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MOST RECENT SPECIES ACCOUNTS:
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Arrow-making
The process of making primitive arrows: Texas species used in paleolithic arrow manufacture: Arrow shafts (whole): Note: species most commonly used are in bold. Agave spp. / Century plant (flowering stalk) Amelanchier spp. / Serviceberry Amorpha fruticosa / False indigo bush Baccharis salicifolia / Mule-fat Baccharis sarothroides / Desert broom Carya spp. / Hickory Cornus…
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Typha latifolia / Broadleaf cattail
Typha latifolia L. = Massula latifolia Broadleaf cattail, tule Apache: tel (Castetter and Opler 1936:59) Cahuilla: ku’ut (Bean and Saubel 1972:143) Comanche: p̥isbuːni (Carlson and Jones 1939:524) Cree: otawăsk (Leighton 1985:63) Dakota: wihuta-hu (Gilmore 1977:12) Gosiute: to’ĭmp (Chamberlin 1911:341) Klamath: pō‘-päs (Coville 1897:89) Lakota: wihuta hu – “tent bottom plant” / hiŋtkaŋ – “fuzz, scraped…
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Typha domingensis / Southern cattail
Typha domingensis Pers. = T. angustata, T. angustifolia var. dominguensis, T. bracteata, T. truxillensis Southern cattail, tule Northern Paiute: tahúnadzi (Fowler 1990:69) Seri: pat (Felger and Moser 1985:373) Location in Texas: all TX; not uncommon in Travis Co.; water habitat. Form: grass-like, up to 12 ft. tall; perennial. Flowers: Mar-Aug (white, yellow, brown). Typha spp.…
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Typha spp. / Cattail
Typha spp. Cattail Location in Texas: all TX; not uncommon in Travis Co.; 2 spp. in TX: water habitat. Form: grass-like, up to 12 ft. tall; perennial. The two principal species in North America (see specific range maps below): Typha domingensis / Southern cattail Typha latifolia / Broadleaf cattail Both of these are also called…
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Neltuma glandulosa / Honey mesquite
Neltuma glandulosa (Torr.) Britton & Rose = Algarobia glandulosa, Neltuma glandulosa, Prosopis chilensis, Prosopis glandulosa, Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis odorata, Mimosa pseudo-echinus Honey mesquite, glandular mesquite, mesquite bush, algarroba, mezquite, mizquiqui, mezquite blanco, mezquite amarillo, mezquite colorado, chachacha, tahi, algaroba Aztec / Nahuatl: mizquitl (Bell and Castetter 1937:3, Vogel 1970) Akwa’ala: enal (Gifford and Lowie 1928:352)…