Only when documentation has been found are specific tribal names given

 Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra) used by 

Menominee, Ojibwe, Potawatomi

 pipe stems; bows, arrow shafts; ash split 

baskets; woven wood baskets

Red Ash and Green Ash are the same (Fraximus pennsylvanica) used by Ojibwe, 

Potawatomi

woven wood baskets, wooden spoons


Below:  Ash leaves, bark, and seeds

Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) used by Potawatomi

needles used for making pillows

Basswood (Tilia americana)

Cherokee, Chippewa/Ojibwe, Menominee, Meskwaki

Beech (Fagus grandiflora) used by Menominee, Potawatomi

fencing, building, fuel, food bowls, chopping bowls

 Burdock hats

 

Birches, Yellow, White, Hazel shoots, smooth and speckled Alder  used by 

Menominee, Ojibwe, Potawatomie


lodge frames, fencing, poles


White birch: storage baskets, sap buckets, wigwam coverings, canoes

Cattail (Typha latifolia)  used by Menominee, Ojibwe, Potawatomi

root used for caulking boats; leaves made into mats to cover winter lodges; ripened fruit 

(tail) used as bedding for infants

Cedar or Arbor-vitae (Pinaceae) used by Menominee

bark woven into bags; leaves stored with clothing to keep moths out

Dogbane, Spreading (Apocynum 

androsaemifolium) used by Menominee

fibers plaited into bow strings

 

Elm, American or White   


Hickory (Carya ovata) used by Ojibwe and Potawatomi

bows and arrows

Hazelnut (Corylus rostra) used by 

Potawatomi

twigs bound together to make brooms; 

Pacific northwest Native Americans used 

the wood for arrows, fishing traps, and 

spoons

Horsetail (Equisetum hyemele) used by 

Menominee, Ojibwe, Potawatomie

scouring rush for pots and pans

Ironwood

Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana) used by Potawatomi

cones yield a pitch for waterproofing; pitch used with cedar for torches

Juneberry/Saskatoon  used by Ojibwe 

arrow shafts

Red Maple (Acer rubrum) used by Potawatomi

traps deodorized by boiling with bark

Red Cedar

Slippery Elm (Ulmus fulva) used by Menomini and Potawatomi

wood made into boxes and baskets

Sphagnum Moss (Sphagnum sp.) used by Potawatomi

to make or stuff pillow and mattresses

Sweet Fern (Myrica asplenifolia) used by 

Potawatomi 

smudge to keep mosquitos away; line berry 

pails to protect berries

Thornapple

Willow Salix L. species used by Dene

arrows, bows, cooking baskets, bark 

shredded and made into fishing line and 

nets

 

Wool Grass (Scirpus cyperinus) used by 

Chippewa/Ojibwe, Potawatomi

stuffing for pillows, used to make mats and 

woven bags and baskets