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chaanun young shoot of a plant

chegemem 'we-chiishep' kind of plant

chegi chinquapin tree

chekwchem acorns decayed in soft clay, acorns black from soaking

chemin hog's fennel, doctor's pain

chiigry huckleberry

chiishep' flower, flowering plant

chkip'o'r a type of plant

chkip'rhl snowdrop flower

chki'wor clover

chkohpin blackcap, wild raspberry, black raspberry

chrnup licorice fern

chrrnun sprout, young plant

chulu ni nep wild parsley

chyr'r'y 'u-mohka' a tree with long red berries

chyr'r'y 'u-pyah bearberries

ch'e'gi' black oak, live oak

haalop glue from a tree

haamoh bear grass, used in basket making

harpun mint, mint tea

ha'aag ni yegun alum root

hega'p'oh cottonwood

hegoorekich yerba buena tea, vine tea

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

he'wonek wild oats

hi'nk'ehl white oak

hl'ohkohl 'we-nrh thunder berry

hl'rkich large wild rose with big hips

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

holihl kaap' hazel

holihl 'wr-nrh hazelnuts

homonah live oak

ho'mono' tanoak

ho'olek brake fern, bracken fern

ho'ow cedar

hrgrrwrhl flowering dogwood

hrhlkrh brodiaea bulb, bulb, potato, tumor, tumor

hrk'wrh 'u-piish peas

hrk'wrh 'we-chpega'r California poppy

hrk'wrh 'we-nep pale sweet pea

hu'uh nut

hu'uup' hazel

kaames 'u-kaap' skunk cabbage

kaames 'wr-nrh slim solomon

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

kaap'ehl brush (vegetation)

kahkah 'we-nep hog's fennel

keromecha' sugar pine tree, bullpine, Ponderosa pine

ke'win 'u-par

ke'win 'wr-nrh Indian peach

kihl redwood tree

kikwten moss, rotten wood

kle'up'oh clover, brush, flora

kohchehl soaproot, soapwort, large brodiaea bulb, wild potato

kotkoti'r wild celery

kotkoti'r 'u-segon gambleweed

krhpin thimbleberry, thimbleberry tree

krhpin 'u-segon a tree with fluttering leaves used in a medicine

krhpr' thimbleberry tree

kriich a plant used as a herb

krmsrhl large white edible mushroom

kr'mrkws tan-oak mushroom

kweschin strawberry

kwich a plant (sp.) with large leaves

kwrch a plant (sp.) with large leaves

kwrytrp an edible plant with white flowers

k'etk'ehl sweet colt's foot

k'rrch' 'we-chiishep' lupin

k'rrch' 'wr-nrh twinberry

la'asehl a poisonous plant (sp.)

lehlkem skunk cabbage leaves

leychehl blackberry

le'wo'l greasewood, snowbrush

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

mahkew salal

mahkuhl salal berry

mechaanep' tansy, yarrow, wormwood

mego'oh pepper nuts, pepperwood nuts

mehl chegishew shootingstar (flower)

mehl regookwsin chiishep' mission bells (plant)

mekwta' stump

menomen Juneberry

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

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

mewipihl waist, tree trunk

me'gech trillium

me'yehl stinging nettle

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

me'yk'welep poison ivy

me'yk'weluup' poison oak

mohka' wild gooseberry, wild currant

mrk 'we-chiishep' lupin, lupine

mrr' baccharis consanguinea (plant)

mulmul wild currant

mulomul wild currant

muniprni thistle

muuhlmuuhl berry of Indian peach tree

muulomuul Indian peach, mulberry, wild currant

neni'r black salmonberry

nep wild parsley, greens, hay

nepoyech clover

nepoyoch greens, hay

nepoyon wild parsley, greens, hay

ne'muup' vetch, lupine

nikwech 'wr-nrh red gooseberry

nolit burl (on a redwood tree)

