The ethnobotany of deergrass, Muhlenbergia rigens (Poaceae): Its uses and fire management by California Indian Tribes

Economic Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 409-422

  Anderson, M Kat ^a  

^a American Indian Studies Center   (United States)

Author keywords

basketry; bunchgrass; ethnobotany; fire management; Muhlenbergia rigens; Native Americans

Indexed keywords

MUHLENBERGIA RIGENS; PLOCEINAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0030425123     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02866523     Document Type: Article

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