TRANSPLANTING NATIVE SPECIES

IN CALIFORNIA NATIVES WIDENED THE POPULATION OF NATIVE SPECIES. TRANSPORTING THE NATIVE SPECIES BY TRANSPLANTING OR SOWING SEEDS AT TRADITIONAL COLLECTION SITES AWAY FROM AND ADJACENT TO VILLAGE SITES. THIS WAY OF INTERVENING WITH CERTAIN PLANTS THAT WERE FAVORED GROWING NEAR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES. THIS DELIBERATE MOVEMENT OF PLANTS MOVEMENT OF PLANTS NEAR VILLAGES OCCURRED FOR 1000'S OF YEARS. IN TREATING THE WILD PLANTS THE NATIVES ALSO REMOVED OR WEEDED CERTAIN PLANTS FROM THEIR VILLAGE AREAS. WE KNOW THEY REMOVED DOUGLAS FIR SEEDLINGS. LARGE BEDS OF DESIRABLE PLANTS SUCH AS SEDGE AND BRACKEN FERNIN SIERRAS WERE WEEDED IN ORDER TO PRODUCE MORE TUBERS FOR BASKETRY MATERIAL. THE POMO WEEDED CERTAIN BULBS WITH MEDICINAL VALUE AS WELL. WEEDING IMPROVES THE POTENTIAL OF CERTAIN PLANTS TO BE PRESENT BY CLEARING AWAY DEAD ROOTS AND BRANCHES, AND EXCESSIVE LITTER FROM AROUND THE TRANSPLANTED PLANT. SOME OF THE ROOT OF THE SOAPROOT WAS LEFT FOR REJUVENATION IN SEVERALYEARS. KAT ANDERSON