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water cress


Entry Type:  
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
water cress
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Myaamia Archival Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
Aatotankiki myaamiaki 1998-2006 Use - Food 

Gathered by Barbara Mullin and mother, Julia Gamble Lankford, in Seneca, Missouri.

Aatotankiki myaamiaki 1998-2006 Horticultural Info 

Barbara Mullin and her mother would go out in late March and early April with brown bags and fill them with watercress they fond in spring water, especially in branches of creeks. It doesn't grow in ponds with standing water.

Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 Use - Food 

Watercress greens are gathered and eaten.

Info from a collecting trip with 3 local Cherokee and 3 Miami women, Language camp, Longhouse, Miami, Oklahoma, June 6, 2003 – Michael Gonella
Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 Use - Food 

Gathered and eaten

Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 Use - Food 

Gathered for eating.

Botanical Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Aatotankiki myaamiaki 1998-2006 Use - Food 

Barbara Mullin's recipe for watercress salad.

Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 Habitat 

A non-native aquatic plant established in clear, quiet waters through the U.S. and southern Canada, including eastern and western Myaamia lands. Native of Eurasia.

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