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Chumash Ethnobotany

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The vast majority of Chumash ethnobotanical knowledge has been lost. This is due to massive decreases in population caused by European diseases and the California Mission System. Most of what is known today is from the interviews with Chumash people conducted by J.P. Harrington in

List of Plants Used by Chumash The Chumash are a diverse group of people, so several groups had different languages and different names for the same plants. These groups that the names belong to are shown by the letters in parentheses - B for Barbareño, I for Ineseño, V for Ventureño, and P for Purisimeño. Not all names are known for all of the Chumash languages. The following list is a sample of Chumash plant uses.

Angiosperms
* Not found in Jepson eFlora, may be misidentified

References 1. Jepson Eflora 2.https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ptaqp2 3. Timbrook's book