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chaanuen young shoot of a plant

cheeegery huckleberry

cheeeshep' flower, flowering plant

chegee chinquapin tree

chegemem 'we-cheeeshep' kind of plant

chekwchem acorns decayed in soft clay, acorns black from soaking

chemeen hog's fennel, doctor's pain

chernuep' licorice fern

cherrnuen sprout, young plant

cherrnuep' a fern species, used for medicine for a cough

che'lon any standing dead tree, especially a spruce tree

chkeep'erhl snowdrop flower

chkeep'o'r a type of plant

chkee'wor clover

chkohpeen blackcap, wild raspberry, black raspberry

chuelue nee nep wild parsley

chyer'er'y 'ue-mohka' a tree with long red berries

chyer'er'y 'ue-pyah bearberries

ch'e'gee' black oak, live oak

haalop glue from a tree

haamoh bear grass, used in basket making

harpuen mint, mint tea

ha'aag nee yeguen alum root

hee'nk'ehl white oak

hega'p'oh cottonwood

hegoorekeech yerba buena tea, vine tea

hergerrwerhl flowering dogwood

herhhlkerh brodiaea bulb, bulb, potato, tumor, tumor

her'k'werh 'ue-peeesh peas

her'k'werh 'we-chpega'r California poppy

her'k'werh 'we-nep pale sweet pea

hewomes a large plant growing in swampy places, a plant made into humonah by pounding in hot water

he'wonek wild oats

hl'erkeech large wild rose with big hips

hl'ohkohl 'we-nerh thunder berry

holeehl hazel shoot, hazel sticks (used in basket making), hazel

holeehl kaap' hazel

holeehl 'wer-nerh hazelnuts

homonah live oak

ho'mono' tanoak

ho'olek brake fern, bracken fern

ho'ow cedar

hue'ueh nut

hue'uuep' hazel

kaames 'ue-kaap' skunk cabbage

kaames 'wer-nerh slim solomon

kaap' gather greenery, leaf, leaves, greenery, brush, grass, the wild

kaap'ehl brush (vegetation)

kahkah 'we-nep hog's fennel

keehl redwood tree

keekwten moss, rotten wood

kerhpeen thimbleberry, thimbleberry tree

kerhpeen 'ue-segon a tree with fluttering leaves used in a medicine

kerhper' thimbleberry tree

kermserhl large white edible mushroom

keromecha' sugar pine tree, bullpine, Ponderosa pine

ker'merkws tanoak mushroom

ke'ween 'ue-par redbud

ke'ween 'wer-nerh Indian peach

kle'uep'oh clover, brush, flora

kohchehl soaproot, soapwort, large brodiaea bulb, wild potato

kotkotee'r wild celery

kotkotee'r 'ue-segon gambleweed

kreeech a plant used as a herb

kweech a plant with large leaves

kwerch a plant (sp.) with large leaves

kweryterp an edible plant with white flowers

kwescheen strawberry

k'errch' 'we-cheeeshep' lupin

k'errch' 'wer-nerh twinberry

k'etk'ehl sweet colt's foot

la'asehl a poisonous plant (sp.)

lehlkem skunk cabbage leaves

leychehl blackberry

le'wo'l greasewood, snowbrush

luuehl long grass, wild iris, iris stem (used for twine), twine

mahkew salal

mahkuehl salal berry

mechaanep' tansy, yarrow, wormwood

mego'oh pepper nuts, pepperwood nuts

mehl chegeeshew shootingstar (flower)

mehl regookwseen cheeeshep' mission bells (plant)

mekwta' stump

menomen Juneberry

merk 'we-cheeeshep' lupin, lupine

merr' baccharis consanguinea (plant)

mese'n lichen for dyeing yellow, yellow moss, tree moss

meskaap' leaves, leaves used for flavoring and storing seaweed

meskwerep straw, dry grass

mestenekw ferns used to line baskets

meweehl 'we-chpega'r fat solomon, false solomon's seal

meweepeehl waist, tree trunk

mewee'r be long and smooth, tree

me'gech trillium

me'letoy Indian sandpaper, grows 6ft tall

me'yehl stinging nettle

me'yehl 'ue-segon soft-leaf nettle, dumb nettle

me'yk'welep' poison oak

me'yk'weluuep' poison oak

mohka' wild gooseberry, wild currant

murneepernee thistle

muuehlmuuehl berry of Indian peach tree

muuelomuuel

neekwech 'wer-nerh red gooseberry

nenee'r black salmonberry

nep wild parsley, greens, hay

nepoyech clover

nepoyoch greens, hay

nepoyon wild parsley, greens, hay

nerhpery berry

nerhperyuuep' huckleberry bush

nerlermerkerhl stump

ne'muuep' vetch, lupine

noleet burl (on a redwood tree)

nowrep'ch'oy weed

pahkwo' willow, red willow

pa'aap' ladyfern, woodwardia fern (dyed in alder juice and used in basket making)

pa'aap' segon a fern (sp. ?California wood fern)

