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1. Cultural Use Tree Tour A

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   1. Southern Magnolia

      Common Name: Southern Magnolia

      Botanic Name: Magnolia grandiflora 
      Not regionally native 
       
      Medicinal Uses: Choctaw & Koasati 
      Reference: Moerman, D. E. (1998). Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. 

   2. Elm "New Harmony"

      Common Name: Elm 'New Harmony'

      Botanic Name: Ulmus americana 'New Harmony' 
      Not regionally native  
       
      Medicinal Uses: Cheyenne, Choctaw, Delaware, Houma, Iroquois, Koasati, Meskwaki, Mohegan, Montana, Ojibwa, Penobscot, Potawatomi   

      Food Use: Cheyenne

      Fiber Use: Chippewa, Dakota, Lakota, Omaha, Pawnee, Ponca 
      Tool Use: Dakota, Iroquois, Omaha, Pawnee, Ponca
      

      Reference: Moerman, D. E. (1998). Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. 

   3. Paper Mulberry

      Common Name: Paper Mulberry 
      

      Botanic Name: Broussonetia papyrifera 
      Not regionally native 
       
      Medicinal Use: Apache, Chiricahua, Mescalero  
      

      Ceremonial Use: Apache, Chiricahua, Mescalero
      

      Reference: Moerman, D. E. (1998). Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. 

   4. Boxelder

      Common Name: Boxelder

      Botanic Name: Acer negundo 
      Regionally native  
       
      Food Use: Sioux

      Tool Use: Diné 
      

      Ceremonial Use: Diné, Kiowa
      

      References:  

      Moerman, D. E. (1998). Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. 

       

      Mayes, V., Lacy, B. B., Ahasteen, J., & Chee, J. (1989). Naniseʹ: a Navajo herbal: one hundred plants from the Navajo Reservation. Five Star Publications, Inc. 

   5. Ponderosa Pine

      Common Name: Ponderosa Pine 
      

      Botanic Name: Pinus ponderosa 
      Regionally native  
       
      Medicinal & Food Use: Apache, Chiricahua, Mescalero, Diné 
      Fiber Use: Jemez, Keres, Hopi 
      Dye Use: Diné
      

      References:  

      Moerman, D. E. (1998). Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press.  

      Mayes, V., Lacy, B. B., Ahasteen, J., & Chee, J. (1989). Naniseʹ: a Navajo herbal: one hundred plants from the Navajo Reservation. Five Star Publications, Inc. 

       

      Saville, D. (2021). The ecology of herbal medicine: A guide to plants and living landscapes of the American Southwest. University of New Mexico Press. 

       

      Slattery, J. (2020). Southwest medicinal plants. Timber Press. 

   6. Rocky Mountain Juniper

      Common Name: Rocky Mountain Juniper

      Botanic Name: Juniperus scopulorum 
      Regionally native 
       
      Medicinal Use: Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Crow, Flathead, Kutenai, Montana, Diné, Nez Perce, Okanagan-Colville, Okanagon, Saanich, Sanpoil, Shoshoni, Shuswap, Sioux, Stony, Swinomish, Thompson 

      Food Use: Apache, Chiricahua, Mescalero, Jemez, Keresan, Okanagan-Colville, Tewa

      Fiber Use: Montana
      

      References:  

      Kane, C. W. (2011). Medicinal plants of the American southwest. Lincoln Town Press. 

      Moerman, D. E. (1998). Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. 

      Mayes, V., Lacy, B. B., Ahasteen, J., & Chee, J. (1989). Naniseʹ: a Navajo herbal: one hundred plants from the Navajo Reservation. Five Star Publications, Inc. 

      Saville, D. (2021). The ecology of herbal medicine: A guide to plants and living landscapes of the American Southwest. University of New Mexico Press. 

      Slattery, J. (2020). Southwest medicinal plants. Timber Press. 

   7. Kentucky Coffee Tree

      Common Name: Kentucky Coffeetree 
      

      Botanic Name: Gymnocladus dioicus 
      Not regionally native  
       
      Medicinal Use: Dakota, Meskwaki, Omaha, Oto, Pawnee, Ponca, Winnebago

      Food Use: Meskwaki, Pawnee, Winnebago

      Dye Use: Dakota

      Reference: Moerman, D. E. (1998). Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. 

   8. Gambel Oak

      Common Name: Gambel Oak

      Botanic Name: Quercus gambelii 
      Regionally native  
       
      Medicinal Use: Isleta, Diné, Ramah 
      

      Food Use: Acoma, Apache, Chiricahua, Mescalero, western Apache, White Mountain Apache, Cochiti, Havasupai, Hualapai, Isleta, Laguna, Diné, Ramah, Neeshenam, San Felipe, Yavapai
      

      References:  

      Moerman, D. E. (1998). Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press.  

      Mayes, V., Lacy, B. B., Ahasteen, J., & Chee, J. (1989). Naniseʹ: a Navajo herbal: one hundred plants from the Navajo Reservation. Five Star Publications, Inc. 

   9. Siberian Elm

      Common Name: Siberian Elm

      Botanic Name: Ulmus pumila 
      Not regionally native

      Medicinal Use: Non-indigenous
      

      Reference: Slattery, J. (2020). Southwest medicinal plants. Timber Press. 

   10. Chinkapin Oak

       Common Name: Chinkapin Oak 
       

       Botanic Name: Quercus muehlenbergii 
       Not regionally native 
        
       Medicinal Use: Delaware, Ontario
       

       Reference: Moerman, D. E. (1998). Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. 

   11. Screwbean Mesquite

       Common Name: Screwbean Mesquite

       Botanic Name: Prosopis pubescens 
       Regionally native  
        
       Medicinal use: Apache, Mescalero, Western Apache, Cahuilla, Paiute, Pima, Tewa

       Food Use: Apache, Chiricahua, Mescalero, Cahuilla, Hualapai, Isleta, Kamia, Mohave, Paiute, Pima, Gila River Pima  

       Fiber Use: Cahuilla, Hualapai, Pima 
        
       References:  

       Kane, C. W. (2011). Medicinal plants of the American southwest. Lincoln Town Press 

       Moerman, D. E. (1998). Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. 

   12. California Buckeye

       Common Name: California Buckeye 
       

       Botanic Name: Aesculus californica 
       Not regionally native 
        
       Medicinal Use: Costanoan, Kawaiisu, Mendocino, Pomo  

       Food Use: Costanoan, Kawaiisu, Mendocino, Miwok, Modesse, Kashaya, Pomo, Tubatulabal, Yana, Yuki

       Tool Use: Kawaiisu, Mendocino, Kashaya, Pomo 
       

       Reference: Moerman, D. E. (1998). Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press.