Sweetgrass

Title

Sweetgrass

Rights

Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

Type

herbarium sheet

Creator

Bkejwanong/Walpole Island First Nation

Date

1933-07-07

Description

Pressed specimen of sweet grass, obtained from Levi Sturgeon. From field beside Dave Osahgee's house. Said by Sturgeon to have been planted there by his father. He says that sweet grass can easily be transplanted from roots. He recognized sweet grass by the glossy upper surface of the leaf, its low branching characteristics, and lack of joints in nodes. The sweet grass was growing among other plants. He says it does better with competition. Collected 7/7/33 (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 1).

Place

Canada

Walpole Island, Ontario

Alternative Title

Hierochloe odorata

Identifier

UMMAA 13968

Provenance

Volney Jones