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Plants in the Hul’q’umi’num’ World

"The membranous edible alga Porphyra umbilicalis or Laverbread", by Rosser1954, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Hul'q'umi'num' name:
lhuq’us
English Name:
Seaweed
Alternative English Names:
Laver
Scientific Name:
Porphyra abbottae, and possibly other Porphyra

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Description, Habitat, Ecology, Distribution
Edible seaweed is a very thin, membranous alga that ranges in colour from olive-green to brownish-purple. It grows attached to rocks in the intertidal and upper sub-tidal zones along the coast.
Island Cultural Role
Edible seaweed is gathered from the rocky places where it grows, dried and eaten as an important sea vegetable.

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Hul'q'umi'num' Name
lhuq’us
APA
łəq̓əs
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Ruby Peter

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sqw’il’muhw | Trailing Blackberry

sqw’il’muhw | Trailing Blackberry

This is the only native blackberry species in British Columbia. It is a low, trailing plant with deciduous leaves and white to pink flowers that produce the small blackberry fruits. It is common in disturbed sites and dry, open forests from low to middle elevations throughout the southern two-thirds of Vancouver Island and the southern coast of the province. sqw’il’muhw is also used to refer to the introduced Himalayan Blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
The fruits are edible and the leaves, after they have turned reddish, may be used to make a tea. This plant grows abundantly where fires have occurred.