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Today we’re harvesting Goose Tongue to dry for distribution to local Elders. I’m also going to experiment with pickling it. Goose tongue is a beach plant called suktéitl’ in the Lingít language, hlgit’ún t’áangal in Xaad Kíl, the Haida language, and its scientific name is Plantago maritima. It’s known as sea-plantain and saltgrass. Goose tongue is found in Alaska, Arctic regions, Europe, northwest Africa, parts of Asia and South America. There are four other subspecies of goose tongue found throughout the world, including one that grows near mountain streams in the alpine.

Planet Alaska: Lessons from the goose tongue
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