Natural Resources Used in the Northwest Coast Region
Plants
| COMMON NAME | TYPE | SCIENTIFIC NAME | USED FOR | PAGE* |
| Bear Grass or White Grass | Herbaceous Plants | Xerophyllum tenax | Baskets; food | 194 |
| Camases or Indian Potatoes | Herbaceous Plants | Camassia | Food | 195 |
| Coltsfoot | Herbaceous Plants | Petasites frigidus var. palmatus | Medicine | 195 |
| Irises | Herbaceous Plants | Iris | Cordage | 195 |
| Milkweeds | Herbaceous Plants | Asclepias | Chewing gum | 195 |
| Soap plant | Herbaceous Plants | Chlorogalum pomeridianum | Food; utensils; soap | 195 |
| Sweet cicely | Herbaceous Plants | Osmorhiza chilensis | Medicine; food | 196 |
| Tiger lily or leopard lily | Herbaceous Plants | Lilium paradalinum subsp. Paradalinum | Food | 196 |
| Wild tobaccos | Herbaceous Plants | Nicotiana | Medicine; intoxicant | 196 |
| Sea Lettuce | Marine Plants | Ulva lactuca | Food | 194 |
| Seaweed | Marine Plants | Porphyra lanceolata | Food | 194 |
| Bracken Fern | Mosses and Ferns | Pteridium aquilinium | Medicine; utensils | 194 |
| California Maiden-Hair Fern | Mosses and Ferns | Adlantum jordanii | Baskets | 194 |
| Ferns | Mosses and Ferns | Petridophyta | Medicine; utensils | 194 |
| Black oak | Trees and shrubs | Quercus kelloggii | Food | 199 |
| California bay or laurel | Trees and shrubs | Umbellularia californica | Food; medicine | 197 |
| California blackberry | Trees and shrubs | Rubus ursinus | Food | 197 |
| California hazel | Trees and shrubs | Corylus cornuta | Baskets; food; cordage; wood | 197 |
| California huckleberry or evergreen | Trees and shrubs | Vaccinium ovatum | Food | 198 |
| California wild grape | Trees and shrubs | Vitis californica | Food; baskets; cordage | 198 |
| Coast redwood | Trees and shrubs | Sequoia sempervirens | Wood; baskets | 198 |
| Oregon oak | Trees and shrubs | Quercus garryana | Food; medicine | 199 |
| Pacific madrone | Trees and shrubs | Arbutus menziesii | Food; wood; clothing | 200 |
| Salmonberry | Trees and shrubs | Rubus spectabilis | Food | 200 |
| Straggly gooseberry | Trees and shrubs | Ribes divaricatum var. pubiflorum | Food | 200 |
| Sugar pine | Trees and shrubs | Pinus lambertiana | Food; wood; adhesives | 201 |
| Tan oak or tanbark-oak | Trees and shrubs | Lithocarpus densiflorus | Food; dye | 199 |
| Western choke-cherry | Trees and shrubs | Prunus virginiana var. demissa | Food | 201 |
| Willows | Trees and shrubs | Salix | Baskets; tools | 201 |
| Yerba santa or mountain balm | Trees and shrubs | Eriodictyon californicum | Medicine | 201 |
Animals
| COMMON NAME | TYPE | SCIENTIFIC NAME | USED FOR | PAGE* |
| Crickets | Insects and other terrestrial invertebrates | Anabrus | Food | 203 |
| Grasshoppers | Insects and other terrestrial invertebrates | Caelifera | Food | 203 |
| Yellowjacket larvae | Insects and other terrestrial invertebrates | Vespula and dolichovespula | Food | 203 |
| Chinook or king salmon | Anadromous Fishes | Oncorynchus tshawytscha | Food | 204 |
| Coho or silver salmon | Anadromous Fishes | Oncorynchus kisutch | Food | 204 |
| Eulachon or candlefish | Anadromous Fishes | Thaleichthys pacificus | Food; lighting | 205 |
| Pacific lamprey | Anadromous Fishes | Lampetra tridentata | Food | 205 |
| Rainbow trout | Anadromous Fishes | Oncorynchus mykiss, formerly salmo gairdneri | Food | 205 |
| American coot | Marine birds and waterbirds | Fulica americana | Food | 206 |
| Cormorants | Marine birds and waterbirds | Phalacrocorax | Food | 206 |
| Gray whale | Marine mammals | Eschrichtius robustus | Food; raw materials | 206 |
| Sea lions and seals | Marine mammals | Otariidae and Phocidae | Food | 207 |
| Redtail superperch | Nearshore Fishes | Amphistichus rhodoterus | Food | 203 |
| Smelts | Nearshore Fishes | Osmeridae | Food | 203 |
| Dentalium or tusk shell | Shellfish | Antalis pretiosum | Money; regalia | 202 |
| Mussels | Shellfish | Mytilus californianus and trossulus | Food; utensils | 202 |
| California quail | Terrestrial birds | Callipepla californica | Food | 206 |
| Woodpeckers | Terrestrial birds | Picidae | Regalia | 206 |
| Black-tailed deer or mule deer | Terrestrial mammals | Odocoileus hemionus columbianus | Food; clothing | 207 |
| Roosevelt elk or wapiti | Terrestrial mammals | Cervus elaphus roosevelti | Food; utensils; tools; leather | 208 |
Minerals
| COMMON NAME | TYPE | SCIENTIFIC NAME | USED FOR | PAGE* |
| Obsidian | Rocks and minerals | Obsidian | Tools; weapons | 208 |
| Steatite or soapstone | Rocks and minerals | Steatite | Utensils | 209 |
*Page refers to LP2009 (Kent Lightfoot and Otis Parrish, California Indians and Their Environment. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 2009.)