caa a22 4500 477046460 CHVBK 20180405111331.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02866523 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02866523 Anderson M. Natural Resources Conservation Service, American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 3220, 90095-1548, Campbell Hall, CA aut The ethnobotany of deergrass, Muhlenbergia rigens (Poaceae): Its uses and fire management by California Indian tribes [Elektronische Daten] [M. Anderson] Le Caractere Ethnobotanique de L'herbe Cervidee (Muhlenbergia rigens angl. deergrass, Graminées): Son Utilisation et la Gestion du Feu parmi les Tribus Amerindiennes Californiennes. Deergrass (Muhlenbergia rigens, Poaceae), a once abundant and widespread native perennial bunchgrass in California, was utilized extensively by at least twenty tribes for its flower stalks, incorporated into many types of coiled baskets. The craft of coiled basketry required the annual harvesting of thousands of culms by each village and the frequent setting of small-scale fires in many plant community types to eliminate detritus, recycle nutrients, increase culm production and prohibit shrub or tree encroachment. Detailed examination of Native American past fire management practices will provide insights into the cultural processes that shaped various ecosystem states, and unravel the ecological principles embedded in ancient land management systems. There are at least 300 contemporary Native American weavers and the successful revival of basketry in California is inextricably tied to access to and availability of plant resources on public lands. The New York Botanical Garden, 1996 Muhlenbergia rigens nationallicence basketry nationallicence ethnobotany nationallicence Native Americans nationallicence fire management nationallicence bunchgrass nationallicence Economic Botany Springer-Verlag 50/4(1996-10-01), 409-422 0013-0001 50:4<409 1996 50 12231 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02866523 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02866523 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Anderson M. Natural Resources Conservation Service, American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 3220, 90095-1548, Campbell Hall, CA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Economic Botany Springer-Verlag 50/4(1996-10-01), 409-422 0013-0001 50:4<409 1996 50 12231 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer