Small pieces of wood were also made into a dice-type gambling game (Pomo, Kashya Pomo) and into cradle boards (Lummi, Swinomish). Wood was fashioned into bowls (Nitinaht, Swinomish) and spoons (Karok, Swinomish). The wood was used for smoking salmon (Swinomish, Snohomish, Chehalis, Quinault), while the leaves were made into mats placed in baskets to cook salmon and other food in earth ovens, and also to cover dried, winter-stored salmon (Karuk, Skagit, Snohomish, Lummi). Leaves were used to line hot rocks for cooking acorn bread in an earthen oven (Wintu). A disposable basket-like carrier was made for acorn dough by lining inner bark with leaves (Maidu). Tools and Objects: The leaves, bark, and wood were used for a number of cooking purposes. Women's skirts were made out of the bark fibers (Concow, Karuk, Tolowa). The flexible branches were used as a coarse twine warp and weft in making baskets and as coiling thread for sewing (Maidu). The leaves were used as a cooking flavoring with deer, seal, or porpoise meat (Cowichan, Saanich).įiber:The inner bark was used to make baskets (Concow). The sap was boiled to make syrup, and shoots eaten raw (Thompson). Medicine:An infusion from the bark was used to treat tuberculosis (Yuki, Klallam), and part of the tree was used to treat sore throats and internal conditions (Saanich).įood:The sprouted seeds were boiled and eaten (Costanoan,, Nlaka'pamux). (7.6 m) in circumference.Īnimal Community: The leaves are important browse for deer and elk, and the seeds are eaten by squirrels, chipmunks, and some songbirds. Grows with Pacific Madrone, Douglas Fir, Grand Fir, Ponderosa Pine, Port Orford Cedar, Redwood, Sitka Spruce, Western Hemlock, White Fir, Western Redcedar, Black Cottonwood, California Bay Laurel, Coast Live Oak, Oregon White Oak, Red Alder, White Alder, and Willow. (1800 m).Įcosystem: Found within riparian forests, mixed conifer or oak woodlands. An isolated population may occur in central Idaho. In wetter climates, they are often covered completely in thick moss and lichens.ĭistribution: Native to southernmost Alaska to southern California, mostly near the Pacific coast, as well as inland, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada range. The seeds are held in double samaras with wings 1½ to 2 in. (10 to over 36 cm) across, with five deep lobes and large pointed teeth. Its deciduous leaves are also the largest of any maple, ranging from 4 to 14 in. ĭistinctive Characteristics: This is the largest tree of all the maple species. Other Names:Bigleaf Maple, Oregon Maple, Broadleaf Maple, c'ólhac (Lushootseed), qalam (Kashya Pomo), Paddle Tree (Lakwungen), sáan (Karuk), pal gön' shē (Yuki), pkwo'olo' (Yurok).
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