SENĆOŦEN name: SḰEM͸EḴS
Native to Victoria.
180 on the map, the #39 most common of 384 species.
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Needles were used for hair perfume (Nuxalk, Hesquiaht); boughs for purification (Kwakwaka’wakw); branches burned as incense, air freshener, protection against illness (Ditidaht); boughs rubbed on skin of girls for protection against predators, used as a protective wash (Nlaka’pamux) Boughs for bedding, flooring, incense; pitch for glue. (Boas 1921, 1966; H.I. Smith 1928; Turner 1973; Turner and Bell 1973; Turner and Efrat 1982; Turner, Thomas, et al. 1983, 1990).