Search for Poa found 13 matches:
Poa arida Vasey
Plains Bluegrass; Poaceae
Gosiute Food (Unspecified)
Seeds used for food.
Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1911 The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah. Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405. (p. 377)
Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey
Muttongrass; Poaceae
Hopi Drug (Ceremonial Medicine)
Pollen used in prayer medicine.
Colton, Harold S. 1974 Hopi History And Ethnobotany. IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York. (p. 350)
Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey
Muttongrass; Poaceae
Havasupai Food (Bread & Cake)
Seeds parched, ground fine, boiled, thickened, made into balls and eaten as dumplings.
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. 66)
Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey
Muttongrass; Poaceae
Havasupai Food (Bread & Cake)
Seeds ground, kneaded into a thick paste, rolled into little balls, boiled and eaten as marbles.
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. 66)
Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey
Muttongrass; Poaceae
Havasupai Food (Staple)
Seeds ground and eaten as a ground or parched meal.
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. 67)
Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey
Muttongrass; Poaceae
Havasupai Food (Unspecified)
Seeds used for food.
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. 210)
Poa fendleriana ssp. fendleriana
Skyline Bluegrass; 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. 17)
Poa secunda J. Presl
Sandberg Bluegrass; Poaceae
Gosiute Food (Unspecified)
Seeds used for food.
Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1911 The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah. Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405. (p. 377)
Poa sp.
Bluegrass; Poaceae
Eskimo, Alaska Fiber (Clothing)
Fine leaves and stems used in the past to line skin boots.
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager 1980 Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska. Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48 (p. 34)
Poa sp.
Bluegrass; Poaceae
Eskimo, Inuktitut Fiber (Clothing)
Dried leaves used for boot insoles.
Wilson, Michael R. 1978 Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut. The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196 (p. 189)
Poa sp.
Bluegrass; Poaceae
Eskimo, Inuktitut Fiber (Mats, Rugs & Bedding)
Dried, split leaves used for weaving.
Wilson, Michael R. 1978 Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut. The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196 (p. 189)
Poa sp.
Bluegrass; Poaceae
Eskimo, Inuktitut Fiber (Mats, Rugs & Bedding)
Dried leaves used for winter bedding for dogs.
Wilson, Michael R. 1978 Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut. The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196 (p. 189)
Poa sp.
Bluegrass; Poaceae
Eskimo, Inuktitut Other (Paper)
Leaves used to dry hands.
Wilson, Michael R. 1978 Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut. The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196 (p. 189)