Eastern Red Cedar can be found in just about every type of habitat, throughout all of Oklahoma, except the Panhandle.

Gray squirrels can be found in almost any habitat in northeast Oklahoma but prefer areas that have mast-producing trees, such as oak, hickory, pecan, walnut.

Great egrets can be found anywhere there is a shoreline. Although not as common as the great blue heron, they can be found in the same locations.

Huckleberries, when not eaten raw, are used in baking and are put in such food as pancakes and breads, and jellies and jams are also made from the sweet fruit.

Osage Orange wood is renowned for its use in crafting Cherokee bows. It is not an easy wood to carve but affords itself to strong, fast, and durable bows.

Persimmons were eaten raw by Cherokees, and also used to make persimmon bread, and would also dry the fruit to make “prunes”.

Rattlesnake Master is known by Cherokee experts as a “warrior’s plant” and as a “survival kit.”

Cherokees use the wood from the Red Oak to keep the sacred eternal fire burning at pow wows.

The Red-tailed Hawk is said to be a protector spirit of the Cherokees and is therefore considered sacred. Tail feathers were and are used ceremonially.

River cane has been used for many generations in making arrows, baskets, blowguns, and flutes.