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Scattered in the canyons and creekbeds of the Tehachapi area is a shrub whose purplish-blue berries have been eaten by people for several thousand years. The plant is elderberry, a tall shrub often found growing in riparian (streamside) habitats among the willows and cottonwoods. Sometimes reaching 10 or 15 feet tall, elderberry plants produce fragrant but tiny cream-colored blossoms in flattened arrays on the tops of stems. As spring and then summer progresses, these blossoms mature into drooping clusters of elderberries. Though tart and even smaller than peas, the little berries have substantial flavor in them. They are consumed by a wide variety of birds, including both California and Mountain Quail, and by mammals including foxes, coyotes, squirrels, bears and more. The Nüwa (Kawaiisu) Indians of the Tehachapi area call the elderberry plant Ku-nu-guv and the berries themselves Ku-nu-gu-vu’iv. The Nüwa traditionally harvested lots of elderberries in late...
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