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> In the 19th century goats devastated the native landscape of California and introduced the Mediterranean grasses that give California its moniker The Golden S
by badpun 8y ago
> In the 19th century goats devastated the native landscape of California and introduced the Mediterranean grasses that give California its moniker The Golden State
I always thought it was because the gold rush happened literally weeks after the state's incorporation, and fundamentally shaped it in many ways?
- jonnycomputer 8y agoWell, could be. I've seen that reason cited, as well as the grass, and the orange poppies that grow along the hillsides in southern california.