. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). 10 TREES MCF CCF Ore. Calif. MCF Most States W. Can. CCF MCF Most States W. Can. MCF Most States W. Can. T-3. Sugar Pine, Pinus Lambertiana. Very tall tree, with thick foliage; needles in bunches of 5's; large, long cones; sweetish sap. The sap yields a saccharine that is very sweet, but acts as a ca- thartic if very much eaten. Powdered resin was used by the Indians for sores and ulcers. The hardened sap was dissolved and used to wash sore eyes; pitch was used to mend can
. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). 10 TREES MCF CCF Ore. Calif. MCF Most States W. Can. CCF MCF Most States W. Can. MCF Most States W. Can. T-3. Sugar Pine, Pinus Lambertiana. Very tall tree, with thick foliage; needles in bunches of 5's; large, long cones; sweetish sap. The sap yields a saccharine that is very sweet, but acts as a ca- thartic if very much eaten. Powdered resin was used by the Indians for sores and ulcers. The hardened sap was dissolved and used to wash sore eyes; pitch was used to mend canoes, to fasten ar- rowheads and feathers. Nuts and shells were pulverized until like butter, then eaten or put into soup. T-4. Western Yellow Pine, P. ponderosa. Tall pine with 3 long needles in bunch, bark on older trees yellowish and picture-puz- zle-like, smelling of vanilla. The gummy pitch from the bark is very adhesive and was used by the Indians for canoes and on tents. The mistletoe that grows on this pine was used in a decoction as a stomach aid and to relieve colic. T-5. Lodgepole Pine, P. contorta. Usually has straight trunk, but scraggly branches; needles in 2's and 1 V^"-2 3/4" long. The buds were chewed by the Indians for sore throat and pitch was put on open sores. The inner bark was mashed into a pulp and made in- to cakes. These cakes were put between skunk cabbage leaves, a fire of wet material was made on top of them, and they were left to bake for an hour or more. Then they were smoked and put away after being pressed into^firmness to be used on trips. T-6. Western White Pine, P. monticola. Also called Silver Pine. Bark whitish or reddish and smooth; needles in 5's and very slender, 2"-4"long; 6"-l0" long cones are very slender when closed, and green or dark purple when young. The young shoots were boiled by the Indians and used for rheumatism, kidney trouble, boils and coughs. Bark was boiled and decoction made for #^ stomach d
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