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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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Tag Archives: Ethnobotany
The Mighty Chia Seed, Cuyama Badlands
The Cuyama Badlands can be a wicked and terrible place for a human on foot with minimal supplies. Heaved aloft, scorched and desiccated, it’s a land clawed open and washed away by spotty cloudbursts that quench a sparse growth of piñon pine, juniper and sagebrush. … Continue reading
Posted in Reference
Tagged Backpacking, Badlands, Chia, Chumash, Ethnobotany, Flora, Hiking, Native Americans, Nature, Non-fiction, Travel
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Eating Poison Oak
The Blistery Beginning I remember sitting in seventh grade math class at La Colina Jr. High one afternoon and itching the hell out of some poison oak on my upper thigh. I managed to scratch it into a puffy, red … Continue reading
Posted in Flora
Tagged Chumash, Costanoan, Ethnobotany, Jan Timbrook, Karok, Mahuna, Poison oak, San Luis Obispo, Tolowa, Toxicodendron diversilobum
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Mugwort: A Natural Poison Oak Preventive
Plant Profile Mugwort (Artemisia douglasiana) is a perennial herb commonly found in areas of riparian habitat. It likes sunny, moist locations around creeks and rivers, but can also be found in areas of bright shade and the dappled light of … Continue reading
Posted in Flora
Tagged Artemisia douglasiana, Chumash, Ethnobotany, Jan Timbrook, John P. Harrington, Mugwort, Poison oak, Pomo Kashaya, Reference, urushiol
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