Brookside Creek View

This view of Temescal Creek, seen from Brookside Avenue, holds many native plants like California buckeye, cow parsnip, and coast live oak. California Buckeye (Aesculus californica) is a plant native to Oregon and California. The Ohlone Tribe specifically used the California buckeye to make traditional meals such as Dihsa. Coast Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia) were a very abundant species of trees in the East Bay and the Ohlone used the high-protein acorns from the trees for food. The bark of the tree was also used for remedies for toothaches. They even used the acorns as a remedy for diarrhea.