Hul'q'umi'num' name:
t’ets’ulhp
English Name:
Hardhack
Alternative English Names:
Spirea
Scientific Name:
Spiraea douglasii
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Description
Description, Habitat, Ecology, Distribution
Spirea is a thicket-forming shrub that produces tiny pink flowers in dense clusters. The flowers are pink to deep rose and tiny, but grouped in large numbers in long, narrow clusters. This plant occurs in moist to wet habitats such as streambanks, swamps, and lake margins. It is found throughout the coast.
Island Cultural Role
The wood of spirea has been used to make spreaders when smoking fish.
Language
Hul'q'umi'num' Name
t’ets’ulhp
APA
t̓ec̓əłp
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Theresa Thorne
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