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Wild Cucumber, Trout and Pictographs
Wild cucumber (Marah macrocarpus, previously called Echinocystis macrocarpa), also known as Manroot or Bigroot, was called molo’wot’ in Barbareño Chumash and chilicote in Spanish. Got it? “And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah; for … Continue reading
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Tagged Chumash, Fishing, Flora, Foraging, Hiking, Indians, Los Padres National Forest, Native Americans, Nature, Pictographs, Rock Art, Traditional Knowledge
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