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quaking aspen, poplar


Entry Type:  
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
quaking aspen, poplar
Myaamia Name:  
siipiomeekwa

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Myaamia Archival Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
Blair, E 1911 Use - Technology 

Branches were used as snares for capturing beavers: "For capturing these animals [beaver and other animals] they [tribes along Lakes Huron and Michigan, possibly Miami-Illinois peoples] use snares, in which for bait there is a branch of a tree which they call "trembling tree," the animals are very fond of this, and in trying to reach the inner end of the snare, where the bait is placed, they step upon a trigger, which lets fall a heavy weight on the animal's back and kills it".

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

Occurs in moist upland woods and streamsides, and often in areas that have been deforested or burned, throughout eastern and western Myaamia lands.

Related Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900  

"sipiomakwa, quaking ash, grows along rivers"