The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area Grass Plant Characteristics Family Name Ranunculaceae

Plant Characteristics Family Name Ranunculaceae Species Name Clematis ligusticifolia Common Name Western Virgin's Bower

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2 (threatened) Growth Habit Clumping

Plant Characteristics Family Name Iridaceae Species Name Iris douglasiana--pale lavender Common Name Douglas Iris (pale lavender) Plant Type Perennial Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

Does best on coast in fogbelt

The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area Grass Plant Characteristics Family Name RanunculaceaeTwo hundred years ago, herds of elk and antelope dotted the hills of the San FranciscoMonterey Bay area. Grizzly bears lumbered down to the creeks to fish for silver salmon and steelhead trout. From vast marshlands geese, ducks, and other birds rose in thick clouds with a sound like that of a hurricane. This land of inexpressible fertility, as one early explorer described it, supported one of the densest Indian populations in all of North America. The