CALIFORNIA INDIANS CULTIVATED, IRRIGATED, BURNED, FERTILIZED, AND PRUNED VARIOUS PLANTS FOR THEIR BASKET MATERIALS. THESE PLANTS INCLUDED NATIVE GRASSES, SEDGES, BRACKEN FERN, TULE, WILLOWS, AND HORSETAIL. THEY STIMULATED THE NEW SPROUTS OF DOGWOOD, REDBUD, WILLOW, MAPLE HAZELNUT AND OTHER SHRUBS BY BURNING. THEY PRUNED MAIDENHAIR FERN, CATTAIL,TULE, NETTLE, AND WILD GRAPE.
THEIR TENDING OF THESE PLANTS WAS DISTINCT FROM THE OTHER INDIANS (IN OTHER STATES) WHO GREW AGRICULTURAL CROPS FOR THEIR SURVIVAL. HERE IN THE NORTH COAST RABGES WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLY HEALTHY TYPE OF SOIL WHERE IT IS EASY TO GROW MOST PLANT FROM SEED. THERE WERE INTERGENERATIONAL VISITS TO THE SAME GATHERING SITES WHICH WERE TENDED FOR SUSTAINABILITY.
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