title: Lodgepole Pine Cambium (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. var. latifolia Engelm. ex S. Wats.): a springtime first peoples' food in British Columbia.
abstract: Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) is a tree species utilized for succulent edible cambium and secondary phloem in the spring by Interior First Peoples of the Pacific Northwest. In this article we present a nutritional analysis of this food based on a pooled sample of 17 trees harvested in the Chilcotin region of British Columbia. We also present enzymatic sugar analysis of raw, dried, and cooked lodgepole pine cambium harvested from the Chilcotin and Okanagan regions in British Columbia. In the discussion we interpret the nutrient values of raw lodgepole pine cambium in comparison to dried and cooked cambium, results from other nutritional studies of pine cambium, and nutrients in some other traditional and nontraditional foods.
authors: School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia. megan.dilbone@yahoo.com
authors: Megan
authors: M
authors: Dilbone
authors: Nancy J
authors: NJ
authors: Turner
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: von Aderkas
mesh_terms: D001955:British Columbia; D003296:Cooking; D003890:Desiccation; D004032:Diet; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D018519:Meristem; D009753:Nutritive Value; D052585:Phloem; D028223:Pinus / Q000737:chemistry*; D024301:Plant Bark; D018514:Plant Structures; D012621:Seasons; D014197:Trees
chemical_list: D019422:Dietary Sucrose