Native N American crops

Fred Biasella fbiasella@watertownsavings.com
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:40:55 PDT
I think it may be Camassia.



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From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of dave s
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Subject: Re: [pbs] Native N American crops

What was that blue flower with the bulb/tuber that was heavily cultivated by
the indians?

-Dave

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Lysne, Mark (Wyle) <LYSNEM@onr.navy.mil>wrote:

> Jim,
>
> Sunflowers seem to have been domesticated in Eastern North America. See
> http://nature.com/nature/journal/…
> There are some other crops such as squash whose origin is being debated.
>
> Mark Lysne
>
> >Message: 13
> >Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:41:06 -0400
> >From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com>
> >Subject: Re: [pbs] Native N American crops
> >To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
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> >Well Leo and Alberto, I think the answer to this one depends on how you
> >divide up the Americas!
> >
> >For those who divide things up into North America and South America,
> then
> >both of you are right.
> >
> >I was thinking in terms of North America, Mesoamerica and South
> America.
> >That division is I think more common in biological discussions because
> of
> >the huge differences introduced by the Mesoamerican fauna.
> >
> >As long as one accepts the division of the Americas into north, meso-
> and
> >south, then I?m on firm ground.
> >
> >Jim McKenney
>
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