Paleo Foraging

Cornus canadensis / Bunchberry dogwood

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Cornus canadensis L.

Common names: Bunchberry dogwood, bunchberry

Cree: sāsākominān / kāwiscōwimin – “itchy chin berry” (from the rough leaves) (Leighton 1985:36)

Form: herb, low shrub, shrub; perennial.

Food

Fruits – eaten by the Cree (Leighton 1985:36).

Cornus canadensis L. in GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-05-05.
Cornus canadensis L. observed in United States of America by Nick Kleinschmidt (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Cornus canadensis L. observed in United States of America by Nick Kleinschmidt (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Cornus canadensis L. observed in Canada by Naomi Cappuccino (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Cornus canadensis L. observed in United States of America by Vicki Brown (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
Cornus canadensis L. observed in Canada by Cassidy Best (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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