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Native Californians not only practiced cultural burning to maintain the land, but they also practiced pruning, coppicing, sowing, and weeding.[{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=Kat |title=Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources |date=2005 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-93310-1 |location=Berkeley, CA}}] According to Kat Anderson, these management methods mimicked the natural disturbances plants often experienced such as annual flooding and lightning fires.[{{Cite journal |last=Anderson |first=M. Kat |date=1999-03-01 |title=The Fire, Pruning, and Coppice Management of Temperate Ecosystems for Basketry Material by California Indian Tribes |url=https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018757317568 |journal=Human Ecology |language=en |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=79–113 |doi=10.1023/A:1018757317568 |issn=1572-9915}}] These practices kept the shrubs that were used for basketry from re-entering the adult stage; therefore, keeping the branches of the shrubs ideal for [[Basket weaving|basketry]] and free from insects, mosses, and [[Lichen|lichens]]. |
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Native Californians not only practiced cultural burning to maintain the land, but they also practiced pruning, coppicing, sowing, and weeding.[{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=Kat |title=Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources |date=2005 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-93310-1 |location=Berkeley, CA}}] According to Kat Anderson, these management methods mimicked the natural disturbances plants often experienced such as annual flooding and lightning fires.[{{Cite journal |last=Anderson |first=M. Kat |date=1999-03-01 |title=The Fire, Pruning, and Coppice Management of Temperate Ecosystems for Basketry Material by California Indian Tribes |url=https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018757317568 |journal=Human Ecology |language=en |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=79–113 |doi=10.1023/A:1018757317568 |issn=1572-9915}}] These practices kept the shrubs that were used for basketry from re-entering the adult stage; therefore, keeping the branches of the shrubs ideal for [[Basket weaving|basketry]] and free from insects, mosses, and [[Lichen|lichens]]. |