nowrep'ch'oy weed

nrhpry berry

nrhpryuup' huckleberry bush

nrlrmrkrhl stump

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'arik segon trillium

pechog sugar-pine nut

pechogoo' sugar pine with long cones

pecholoo' sugar-pine tree

pes'es hemlock

peton small red clover with edible roots

piish pea

pi'itah ironwood

pkwo'olo' maple

ploosaakw black oak acorn

pohsey madrone berry, holly berry, Christmas berries

popoluhl skunk cabbage

prgrn small willow, blue willow

prgrs'rh manzanita berries, manzanita vine

prgr' Oregon oak

prgr'rh black oak

prgr'rh woomehl black oak acorns

prgr'y moldy acorns, sorrel

prkwrnr' Indian rhubarb

prwkwin onion

pumonah redbud

pusi 'we-chpega'r cat's ears

puuk 'w-rhlkrh firecracker (plant)

puuk 'we-chpega'r bluebell

puun cherry

puunomaap' dogwood

pyaap' manzanita tree, manzanita bush

pyah manzanita berry

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

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

rep'choy weed garden

re'go' maidenhair fern, five-fingered fern

rooget tan-oak bark, oak bark

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

ro'otet an edible grasslike plant with white stems

sahsip buck brush, blue blossom

sa'ahl 'wa-'ah redwood rose

sa'ahl 'we-chiishep' redwood rose

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

segep 'we-chiik poppy

segep 'we-chiishep' poppy

sekws parsley

sekwsoh wild parsnip

sepolah ni yegun gentian

sewom brown shelled acorn

sishon brake fern (ho'olek) root

ska'awihl nine bark

skep'ol wyethia angustifolia

slahpo' brodiaea fiber brush

sloowehl wild oats

sloyhlketo' 'wr-nrh red huckleberry

soool yew

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

sruuk'wi columbine, red columbine

stohstek' small fir tree

s'e' 'we-nrh madrone berry

s'e'goh madrone tree

ta'amo' red elder tree, elderberry bush

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

teton rush (plant)

tewol ni tepoo spruce tree

tewolew ni tepoo Sitka spruce

tmekwten hollow tree, hollow stump

tohpoh wild iris

toykem camas (plant)

trkiiksrch a poisonous mushroom

tronkoh wild potato

trprh stem, stalk

trprrnr' small fir tree, large fir tree

tumonoks tule (plant)

tuup sword fern

tuuptuup sword fern

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

t'ro't'et' an edible plant

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

wahkwela' poison oak

wechew chinquapin nut

welogooch soapstone, pitchy part of wood

weniphl shelled acorn, cleaned acorn, dried acorn

weyoksip Labrador tea

wogorup plant whose leaves are used for wrapping fish

wohkelo' pepperwood

Wohpekumew 'u-mesew pink honeysuckle

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

Wohpekumew 'we-no'oy segon pitcher plant

wonkew leached acorns, leaching acorns

wonkewek' I leach acorns, I make bread

wooles unshelled acorn

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

worme'y 'we-chiishep' escholtzia

wo'omehl shelled acorn

wrhkwich fir-tree bark (used for firewood)

wr'tnrr mare's tail, horse tail

'ah thorn

'ahkechoyp' thorn, prickle

'ahkechoyp'ehl mass of briar bushes

'ewaa salmonberry bush

'otoy an edible bulb

'rplrs apple

'rrwrh grass

'rwrn salmonberry

'rwrnr' salmonberry bush

'uk'ir'u' salmonberry juice

'uwesek nicotine

'wa-rkwech its bark (of a tree)

'wehlkoh bulrush, cattail, tule mat

'wehlkwenep' wild ginger

'weskaap' crab grass, green

'weskem crab grass, cut and dried

'weskwelekws rope of wild grapevine, grapevine

'weskwelekws 'wr-nrh grape

'weskwen branch of a tree

'weskwenet branch of a tree when cut off

'wohpeg spruce root (used in basket making)

'woogey wi' 'wr-nrh apple

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

'wrhtuup' Indian greens

'wr'hlpitrk root, willow root

'wr'rrgrch alder (used for orange dye)