id,species,species_label,tribe,tribe_label,source,source_label,pageno,use_category,use_category_label,use_subcategory,use_subcategory_label,notes,rawsource 1457,61,Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,17,2,Drug,13,Poison,Fruits considered poisonous.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 17" 4330,332,Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,23,1,Food,5,Forage,Berries eaten greedily by bears and ptarmigan.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 23" 4478,344,Arctostaphylos rubra (Rehd. & Wilson) Fern.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,23,1,Food,5,Forage,Berries eaten greedily by bears and ptarmigan.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 23" 4569,347,Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,23,1,Food,52,Fruit,Berries cooked and eaten.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 23" 4570,347,Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,23,3,Other,63,Smoke Plant,"Leaves powdered, dried, used as a substitute for tobacco or mixed with the tobacco and smoked.","Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 23" 9336,884,Chamerion latifolium (L.) Holub,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,25,1,Food,31,Vegetable,Flowers eaten raw as a salad.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 25" 9337,884,Chamerion latifolium (L.) Holub,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,25,1,Food,31,Vegetable,Leaves cooked and eaten.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 25" 9890,945,Cicuta sp.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,17,2,Drug,13,Poison,Roots considered poisonous.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 17" 10186,1010,Claytonia tuberosa Pallas ex J.A. Schultes,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,31,1,Food,31,Vegetable,Tubers boiled and eaten.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 31" 12053,1234,Dasiphora floribunda (Pursh) Kartesz,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,31,1,Food,27,Beverage,Leaves dried and used as a substitute for tea.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 31" 13068,1393,Empetrum nigrum L.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,21,1,Food,66,Frozen Food,Berries stored frozen and eaten with seal blubber or oil.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 21" 13069,1393,Empetrum nigrum L.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,21,1,Food,52,Fruit,Berries eaten fresh.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 21" 16500,1809,Hedysarum alpinum L.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,30,1,Food,5,Forage,Root tubers eaten by brown and black bears and meadow mice.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 30" 16501,1809,Hedysarum alpinum L.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,30,1,Food,31,Vegetable,Tubers located in mice 'caches' by specially trained dogs and eaten.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 30" 16511,1810,Hedysarum boreale Nutt.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",205,p37,1,1,Food,5,Forage,"Roots eaten by the brown bears, meadow mice and lemmings.","Porsild, A.E., 1937, Edible Roots and Berries of Northern Canada, Canada Department of Mines and Resources, National Museum of Canada, page 1" 16512,1810,Hedysarum boreale Nutt.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",205,p37,1,1,Food,31,Vegetable,Roots located in mice 'caches' by dogs and eaten.,"Porsild, A.E., 1937, Edible Roots and Berries of Northern Canada, Canada Department of Mines and Resources, National Museum of Canada, page 1" 17389,1906,Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,29,1,Food,31,Vegetable,Young stems and leaves pickled as 'sauerkraut' or eaten as a potherb.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 29" 19795,2125,Ledum groenlandicum Oeder,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,31,1,Food,27,Beverage,Leaves dried and used as a substitute for tea.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 31" 19881,2127,Ledum palustre ssp. decumbens (Ait.) Hult‚n,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,31,1,Food,27,Beverage,Leaves dried and used as a substitute for tea.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 31" 25229,2715,Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,24,1,Food,,,Leaves and young stems eaten raw and cooked.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 24" 25673,2775,Pedicularis kanei ssp. kanei,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,23,1,Food,,,Flowers sucked by children for the sweet nectar.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 23" 25674,2775,Pedicularis kanei ssp. kanei,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,23,1,Food,,,Roots eaten either raw or cooked.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 23" 25675,2775,Pedicularis kanei ssp. kanei,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,23,1,Food,31,Vegetable,Flowering stems boiled and eaten as a potherb.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 23" 26178,2840,Petasites frigidus (L.) Fries,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,26,1,Food,31,Vegetable,"Young leaves & flowering stems eaten raw as salad, cooked as a potherb or made into a 'sauerkraut.'","Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 26" 28846,3051,Polygonum alpinum All.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,26,1,Food,27,Beverage,Juice sweetened and used to make a beverage.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 26" 28847,3051,Polygonum alpinum All.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,26,1,Food,88,Pie & Pudding,Stems stewed and used as pie filling.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 26" 28848,3051,Polygonum alpinum All.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,26,1,Food,,,Stems stewed and eaten.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 26" 32829,3336,Rhodiola rosea L.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,28,1,Food,31,Vegetable,"Young leaves & flowering stems eaten raw as salad, cooked as a potherb or made into a 'sauerkraut.'","Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 28" 34386,3445,Rubus chamaemorus L.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,21,1,Food,171,Ice Cream,"Berries mixed with seal oil and chewed caribou tallow, beaten and eaten as 'Eskimo ice cream.'","Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 21" 35216,3483,Rumex arcticus Trautv.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,26,1,Food,31,Vegetable,Leaves from young stems eaten raw as a salad or cooked like spinach.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 26" 36034,3545,Salix pulchra Cham.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,29,1,Food,,,Leaves used for food.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 29" 37336,3594,Saxifraga nelsoniana ssp. nelsoniana,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,29,1,Food,31,Vegetable,Leaves eaten raw with seal blubber or as 'sauerkraut.',"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 29" 37655,3641,Senecio congestus (R. Br.) DC.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,27,1,Food,31,Vegetable,"Young leaves & flowering stems eaten raw as salad, cooked as a potherb or made into a 'sauerkraut.'","Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 27" 39407,3896,Taraxacum sp.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,29,1,Food,31,Vegetable,"Tender, young leaves eaten in salads and as a potherb.","Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 29" 42438,4089,Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,22,1,Food,27,Beverage,Juice diluted and sweetened to make a refreshing beverage.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 22" 42439,4089,Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,22,1,Food,66,Frozen Food,Berries frozen and stored until the next spring.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 22" 42440,4089,Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.,68,"Eskimo, Arctic",171,p53,22,1,Food,1,Preserves,Berries used to make jams and jellies.,"Porsild, A.E., 1953, Edible Plants of the Arctic, Arctic 6:15-34, page 22"