Plant # 71
Collectors Name: Lee W. McDowell
Date: 04 August 06
Ft Meade Recreation Area, Northern
Black Hills, South Dakota
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Date: 04 August 06
Ft Meade Recreation Area,
Northern Black Hills, South
Dakota
Date: 04 August 06
Ft Meade Recreation Area,
Northern Black Hills, South
Dakota
Date: 04 August 06
Ft Meade Recreation Area,
Northern Black Hills, South
Dakota
Date: 04 August 06
Ft Meade Recreation Area,
Northern Black Hills, South
Dakota
“utahu ca” (acorn stem tree)
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Along streams and meadow edges
Cool season perennial
Fagaceae, Beech
Common Use:
Ground acorn meats used in breads, soups, and mush
Bark from roots used medicinally for bowel troubles
References:
Johnson, James R., Gary E. Larson. 1999. Grassland Plants of South Dakota and the Northern
Great Plains. South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota. (p. 258)
Larson, Gary E., James R. Johnson. 1999. Plants of the Black Hills and Bear Lodge Mountains.
South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota. (p. 516)
Rogers, Dilwyn J 1980 Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule)
People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota. St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Society (p. 48
#187)
Range Plant ID Form r1001
Agriculture & Natural Resource Department
Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, SD 57752