Wildlife
Death camas
Anticlea elegans
Habitat
Lewis and Clark Pass
Conservation
Apparently secure
First Observed
1806-07-07
Lewis collected this attractive plant before crossing Lewis and Clark Pass. All parts are highly poisonous.
Journal References
2 journal entries mention Death camas
Sep
20
1805
Rescued by the Nez Perce at Weippe Prairie
...d by Chief Twisted Hair, provided food — dried salmon and camas roots — though the sudden change in diet made many of the men violently ill. Nez Perce oral tradi...
Sep
24
1805
Nez Perce villages on Clearwater — John Ordway: September 24, 1805
...w Indians in America were their superiors.
1 The quamash or camas is an important article of food among the North-
western Indian tribes. It is the bulbous root of a...
