The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area Grass ” This land of “inexpressible

” This land of “inexpressible fertility

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

and other foods

Lightweight synthetic leather padded palm and reinforced fingertips protect against thorns and bruising

Growth Rate Moderate Endangered Not ranked Growth Habit Rounded

The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area Grass ” This land of “inexpressibleTwo 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