PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1717 followers · 22564 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#Nuuchahnulth #FirstNation #NativePeoples made broom #tools for collecting #dentalia shells. The #shells were a form of #currency (Pojar and Mackinnon, 2004). Branches used to spread/cook salmon & hanging salmon for drying/smoking (Daris and Gonzalves, 2009). #Seeds were used in teas to treat diarrhea (Meuninck, 2016, 147). Nancy Turner noted #hardhack bark was used to make #Womens #medicine, as a source of #aspirin (Hebda and Turner, 2017).
#nuuchahnulth #firstnation #nativepeoples #tools #dentalia #shells #currency #seeds #hardhack #womens #medicine #aspirin #vanisle #nativeplants #pnw #learnaboutnativeplants
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
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#Spiraea douglasii is in the #RoseFamily native to western North America AKA #hardhack & #DouglasSpirea & #Steeplebush & #RoseSpirea
#Indigenous #FirstPeoples used this #plant to make brooms & to hang seafood to cook.
It's used in #riparian #revegetation projects for hardiness/quick growth.
#NativePlants #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #PlantID #CoastalBC #Wildflowers #BCnativePlants #PNWnativePlants #vanisle #Cowichan #PlantsOfPNW #Westcoast #florespondence #BloomScrolling
#spiraea #rosefamily #hardhack #douglasspirea #steeplebush #rosespirea #indigenous #firstpeoples #plant #riparian #revegetation #nativeplants #vancouverisland #pnw #pacificnorthwest #plantid #coastalbc #wildflowers #bcnativeplants #pnwnativeplants #vanisle #Cowichan #plantsofpnw #westcoast #florespondence #bloomscrolling