Entry Detail


red osier dogwood, red willow


Entry Type:  
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
red osier dogwood, red willow
Myaamia Name:  
neehpikaahkwi
Harvest Seasons:  
Summer, Fall, Spring
Habitats:  
Beech-Maple Forest, Oak Forest including Oak-Hickory, Beech-Oak-Maple Mixed Mesophytic

Media 
Media not available.
Myaamia Archival Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
Gatschet, A.S. 1904 Use - Medicinal 

"näpíkakwí red willow, grows 5-6', bark is red, used for tea; good for bloody flux for men and women; this blue flux killed many people after 4-5 days sickness.  Nepikaxkítingi is the name of the blue flux.  Grey flux pretty bad too, killed some people. Mälitikwakítingi grey flux - red willow good against it too".

Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 Use - Customs 

The inner bark is used for tobacco mixture. "näpĭkakkĭ, red willow inner bark used for killinkinnick".

Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 Related Info 

"nä’hpikáxkwi red willow, a bush or growth called so from the color of the bark, kaxkwi, about 5-7 feet high".

Dunn, J.P. 1919 Related Info 

"The dried bark of the [red] osier willow scraped fine".

Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 Use - Customs 

The inner bark is used for killikinnick [composed of both tobacco and dogwood].

Botanical Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 Habitat 

Found along streambanks and in moist woods in eastern Myaamia lands as well as Kansas.

Related Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Bush, L. L 1996  

Charred remains of a Cornus sp. found at a Myaamia Village site (Fort Wayne), 1795-1812 (Ehler Site).