Northwest coastal tribes used sword fern leaves to line fire pits for cooking, and line baskets and drying racks. The rhizomes could be eaten by peeling and then steaming or roasting them. The leaves and/or stems could be made into tea for certain maladies.
Acrux (stars.astro.illinois.edu)ACRUX (Alpha Crucis). Among the most famous constellations in the sky is a “modern” one that is quite invisible from most of the populated northern hemisphere: Crux, the Southern Cross.