Constructed Wetlands for Water Quality Enhancement and

Cultural Restoration

United Indian Health Services Potawot Health Village

HWREngineering and Science

Goals and Objectives of the Ku’ wah-dah-wilth (comes back to life)

Restoration Area

• Environmental Restoration

• Wildlife Habitat Enhancement

• Native American Agriculture/ Cultural Activities

• Stormwater Management

• Education and Interpretation

• Passive Recreation/Edible Landscape

• A place of healing/peacefulness

Common Wetlands Plants of the California North Coast Used by American Indian Community

Name Uses

Alnus rubra (alder) Bark used dye in basket materials

Salix ssp. (willow)Roots and young stems used to make a variety of stroage baskets, fishing poles & traps

Typha ssp. (cattail)Leaves used for sitting/sleeping mats, young shoots and roots for food, flower fluff for firestarting, pillow, infant diapers

Equisetum ssp. (horsetail) Shoots, stems and leaves for sandpaper, spice, medicinal uses

Nuphar lutea ssp ploysepala Roots ground into flour for mush and cakes (yellow pond lily)

Scirpus ssp. (tule, bulrush)Young shoots and roots for food, mature stems for rope, baskets and excellent sitting and sleeping mats

Ledum glandulosum Leaves used as common tea, medicianal (labrador tea)

Woodwardia fimbriata Inner vascular fibers for colored overlay in baskets (dyed with alder)(woodwardia fern)

Adiantum aleutica Stem used for colored overlay in baskets(maidenhair fern)

Angelica aruguta (angelica) Root for medicinal and ceremonial uses

Lysichitum americanumRoots and young leaves used for food, food preparations, medicinal and utility uses

(skunk cabbage)