rush
Plant · mentioned in 9 journal entries
Planning
Westward
Fort Clatsop
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AI-extracted reference. Each entry below was identified by AI as mentioning rush. Spelling variants may not be merged. see related variants →
Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
8
mentions via 5
variants:
sand-rush (2) · rush (2) · rushes (2) · willow-brush (1) · sage-brush (1)
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: June 6, 1804
William Clark · Jun 6, 1804 · Missouri River near Osage River
"large rush bottom below island"
Clark: January 8, 1806
William Clark · Jan 8, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"roots eaten with blubber, Shaw na tdk we"
Clark: January 9, 1806
William Clark · Jan 9, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"roots gathered on sea coast offered to eat"
Lewis: January 10, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 10, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"roots eaten with blubber; mats made"
Clark: January 20, 1806
William Clark · Jan 20, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"root used as subsistence"
Lewis: January 20, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 20, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"native root for subsistence"
Clark: January 23, 1806
William Clark · Jan 23, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"root used as food by natives"
Lewis: January 23, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 23, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"root used as food by natives"
Clark: April 5, 1806
William Clark · Apr 5, 1806 · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream
"abundant in river bottoms"