pa'areek segon trillium

pechog sugar-pine nut

pechogoo' sugar pine with long cones

pecholoo' sugar-pine tree

peeches peach

peeesh pea

pee'eetah ironwood

pergern small willow, blue willow

pergers'erh manzanita berries, manzanita vine

perger' Oregon oak

perger'erh black oak

perger'erh woomehl black oak acorns

perger'y moldy acorns, sorrel

perkwerner' Indian rhubarb

perwkween onion

pes'es hemlock

peton small red clover with edible roots

pkwo'olo' maple

ploosaakw black oak acorn

pohsey madrone berry, holly berry, Christmas berries

popoluehl skunk cabbage

puemonah redbud

puesee 'we-chpega'r cat's ears

puuek 'w-rhlkerh firecracker (plant)

puuek 'we-chpega'r bluebell

puuek 'we-s'ech deer horn

puuen cherry

puuenomaap' dogwood

pyaap' manzanita tree, manzanita bush

pyah manzanita berry

pyerkerm roasted green acorns, acorns cooked in shells, freshly cooked acorns

raak nee ye'y stem of maidenhair fern (used in baskets)

rep'choy weed garden

re'go' maidenhair fern, five-fingered fern

rooget tanoak bark, oak bark

roowo's hegoh a plant whose leaves are used for colds

ro'otet an edible grasslike plant with white stems

sahseep' buck brush, blue blossom

sa'ahl 'wa-'ah redwood rose

sa'ahl 'we-cheeeshep' redwood rose

sa'am a shrub bearing red berries, "mock holly"

seeshon brake fern (ho'olek) root

segep 'we-cheeek poppy

segep 'we-cheeeshep' poppy

sekws parsley

sekwsoh wild parsnip

sepolah nee yeguen gentian

sewom brown shelled acorn

ska'aweehl nine bark

skep'ol wyethia angustifolia

slahpo' brodiaea fiber brush

sloowehl wild oats

sloyhlketo' 'wer-nerh red huckleberry

smekeesh a tree being trimmed

soool yew

soo' cascara tree, chittamwood, cascara tree bark used as laxative

sruuek'wee columbine, red columbine

stohstek' small fir tree

s'e' 'we-nerh madrone berry

s'e'goh madrone tree

ta'amo' red elder tree, elderberry bush

ta'amo' 'wer-nerh elderberry

tegetor salmonberry shoots

tektekoh patch, stick, bedstraw (a sticky plant)

tekwskey manroot, wild cucumber, pickle

tenenew clump of grass

tepoo tree, large fir tree

tepoonohl forest, in a forest

terkeeekserch a poisonous mushroom

terperh stem, stalk

terperrner' small fir tree, large fir tree

teton rush (plant)

tewol nee tepoo spruce tree

tewolew nee tepoo Sitka spruce

tmekwten hollow tree, hollow stump

tohpoh wild iris

toykem camas (plant)

tronkoh wild potato

tuemonoks tule (plant)

tuuep sword fern

tuueptuuep sword fern

t'ohlt'ohl nee 'e'goh monkey flower

t'ro't'et' an edible plant

t'uemee'n it is soft, it is tender, it is rotten

wahkwela' poison oak

wechew chinquapin nut

welogooch soapstone, pitchy part of wood

weneephl shelled acorn, cleaned acorn, dried acorn

wer'nerr Indian sandpaper, grows 2ft tall

wer'tnerr mare's tail, horse tail

weyokseep Labrador tea

wogoruep' plant whose leaves are used for wrapping fish

wohkelo' pepperwood

Wohpekuemew 'ue-mesew pink honeysuckle

Wohpekuemew 'we-no'oy lady's-slipper, calypso orchid

Wohpekuemew 'we-no'oy segon pitcher plant

wonkew leached acorns, leaching acorns

wonkewek' I leach acorns, I make bread

wooles shelled (unground) acorn

woomehl acorns (generic), acorns (as gathered, in shell)

worme'y 'we-cheeeshep' escholtzia

wo'omehl shelled acorn

'ahkechoyp' thorn, prickle

'ahkechoyp' 'wer-nerh blackberry

'ahkechoyp'ehl mass of briar bushes

'erplers apple

'errwerh grass

'erwern salmonberry

'erwerner' salmonberry bush

'ewaa salmonberry bush

'otoy an edible bulb

'uek'eer'ue' salmonberry juice

'uewesek nicotine

'warkwech bark

'wehlkoh bulrush, cattail, tule mat

'wehlkwenep' wild ginger

'werhtuuep' Indian greens

'wer'errgerch alder (used for orange dye)

'wer'hlp'eeterk root, willow root

'weskaap' crab grass, green

'weskem crab grass, cut and dried

'weskwelekws rope of wild grapevine, grapevine

'weskwelekws 'wer-nerh grape

'weskwen branch of a tree

'weskwenet branch of a tree when cut off

'wohpeg spruce root (used in basket making)

'woogey wee' 'wer-nerh apple

'wo'hlp'e'y angelica root, bitter part of a fish