Post on 04-Jun-2015
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Constructed Wetlands for Water Quality Enhancement and
Cultural Restoration
United Indian Health Services Potawot Health Village
HWREngineering and Science
Goals and Objectives of the Ku’ wah-dah-wilth (comes back to life)
Restoration Area
• Environmental Restoration
• Wildlife Habitat Enhancement
• Native American Agriculture/ Cultural Activities
• Stormwater Management
• Education and Interpretation
• Passive Recreation/Edible Landscape
• A place of healing/peacefulness
Common Wetlands Plants of the California North Coast Used by American Indian Community
Name Uses
Alnus rubra (alder) Bark used dye in basket materials
Salix ssp. (willow)Roots and young stems used to make a variety of stroage baskets, fishing poles & traps
Typha ssp. (cattail)Leaves used for sitting/sleeping mats, young shoots and roots for food, flower fluff for firestarting, pillow, infant diapers
Equisetum ssp. (horsetail) Shoots, stems and leaves for sandpaper, spice, medicinal uses
Nuphar lutea ssp ploysepala Roots ground into flour for mush and cakes (yellow pond lily)
Scirpus ssp. (tule, bulrush)Young shoots and roots for food, mature stems for rope, baskets and excellent sitting and sleeping mats
Ledum glandulosum Leaves used as common tea, medicianal (labrador tea)
Woodwardia fimbriata Inner vascular fibers for colored overlay in baskets (dyed with alder)(woodwardia fern)
Adiantum aleutica Stem used for colored overlay in baskets(maidenhair fern)
Angelica aruguta (angelica) Root for medicinal and ceremonial uses
Lysichitum americanumRoots and young leaves used for food, food preparations, medicinal and utility uses
(skunk cabbage)