They reproduce slowly either by bulb division or seeds and have gradually naturalized from plantings in urban and suburban areas throughout the lower elevations and coastal areas in much of the West Coast of the USA since these environments mimic their native South African habitat.

460 km, navigable by small oceangoing vessels and river and coastal steamers ; 3, 300 km navigable by native craft

The native crusader barons set about rebuilding their kingdom from Acre and the other coastal cities.

According to the book " Mexico One Plate At A Time ," even though the dish ceviche has been a part of traditional Mexican coastal cuisine for centuries, ceviche is not a dish native to Mexico.

The olive ( or, Olea europaea, meaning " Oil from / of Europe ") is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin ( the adjoining coastal areas of southeastern Europe, western Asia and northern Africa ) as well as northern Iraq, and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea.

The pear is native to coastal and mildly temperate regions of the Old World, from western Europe and north Africa east right across Asia.

It is native to the moister southern and eastern areas of South Africa, from coastal areas of the Western Cape east to KwaZulu-Natal and north to eastern Limpopo.

Both Cajun and Creole cuisine also had access to many native coastal animals, such as crawfish ( commonly called crayfish outside the region ), crab, oysters, shrimp, and fish.

* The New England Indian smallpox epidemic of 1616 – 1619 begins to depopulate the region, killing an estimated 90 % of the coastal native peoples.

Relatively much is known about the native inhabitants in recent centuries, thanks in part to the efforts of the Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, who documented his observations of life in the coastal villages he encountered along the Southern California coast in October 1542.

The California sea lion ( Zalophus californianus ) is a coastal eared seal native to western North America.

Some species are native to rocky and coastal areas, but the majority are grassland plants.

According to the book " Mexico One Plate At A Time " ceviche is not native to Mexico, despite the fact that the dish has been a part of traditional Mexican coastal cuisine for centuries.

According to the book " Mexico One Plate At A Time ," even though the dish has been a part of traditional Mexican coastal cuisine for centuries, ceviche is not a dish native to Mexico.

He brought forty black ships with him to Troy, drawing his men from flowering Pyrasus, coastal Antron and Pteleus, " deep in grass ", in addition to his native Phylace.

Beachberry or Inkberry ( Scaevola plumieri ) is widespread along the Atlantic coast of the tropical Americas and Africa ; however, it is becoming rarer in areas where S. taccada is displacing native coastal plants.

The Apsley Macleay Gorges are a converging point for moister eastern coastal and dry western floras, and some 950 native plant species have been identified, of which 36 are rare or threatened.

Arroyo Grande is located in a coastal ecosystem within the California floristic province, and the native habitats include coast live oak woodland, central coastal scrub, willow and mixed riparian along Arroyo Grande Creek and numerous tributaries, native bunch-grass grassland, coastal prairie, dunes and intertidal zone, and non-native and agricultural areas.

Native plant communities include: coastal sage scrub, California Annual Grassland, and Coastal Dune Scrub species ; however, most native plants have been eliminated from within the city limits to make way for agriculture and urban and industrial development.

The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives.

By 150 BC, Assyria was under the control of the Parthian Empire as Athura ( the Parthian word for Assyria ) where the Assyrian city of Ashur seems to have gained a degree of autonomy, and temples to the native gods of Assyria were resurrected.

( Musseli told friends she had not wanted to sell her home, but that Lerner urged her to cut her ties with her native city and that she entrusted Lerner with the proceeds of the sale, for investment in the U. S .) The daughter of a World War One French war hero and herself an unsung heroine of the Resistance, whose Corsican forebears were intimates of Napoleon Bonaparte, she later made Lerner the gift of a chateau in France after he declared to her that he wanted a French rural retreat where he could write.

The city is home to the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, an annual arts and crafts festival held one weekend during early April, when the native dogwoods are in bloom.

St Athanasius seems to have been brought early in life under the immediate supervision of the ecclesiastical authorities of his native city.

He was employed as a law clerk at Chioggia and Feltre, after which he returned to his native city and began practicing.

The name of the city in Irish is Doire Colmcille and is derived from the native oak trees in the area and the city's association with Columba.

Nabopolassar took advantage of the chaos gripping Assyria, and seized the city of Babylon in 620 BC with the help of its native inhabitants.

In an attempt to honor Pizarro before leaving, Almagro refounded the native city of Quito as " San Francisco de Quito " in August 1534.

Francisco de Orellana, yet another lieutenant of Francisco Pizarro from the Spanish city of Trujillo, put down the native rebellion and in 1537 reestablished this city, which a century later would become one of Spain's principal ports in South America.

Famous inhabitants of the city at that time included native sons Hans von Bodeck and Samuel Hartlib.

Although native to Ghent, he punished the city after the 1539 Revolt of Ghent and obliged the city's nobles to walk in front of the emperor barefoot with a noose ( Dutch: strop ) around the neck ; since this incident, the people of Ghent have been called " Stroppendragers " ( noose bearers ).

From 1544 to 1551, Palestrina was organist of the principal church ( St. Agapito ) of his native city, and in 1551 he became maestro di cappella at the Cappella Giulia, the papal choir at St Peter's.

After a thorough scientific and philosophical training at the University of Padua, he began his career in the service of his native city.

Heraclitus of Ephesus (—; c. 535 – c. 475 BCE ) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast of Asia Minor.

McMullen showed the city of Houston that he too wanted a winning team, signing nearby Alvin, Texas native Nolan Ryan to the first million-dollar-a-year deal.

He said, after swearing before the holy gospel, that " he was Michel De Villeneuve Doctor in Medicine about 42 years old, native of Tudela of the kingdom of Navarre, a city under the obedience to the Emperor ". The following day he said: ".. although he was not Servetus he assumed the person of Servet for debating with Calvin ".

An homage was paid to him by the city by the inauguration of a " rue du Commandant Cousteau ", a street which runs out to his native house, where a commemorative plaque was affixed.

Tetzel was born in Pirna, Saxony, and studied theology and philosophy at the university of his native city.

Like many other families, the Albertis had been expelled from their native city, Florence, by the republican government, run by the Albizzis.

According to the accounts of historian Diodorus Siculus and geographer Strabo, the area's first permanent settlers were the mountain-dwelling Ligures, who emigrated from their native city of Genoa, Italy.

In 1191, Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI granted suzerainty over the area to the city of Genoa, the native home of the Ligurians.

The son of well-to-do parents, Malpighi was educated in his native city, entering the University of Bologna at the age of 17.

The Simhanavati legend tells us that a Tai chief named Simhanavati drove out the native Wa people and founded the city of Chiang Saen around 800 AD.