DCHP-2
red-osier dogwood DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a shrub, Cornus stolonifera, with conspicuous red stems, the inner bark of which was often used in the making of kinnikinik (def. 1).
See also: barouge bois rouge kinnikinik (def. 1) red dog-willow red dogwood red willow
- 1938 (1950) He pointed out how the moose tracks, the first we had seen since early December, followed willow-grown portions of the river-bank, as the moose browsed on young twigs of willow and red-osier dogwood. Twigs and strips of dogwood bark are used by the Indians as a scent for beaver traps.
- 1939 A lane bordered with . . . red-ozier dogwood . . . led through the very centre of the place. . . .
- 1938 (1950) He pointed out how the moose tracks, the first we had seen since early December, followed willow-grown portions of the river-bank, as the moose browsed on young twigs of willow and red-osier dogwood. Twigs and strips of dogwood bark are used by the Indians as a scent for beaver traps.