Mitigoog (Trees) of Grand Portage

Boreal forest along the Grand Portage Trail

NPS Photo / GM Spoto

 

GOCC staff gather birch bark.

NPS Photo

Ojibwe Name	Common Name	Scientific Name
azaadi	Quaking Aspen	Populus tremuloides
baapaagimaak	Black Ash	Fraxinus nigra
biisaandago-zhingwaak	White Pine	Pinus strobus
giizhik	White Cedar	Thuja occidentalis
ininaatig	Sugar Maple	Acer saccharum
maanazaadi	Balsam Poplar	Populus balsamifera
mashkiigwaatig	Tamarack	Larix laricina
mina'ig	White Spruce	Picea glauca
okikaandag	Jack Pine	Pinus banksiana
wiigwaas	Paper Birch	Betula papyrifera
wiinizik	Yellow Birch	Betula alleghaniensis
zesegaandag	Black Spruce	Picea mariana
zhingob	Balsam Fir	Abies balsamea
zhingwaak	Red Pine	Pinus resinosa

 

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Poster created by Erik Martin Redix (Miskwaa anang), Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

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