brush

Plant · mentioned in 3 journal entries

Planning Westward Fort Clatsop Return Post-expedition NPS L&C NHT trail data © National Park Service
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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
4 mentions via 3 variants: rush (2) · willow-brush (1) · sage-brush (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Big sagebrush (Artemisia gardneri) Douglas' rabbitbrush; Sticky-leaf rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) Fetid rayless goldenrod; Heavy gray rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa var. graveolens) Prairie Sagebrush (Artemisia frigida) Redstem buckbrush; Oregon-tea (Ceanothus sanguineus) Silver sagebrush (Artemisia cana) White sagebrush or Dark-leaved mugwort (Artemisia ludoviciana)
Clark: May 15, 1806
William Clark · May 15, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"used around fortification"
Clark: July 12, 1806
William Clark · Jul 12, 1806 · Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks
"thick brush hindered men's approach"
Patrick Gass: October 14, 1806
Patrick Gass · Oct 14, 1806
"layered with meat for cooking"

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