how did the mustard plant arrive in california?
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ok i give how? lol maybe that ole guy cause hes to old to cut the mustard.
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the salton sea is located just east of Palm Springs California.  Which is about 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.  Water was diverted here from the Colorado.  Not sure the source for the Colorado, but should be easy enough to figure out.  Google it.
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There's this weed that had poisonous spiky hairs on the thick stem, and if manhandled, spreads it's seeds really fast and the hairs can cause tumors in the hands. Also really hard to pull up and the root can grow more plants. And it's in the U.S.! Wyoming!
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The attached link has a picture for you;\n\n\n\nhttp://collections.ic.gc.ca/gardens/New%20Bio%20Web%20Pix/OPTIMIZED%20BIO%20PLANT%20PARTS/Monocot.jpg
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They are found in a cabbage patch - I assume they grow on the cabbages
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First used in England in 1672.  Mustard is/was spicy, strong and improved flavor.  It was much appreciated at the time.  So keen is eager as being strong, bold.
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The Redwoods in California.
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Probably in Cali.  Just a guess.
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they grow in the desert states, high or low. I've seen them in Oregon, southern Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota,
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Your name must be Daisy, because I have the incredible urge to plant you right here!\n\nAwful, that guy stood no chance!
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Jordan1call says\nCastro live in the rear US garden......... planets there are onion and spinach's for Poppy the Yankee
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Found it at the link below...\n\n"We are located at 2629 Broadway in Redwood City, California."\n\nhttp://www.repdirect.net/GOETZBROTHERS/Welcome.html
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I believe it was Father Junipero Serra, a devoted Franciscan Priest who was the founder of the California missions all up the coast. Look up the Chamber of Commerce in San Gabriel, California it will have information about the mission.
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Depends on where you were in the coast redwood forest. If you were further north (Humboldt or Del Norte Co) I'd say it was likely an evergreen huckleberry (to 12' tall, usually 6'). How big were the leaves? (about 1", huckleberry) Were they pointed? If they were scented, narrow (1" across), long (3-8"), and pointed it may be bay (more of a tree--20-30'). If they were broader, as long, and rounded it's probably rhododendron. If you were further south the likely species might change a little.\nHere's a link to photos; they'll have other photos you can look at and you can search by habitat type too (but I wouldn't recommend it). Of course they're not blooming now, but oh well.
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Few could have imagined the impact of Columbus' discovery of a spice so pungent that it rivaled the better known black pepper from the East Indies. Nonetheless, some 500 years later, on the quincentennial anniversary of the discovery of the New World, chili peppers (Capsicum) have come to dominate the world hot spice trade and are grown everywhere in the tropics as well as in many temperate regions of the globe. Not only have hot peppers come to command the world's spice trade but a genetic recessive non-pungent form has become an important "green" vegetable crop on a global scale especially in temperate regions. \n\nCapsicum Baccatum Var. Pendulum, but my friends call me Aji \n\nCapsicum baccatum var. pendulum (Aji)represents another discrete domesticated genetic line. Eshbaugh (1968, 1970) notes that this distinct South American species is characterized by cream colored flowers with gold/green corolla markings. Typically, fruits are elongated with cream colored seeds. The wild gene pool, tightly linked to the domesticate, is designated C. baccatum var. baccatum and is most common in Bolivia with outlier populations in Peru (rare) and Paraguay, northern Argentina, and southern Brazil. This lowland to mid-elevation species is widespread throughout South America particularly adjacent to the Andes. Known as aji, it is popular not only as a hot spice but for the subtle bouquet and distinct flavors of its many cultivars. This pepper is little known outside South America, although it has reached Latin America (Mexico), the Old World (India), and the United States (Hawaii). It is a mystery as to why it has not become much more wide spread, although the dominance of the Capsicum annuum lineage throughout the world at an early date may be responsible. \n\n\nThe spread of domesticated peppers throughout the world during the 500 years since discovery is truly a phenomenon. Two of the domesticated species, C. annuum var. annuum and C. chinense have been widely utilized on a global scale. Both C. baccatum var. pendulum and C. pubescens have been extensively exploited in South America but remain largely confined to that market. Given both the unique qualities and flavors of these later two species they each represent a potential source for future development.
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I had the same question about apples the other day and looked it up, seems as if the apple originated in Eurasia and was carried to Europe and then to America. They are grown all over the USA. \nOff the top of my head, oranges, bananna, dates, coffee, wheat, rye, tobacco, rice, kudzu and potatos are all plants that have been spead due to humans, and there are many many many other examples. Humans bring their foods with them when the change their distribution.
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With the faith of a mustard seed.