Favorite fruits dried for winter were serviceberries or ""kel"" (Amelanchier alnifolia or Saskatoon berry), black huckleberries or ""cemi'tk"" (Vaccinium membranaceum), red elderberries or ""mi'ttip"" (Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa), and chokecherries or ""ti'ms"" (Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa). Nez Perce textiles were made primarily from dogbane or ""qeemu"" (Apocynum cannabinum or Indian hemp), tules or ""to'ko"" (Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus), and western redcedar or ""tala'tat"" (Thuja plicata). The most important industrial woods were redcedar, ponderosa pine or ""la'qa"" (Pinus ponderosa), Douglas fir or ""pa'ps"" (Pseudotsuga menziesii), sandbar willow or ""tax's"" (Salix exigua), and hard woods such as Pacific yew or ""ta'mqay"" (Taxus brevifolia) and syringa or ""sise'qiy"" (Philadelphus lewisii or Indian arrowwood).