UBC LOA Digital Floral Catalogue of Seeds from Common BC Food Plants Used by Aboriginal Peoples.
Compiled by Andrew Martindale, Meghan Burchell, and Brandi MacDonald
This digital collection presents identified seeds from common food plants of British Columbia used by aboriginal peoples. The catalogue is organized following the table below and includes both low (10x) and high (30x) magnification images showing groups of seeds and individual seeds respectively, The seeds of this collection were located and processed by Carla Burton of Symbios Research & Restoration, Smithers, BC from samples collected in the Skeena Valley around Terrace, BC in the summer of 2001.
A spreadsheet of the full index is available here. Click on the magnification figure to upload an image.
FLBC.1: Araliaceae Oplopanax horridus (devil's-club) 30x 10x
FLBC.2: Berberidaceae Mahonia aquifolium (tall Oregon-grape) 30x 10x
FLBC.3: Betulaceae Corylus cornuta (beaked hazelnut) 30x 10x
FLBC.4: Caprifoliaceae Samubucus racemosa (red elderberry) 30x 10x
FLBC.5: Caprifoliaceae Viburnum edule (highbush cranberry) 30x 10x
FLBC.6: Cornaceae Cornus canadensis (bunchberry) 30x 10x
FLBC.7: Cornaceae Cornus stolonifera (red-osier dogwood) 30x 10x
FLBC.8: Elaeagnaceae Sherpherdia canadensis soopolallie (soapberry, Canaidan buffalo-berry) 30x 10x
FLBC.9: Ericaceae Arctostapylos uva-ursi (kinnikinnik, common bearberry, mealberry, sandberry) 30x 10x
FLBC.10: Ericaceae Gaultheria shallon (salal) 30x 10x
FLBC.11: Ericaceae Vaccinium ovalifolium (oval-leafed blueberry) 30x 10x
FLBC.12: Ericaceae Vaccinium alaskaense (Alaskan blueberry) 30x 10x
FLBC.13: Ericaceae Vaccinium membranaceum (black huckleberry) 30x 10x
FLBC.14: Grossulariaceae Ribes bracteosum (stink currant) 30x 10x
FLBC.15: Grossulariaceae Ribes laxiflorum (trailing black currant) 30x 10x
FLBC.16: Grossulariaceae Ribes lacustre (black gooseberry) 30x 10x
FLBC.17: Grossulariaceae Ribes nigrum (domestic black currant) 30x 10x
FLBC.18: Rosaceae Amelanchier alnifolia (saskatoon) 30x 10x
FLBC.19: Rosaceae Crataegus monogyna (European hawthorn) 30x 10x
FLBC.20: Rosaceae Crataegus douglasii (black hawthorn) 30x 10x
FLBC.21: Rosaceae Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry) 30x 10x
FLBC.22: Rosaceae Malus domestica (domestic apple) 30x 10x
FLBC.23: Rosaceae Malus fusca (Pacific crabapple) 30x 10x
FLBC.24: Rosaceae Prunus pensylvanica (pin cherry) 30x 10x
FLBC.25: Rosaceae Prunus virginiana (choke cherry) 30x 10x
FLBC.26: Rosaceae Rosa nutkana (Nootka rose) 30x 10x
FLBC.27: Rosaceae Rubus discolor (Himalayan blackberry) 30x 10x
FLBC.28: Rosaceae Rubus idaeus (red raspberry) 30x 10x
FLBC.29: Rosaceae Rubus idaeus (garden raspberry) 30x 10x
FLBC.30: Rosaceae Rubus parviflorus (thimbleberry) 30x 10x