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My Cupeño name is

Mi nombre Cupeño es

‘Úşhal

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Voice recording by

Grabaciones de voz por

John Machado

Art by Audrey Carver • Arte por Audrey Carver

I'm also known as • También se me conoce como:

California wild rose

Rosa de California

Rosa californica

Learn more about me and my climate connection

Más información sobre mí y mi relación con el clima

I am a small shrub that keeps its green leaves all year long. I attract butterflies and bees with my fragrant pink flowers that bloom in the spring and summer. They find it easy to get pollen and nectar from my open-faced flowers. The fruit-like rose hips that I make after pollination feed other insects, birds, small mammals, and even people. Some animals like mule deer eat my green leaves and munch on my stems, even though I have sharp prickles on them! I have spreading underground roots that help me to grow into a large protective thicket (for animals to hide in) and also keep the soil in one place in heavy rain. I survive in low rainfall and when temperatures change, but if the weather gets too hot with the changing climate and there isn’t enough water, I may have fewer flowers.

Soy un arbusto pequeño que mantiene sus hojas verdes todo el año. Atraigo mariposas y abejas con mis fragantes flores rosas que florecen en primavera y verano. Para ellos es fácil obtener polen y néctar de mis flores abiertas. Los escaramujos, que parecen frutas, se forman después de la polinización y alimentan a otros insectos, aves, pequeños mamíferos e incluso personas. Algunos animales, como los venados mulos, se comen mis hojas verdes y mastican mis tallos, ¡a pesar de que tengo espinas afiladas! Tengo raíces subterráneas que se extienden y me ayudan a crecer hasta formar un gran matorral protector (para que los animales se escondan) y también a mantener el suelo en un lugar cuando llueve mucho. Sobrevivo con pocas lluvias y cuando las temperaturas cambian, pero si el clima se vuelve demasiado caluroso con el cambio climático y no hay suficiente agua, me brotan menos flores.

"Cupeño Plant Relatives", part of the Hear Our Names series, is a collaborative effort between Climate Science Alliance and Pala Band of Mission Indians to integrate Cupeño names into public and digital spaces.

"Plantas emparentadas del pueblo Cupeño", parte del proyecto Escuchen Nuestros Nombres, es un esfuerzo colaborativo entre la Climate Science Alliance y la Pala Band of Mission Indians para integrar el idioma Cupeño en espacios públicos y virtuales.

Cupeño Plant Relatives

Plantas emparentadas del pueblo Cupeño

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