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chaa-nuen young shoot of a plant

che-ge-mem 'we-cheee-shep' kind of plant

che-gee chinquapin tree

chekw-chem acorns decayed in soft clay, acorns black from soaking

che-meen hog's fennel, doctor's pain

cheee-gery huckleberry

cheee-shep' flower, flowering plant

chkeep-'or' a type of plant

chkeep-'erhl snowdrop flower

chkee'-wor clover

chkoh-peen blackcap, wild raspberry, black raspberry

cher-nuep licorice fern

cherr-nuen sprout, young plant

chue-lue nee nep wild parsley

chyer-'ery' 'ue-moh-ka' a tree with long red berries

chyer-'ery' 'uep-yah bearberries

ch'e'-gee' black oak, live oak

haa-lop glue from a tree

haa-moh bear grass, used in basket making

heyr-puen mint, mint tea

ha-'aag nee ye-guen alum root

he-ga'p-'oh cottonwood

he-goo-re-keech yerba buena tea, vine tea

he-wo-mes a large plant growing in swampy places, a plant made into humonah by pounding in hot water

he'-wo-nek wild oats

hee'nk-'ehl white oak

hl'oh-kohl 'we-nerh thunder berry

hl'er-keech large wild rose with big hips

ho-leehl hazel shoot, hazel sticks (used in basket making), hazel

ho-leehl kaap' hazel

ho-leehl 'wer-nerh hazelnuts

ho-mo-nah live oak

ho'-mo-no' tanoak

ho-'o-lek brake fern, bracken fern

ho-'ow cedar

her-gerr-werhl flowering dogwood

herhl-kerh brodiaea bulb, bulb, potato, tumor, tumor

herk'-werh 'ue-peeesh peas

herk'-werh 'wech-pe-geyr' California poppy

herk'-werh 'we-nep pale sweet pea

hue-'ueh nut

hue-'uuep' hazel

kaa-mes 'ue-kaap' skunk cabbage

kaa-mes 'wer-nerh slim solomon

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

kaap-'ehl brush (vegetation)

kah-kah 'we-nep hog's fennel

ke-ro-me-cha' sugar pine tree, bullpine, Ponderosa pine

ke'-ween 'ue-peyr redbud

ke'-ween 'wer-nerh Indian peach

keehl redwood tree

keekw-ten moss, rotten wood

kle-'uep-'oh clover, brush, flora

koh-chehl soaproot, soapwort, large brodiaea bulb, wild potato

kot-ko-teer' wild celery

kot-ko-teer' 'ue-se-gon gambleweed

kerh-peen thimbleberry, thimbleberry tree

kerh-peen 'ue-se-gon a tree with fluttering leaves used in a medicine

kerh-per' thimbleberry tree

kreeech a plant used as a herb

kerm-serhl large white edible mushroom

ker'-merkws tan-oak mushroom

kwes-cheen strawberry

kweech a plant (sp.) with large leaves

kwerch a plant (sp.) with large leaves

kwery-terp an edible plant with white flowers

k'etk-'ehl sweet colt's foot

k'errch' 'we-cheee-shep' lupin

k'errch' 'wer-nerh twinberry

la-'a-sehl a poisonous plant (sp.)

lehl-kem skunk cabbage leaves

ley-chehl blackberry

le'-wol' greasewood, snowbrush

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

mah-kew salal

mah-kuehl salal berry

me-chaa-nep' tansy, yarrow, wormwood

me-go-'oh pepper nuts, pepperwood nuts

mehl che-gee-shew shootingstar (flower)

mehl re-gookw-seen cheee-shep' mission bells (plant)

mekw-ta' stump

me-no-men Juneberry

me-sen' lichen for dyeing yellow, yellow moss, tree moss

mes-kaap' leaves, leaves used for flavoring and storing seaweed

mes-kwe-rep straw, dry grass

mes-te-nekw ferns used to line baskets

me-weehl 'wech-pe-geyr' fat solomon, false solomon's seal

me-wee-peehl waist, tree trunk

me'-gech trillium

me'-yehl stinging nettle

me'-yehl 'ue-se-gon soft-leaf nettle, dumb nettle

me'yk'-we-lep poison ivy

me'yk'-we-luuep' poison oak

moh-ka' wild gooseberry, wild currant

merk 'we-cheee-shep' lupin, lupine

merr' baccharis consanguinea (plant)

muel-muel wild currant

mue-lo-muel wild currant

mue-nee-per-nee thistle

muuehl-muuehl berry of Indian peach tree

muue-lo-muuel Indian peach, mulberry, wild currant

ne-neer' black salmonberry

nep wild parsley, greens, hay

ne-po-yech clover

ne-po-yoch greens, hay

ne-po-yon wild parsley, greens, hay

ne'-muuep' vetch, lupine

nee-kwech 'wer-nerh red gooseberry

no-leet burl (on a redwood tree)

now-rep'-ch'oy weed

nerh-pery berry

nerh-per-yuuep' huckleberry bush

ner-ler-mer-kerhl stump

pah-kwo' willow, red willow

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

pa-'aap' se-gon a fern (sp. ?California wood fern)

