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    Bulrush

    Most of USA, softstem (Scirpus Validus)to 10 foot tall, hardstem (Scirpus acutus) most of USA. Early Fall.Sweet young root
    Grows in shallow water, ditches, resevoirs-etc....

    Sweet young shoots as an herb.
    Seeds raw for gruel or a fine flour. Fall; Mix with flour for baking
    Root as a starchy vegetable. baked core excellent. Chew roots for thirst. Rootstalk, year around.
    shoots and lower stalks edible raw. Shoots in spring and fall (Peel)
    Dried rhizome can be crushed to remove fibers and ground to flour.
    Dried sap can be rolled into balls for storage
    Young rhizomes, boil and make syrup.
    Pollen, press into cakes and bake or mix with flour.

    Rush (Juncas effusus)Family: Rush.
    Early sprouts (Snoqualmi)

    Wood Rush (Juncas xiophioides)
    Bulb (swinomish and Makah)

    Cactaceae
    Opunta sp.
    Lummis in W. WA

    Cascara

    A buckthorn.
    Late summer and autumn(July-August)
    Berries, eat in small amounts. Tasteless and a number of seeds.
    Berries can cause a stomach ache if you overdo it.
    Boil the green bark
    Bushy tree can grow to 30 foot by 15 foot.
    Blue-black berries ripen unevenly
    Some berries grow pointing up

    Makah eat the berries.
    Not recommended except in emergencies. or a laxative.

 

 

 


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