Hiking Group Learns About Native Plants at Rosemont Preserve

Attendees at a guided hike at the Rosemont Preserve learned about the food and medical value of local plants in Native American cultures from a La Crescenta resident and USC professor, according to the Glendale News-Press.
James Adams, the professor taught the group about various plants including yerba santa, mugwort and prickly pear.  From the story:

Leading them was James Adams, a La Crescenta resident who is an associate professor of pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences at USC and co-author of "Healing with Medicinal Plants of the West."
Adams' family traces back to 17th-century Virginia where they lived among the Native Americans, absorbing knowledge from traditional healers.
"The Indians kept my family alive," he said.
Last month marked the one-year anniversary of the purchase of the Rosemont Preserve, by the Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy, a local non-profit that works to secure land in the San Gabriel Mountains to protest it from development.  The group has held several guided hikes and trail restoration events in the last month in honor of the anniversary.