pa-'a-reek se-gon trillium

pe-chog sugar-pine nut

pe-cho-goo' sugar pine with long cones

pe-cho-loo' sugar-pine tree

pes-'es hemlock

pe-ton small red clover with edible roots

peeesh pea

pee-'ee-tah ironwood

pkwo-'o-lo' maple

ploo-saakw black oak acorn

poh-sey madrone berry, holly berry, Christmas berries

po-po-luehl skunk cabbage

per-gern small willow, blue willow

per-gers-'erh manzanita berries, manzanita vine

per-ger' Oregon oak

per-ger-'erh black oak

per-ger-'erh woo-mehl black oak acorns

per-gery' moldy acorns, sorrel

per-kwer-ner' Indian rhubarb

perw-kween onion

pue-mo-nah redbud

pue-see 'wech-pe-geyr' cat's ears

puuek 'werhl-kerh firecracker (plant)

puuek 'wech-pe-geyr' bluebell

puuen cherry

puue-no-maap' dogwood

pyaap' manzanita tree, manzanita bush

pyah manzanita berry

pyer-kerm roasted green acorns, acorns cooked in shells, freshly cooked acorns

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

rep'-choy weed garden

re'-go' maidenhair fern, five-fingered fern

roo-get tan-oak bark, oak bark

roo-wo's he-goh a plant whose leaves are used for colds

ro-'o-tet an edible grasslike plant with white stems

sah-seep buck brush, blue blossom

sa-'ahl 'wa-'ah redwood rose

sa-'ahl 'we-cheee-shep' redwood rose

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

se-gep 'we-cheeek poppy

se-gep 'we-cheee-shep' poppy

sekws parsley

sekw-soh wild parsnip

se-po-lah nee ye-guen gentian

se-wom brown shelled acorn

see-shon brake fern (ho'olek) root

ska-'a-weehl nine bark

skep-'ol wyethia angustifolia

slah-po' brodiaea fiber brush

sloo-wehl wild oats

sloyhl-ke-to' 'wer-nerh red huckleberry

soool yew

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

sruuek'-wee columbine, red columbine

stohs-tek' small fir tree

s'e' 'we-nerh madrone berry

s'e'-goh madrone tree

ta-'a-mo' red elder tree, elderberry bush

te-ge-tor salmonberry shoots

tek-te-koh patch, stick, bedstraw (a sticky plant)

tekws-key manroot, wild cucumber, pickle

te-ne-new clump of grass

te-poo tree, large fir tree

te-poo-nohl forest, in a forest

te-ton rush (plant)

te-wol nee te-poo spruce tree

te-wo-lew nee te-poo Sitka spruce

tmekw-ten hollow tree, hollow stump

toh-poh wild iris

toy-kem camas (plant)

ter-keeek-serch a poisonous mushroom

tron-koh wild potato

ter-perh stem, stalk

ter-perr-ner' small fir tree, large fir tree

tue-mo-noks tule (plant)

tuuep sword fern

tuuep-tuuep

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

t'ro't-'et' an edible plant

t'ue-meen' it is soft, it is tender, it is rotten

wah-kwe-la' poison oak

we-chew chinquapin nut

we-lo-gooch soapstone, pitchy part of wood

we-neephl shelled acorn, cleaned acorn, dried acorn

wey-yok-seep Labrador tea

wo-go-ruep plant whose leaves are used for wrapping fish

woh-ke-lo' pepperwood

Woh-pe-kue-mew 'ue-me-sew pink honeysuckle

Woh-pe-kue-mew 'we-no-'oy lady's-slipper, calypso orchid

Woh-pe-kue-mew 'we-no-'oy se-gon pitcher plant

won-kew leached acorns, leaching acorns

won-ke-wek' I leach acorns, I make bread

woo-les unshelled acorn

woo-mehl acorns (generic), acorns (as gathered, in shell)

wor-mey' 'we-cheee-shep' escholtzia

wo-'o-mehl shelled acorn

werh-kweech fir-tree bark (used for firewood)

wer't-nerr mare's tail, horse tail

'ah thorn

'ah-ke-choyp' thorn, prickle

'ah-ke-choyp-'ehl mass of briar bushes

'e-waa salmonberry bush

'o-toy an edible bulb

'erp-lers apple

'err-werh grass

'er-wern salmonberry

'er-wer-ner' salmonberry bush

'uek-'eer-'ue' salmonberry juice

'ue-we-sek nicotine

'weyr-kwech its bark (of a tree)

'wehl-koh bulrush, cattail, tule mat

'wehl-kwe-nep' wild ginger

'wes-kaap' crab grass, green

'wes-kem crab grass, cut and dried

'wes-kwe-lekws rope of wild grapevine, grapevine

'wes-kwe-lekws 'wer-nerh grape

'wes-kwen branch of a tree

'wes-kwe-net branch of a tree when cut off

'woh-peg spruce root (used in basket making)

'woo-gey wee' 'wer-nerh apple

'wo'hl-p'ey' angelica root, bitter part of a fish

'werh-tuuep' Indian greens

'wer'hl-pee-terk root, willow root

'wer-'err-gerch alder (used for orange dye)