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Koyukon Plant Database



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Kinnikinnick

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Filed under Bearberry

Lungwort

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See Bluebell

Valerian

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see Bluebell

Cloudberry

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Scientific Name
 Related Terms
 Koyukon Name
 Koyukon Root
 KAD Page
 Notes on Translation
 Use Information
Rubus chamaemorus






Rubus chamaemorus
Rubus chamaemorus

Aspen

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Scientific Name Related Terms
 Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Populus tremuloides
 quaking aspen
 t'egheł kk'ooge
 gheł5
 244
 Lit. 'tiny cottonwood, little cottonwood'
 Nelson notes that aspen is used much in the same way as balsam poplar.


t'egheł yoze




small, dry standing aspen
 t'egheł zooze'
 soos
 747
 Lit. 'conical cottonwood'

Populus tremuloides
Populus tremuloides

Baneberry

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Scientific Name Related Terms
 Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Actacea rubra
nełtene ch'ejege'
 ten5
 513
 Lit. 'thunder berry'

Baneberry
Actacea rubra

Blueberry

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Scientific Name Related Terms
 Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Vaccinium ulignosum
nełyaaghe
 yo4
 698
 Lit. 'that which grows' Nelson - Notes that along with cranberries these are the most important plant food to the Koyukon Athbascans.

Marcotte - Average collection in Huslia in 1983 was two gallons per household.

Vaccinium ulignosum
Vaccinium ulignosum

Chives

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Scientific Name
 Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Allium schoenoprasum wild chives


Described by Nelson but he did not give a Koyukon name for the plant
 Nelson - Eaten raw alone or mixed with fish


Allium schoenoprasum
Allium schoenoprasum

Chokecherry

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Scientific Name Related Terms
 Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Prunus sp.
dodetl'edzee ch'ejege'
 tl'ets
 604
 Neologism for an introduced plant

Prunus sp.
Prunus sp.

Commandra

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Scientific Name Related Terms
 Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Geocaulon lividum
 northern commandra
 naaggedle geege'
 geege
 184
 Lit. 'fox's berry'

timberberry





dogberry





toadflax




Geocaulon lividum
Geocaulon lividum

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