Heads
in boldface indicate user options for sorting data. |
Ethnic
Group: |
Tribe,
other ethnic group, community, or area for which the stated use is
documented. Except for "grouped" designations (for example, Pueblo
groups, Arizona groups), the names in this column are those used in
the cited ethnographies. |
Genus: |
Genus
name as reported in the cited ethnography. |
Species: |
Species
epithet as reported in the cited ethnography. |
Species
Authority: |
Authority
for the genus/species as reported in the cited ethnography. |
Variety
or Subspecies: |
Variety
or subspecies name as reported in the cited ethnography. |
Variety
or Subspecies Authority: |
Authority
for the variety or subspecies name as reported in the cited ethnography
or as added by the compilers of the compendium. |
Common
Name: |
Common
name for the genus/species, either from the ethnographic literature
or from A Utah Flora (Welsh
et al. 1987*1). |
Plant
Part: |
Part
of the plant used. |
Use
Category: |
General
use category: food, fuel, construction, medicine, ritual, other, or
blank (if no use described in the ethnography). |
Ethnographic
Description: |
Paraphrased
or quoted description from the cited ethnography; may include notes
on cultivation, description of harvesting/collecting techniques, and
descriptions of processing and preparation methods, in addition to
descriptions of plant use. |
Harvest,
Storage, and Seasonality Information: |
Description
of when the plant part is/was available, harvested/collected, or used;
description of plant stage when harvested/collected/used; comments
on storage; etc. Because the information reported in this column is
taken from the ethnographies, the type and quality of the information
varies widely. |
Reference: |
Last
name of the ethnographer. |
Date: |
Manuscript
date or date of publication of the ethnography. |
Page: |
Page
number in the published ethnography on which the description was found. |
Taxonomic
Notes: |
Notes
by the compendium compilers relating to misspellings, modern names
of plants discussed in older ethnographies, plants listed or recognized
by groups but with no uses described, etc. |