Reddit reviews Ethnobotany of Western Washington: The Knowledge and Use of Indigenous Plants by Native Americans

I've read some books on medicinal plants, native herbology, and ethnobotany in the Pacific Northwest. There are references to a smoking mixture sometimes called kinnikinnik - but sometimes kinnikinnik refers to the bearberry plant.

A few books - (Amazon links):
Plants of the Pacific Northwest


Ethnobotany of Western Washington


Indian Herbology of North America


Some sources indicate the inner bark of the red dogwood tree is mixed with bearberry leaves - dried and crushed for smoking, smudging and ritual use. I have seen mullein and even devil's club mentioned in some references after a brief search.


I haven't looked specifically into smoking herbs or mixtures, but these are the books I'd start with.

I have this one which covers known uses by the various native tribes in the Pacific Northwest. It is very interesting, it has everything indigenous I have ever looked for, and casually explains how one tribe used the plant this way, and another used it another way, and another tribe had no knowledge of it. There are decent drawings to help with identification. Another suggestion is to see if your nearest agricultural extension offers a master gardener class, they are a wealth of information.