Knowledge transmission patterns at the border: ethnobotany of Hutsuls living in the Carpathian Mountains of Bukovina (SW Ukraine and NE Romania)

Table 4 Characteristics of knowledge sources among Bukovinian Hutsuls

Characteristics	Knowledge mainly orally transmitted	Knowledge in which borders between written and oral forms of knowing nature and practicing this knowledge are more blurred
Language	Mainly local language (Hutsul) but also official languages (Romanian and Ukrainian)	Mainly official languages (Romanian and Ukrainian) but also foreign languages (Russian)
Accessibility	Widely accessible within the village	Not necessarily available within the village.
Geographical range	Strictly situational and local, sometimes varies from village to village	Large geographical ranges (often defined by official language expansion)
Ingredients used	Always local or easily attainable	Not necessarily local

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