bedding)
Stems twined together to make food drying mats similar to those of tule stems.
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. 142)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Thompson Fiber (Mats, Rugs & Bedding)
Extensively used to make mats.
Perry, F. 1952 Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia. Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43. (p. 39)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Apache, White Mountain Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Reeds used as an arrow shaft for hunting small birds with arrows.
Reagan, Albert B. 1929 Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona. Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61. (p. 159)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Apache, White Mountain Other (Smoke Plant)
Reeds filled with tobacco and used as a cigarette.
Reagan, Albert B. 1929 Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona. Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61. (p. 159)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Apache, White Mountain Other (Smoking Tools)
Reeds used to make pipe stems.
Reagan, Albert B. 1929 Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona. Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61. (p. 159)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Cahuilla Other (Musical Instrument)
Used to make a flute, usually played by men.
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. 101)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Chippewa Other (Cooking Tools)
Used to weave frames for drying berries.
Densmore, Frances 1928 Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379 (p. 378)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Cocopa Other (Smoking Tools)
Tubular internodes used to smoke tobacco.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell 1951 Yuman Indian Agriculture. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press (p. 122)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Havasupai Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Stems used for arrow shafts.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman 1985 Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture. Tucson. The University of Arizona Press (p. 209)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Havasupai Other (Smoking Tools)
Stems used to make pipe stems.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman 1985 Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture. Tucson. The University of Arizona Press (p. 209)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Hopi Other (Ceremonial Items)
Associated ceremonially with the bow and arrow.
Whiting, Alfred F. 1939 Ethnobotany of the Hopi. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15 (p. 66)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Hualapai Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Shoots used to make arrow shafts.
Watahomigie, Lucille J. 1982 Hualapai Ethnobotany. Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8 (p. 7)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Hualapai Other (Musical Instrument)
Shoots used to make flutes.
Watahomigie, Lucille J. 1982 Hualapai Ethnobotany. Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8 (p. 7)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Kawaiisu Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Straight, rigid, hollow, bamboolike stems used in the making of arrows.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 49)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Kawaiisu Other (Musical Instrument)
Reed arrows used to play the musical bow.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 49)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Kawaiisu Other (Musical Instrument)
Stems used as a clapper to maintain the rhythm in singing and dancing.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 49)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Kawaiisu Other (Smoking Tools)
Straight, rigid, hollow, bamboolike stems used in the making of pipes.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 49)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Kawaiisu Other (Tools)
Straight, rigid, hollow, bamboolike stems used in the making of fire drills.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 49)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Kawaiisu Other (Tools)
Stem split and the sharp edge used at birth to cut the navel cord.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 49)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Kawaiisu Other (Toys & Games)
Small stem sections used in the dice game and ring and pin game.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 49)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Klamath Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Stems used for arrow shafts.
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)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Maricopa Other (Smoking Tools)
Tubular internodes used to smoke tobacco.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell 1951 Yuman Indian Agriculture. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press (p. 122)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Montana Indian Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Hard, hollow culms used for arrow shafts and in making baskets.
Blankinship, J. W. 1905 Native Economic Plants of Montana. Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56 (p. 17)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Montana Indian Other (Smoking Tools)
Hard, hollow culms used for pipe stems.
Blankinship, J. W. 1905 Native Economic Plants of Montana. Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56 (p. 17)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Navajo Other (Ceremonial Items)
Reeds used to make prayersticks for the Mountain Chant Ceremony.
Elmore, Francis H. 1944 Ethnobotany of the Navajo. Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research (p. 26)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Navajo Other (Ceremonial Items)
Reeds made into frames, like kite frames, and carried by dancers on last night of Mountain Chant.
Elmore, Francis H. 1944 Ethnobotany of the Navajo. Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research (p. 26)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Navajo Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Stems used to make arrow shafts.
Elmore, Francis H. 1944 Ethnobotany of the Navajo. Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research (p. 26)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Okanagon Other (Decorations)
Extensively used to make fringe for dresses.
Perry, F. 1952 Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia. Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43. (p. 39)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Paiute, Northern Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Stalks used to make arrow shafts.
Fowler, Catherine S. 1990 Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada. Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press (p. 75)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Papago Other (Smoking Tools)
Six inch stems used as smoking tubes.
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill 1935 Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians. University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84 (p. 27)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Pima Other (Musical Instrument)
Used to make flutes.
Curtin, L. S. M. 1949 By the Prophet of the Earth. Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation (p. 75)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Seminole Other (Tools)
Stems used to make medicine tubes.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 172)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Seminole Other (Tools)
Plant used to make medicine blowing tubes.
Sturtevant, William 1954 The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices. Yale University, PhD Thesis (p. 495)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Tewa Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Plant used to make arrows.
Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco 1916 Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians. SI-BAE Bulletin #55 (p. 66)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Tewa Other (Toys & Games)
Plant used to make game sticks for the canute game.
Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco 1916 Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians. SI-BAE Bulletin #55 (p. 66)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Thompson Other (Cooking Tools)
Stems twined together to make food drying mats similar to those of tule stems.
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. 142)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Thompson Other (Decorations)
Whitish culms valued for the use in decoration of coiled split cedar root baskets.
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. 142)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Thompson Other (Decorations)
Extensively used to make fringe for dresses.
Perry, F. 1952 Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia. Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43. (p. 39)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Thompson Other (Designs)
Used to design ornamenting baskets.
Steedman, E.V. 1928 The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia. SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522 (p. 499)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Thompson Other (Jewelry)
Reed cut in different lengths, dyed and used interspersed with seed beads for necklaces.
Steedman, E.V. 1928 The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia. SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522 (p. 497)
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
Common Reed; Poaceae
Yuma Other (Smoking Tools)
Tubular stalk internodes used to smoke tobacco.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell 1951 Yuman Indian Agriculture. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press (p. 122)