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I have always like being outdoors ever since I was a little kid.

我从小就喜欢户外活动。

It's always been like foraging, you know, just kind of goes along with that, and just like learning about what the plants are and what you can eat.

这就像觅食一样，自然而然了解到这些植物是什么，以及哪些可以食用。

Reading this Native American ethnobotany book, I was just looking up what tribes lived in this region, and what plants they used for what.

读这本美洲原住民族民族植物学书籍时，我刚刚查阅了哪些部落曾居住在这一地区，以及他们使用哪些植物来做什么。

So I was looking for plants in Texas, and found out that Native Americans around here used yaupon, which is a their only access to caffeine.

我在德克萨斯州寻找植物，发现这里附近的美洲原住民使用代茶冬青， 这是他们获得咖啡因的唯一途径。

It's the only caffeinated plant native to North America. Yaupon is, it's a native shrub that grows all along the Gulf Coast here in Central Texas.

这是北美本土唯一含有咖啡因的植物。代茶冬青是一种原生灌木，生长在德克萨斯州中部墨西哥湾沿岸一带。

We're about as northwest as it grows, but then all along the Gulf Coast and then up the Atlantic coast to Virginia.

它们大约生长在西北方向，然后沿着墨西哥湾海岸一路延伸，再沿着大西洋海岸一直到弗吉尼亚州。

It's an evergreen, has a little red berries in the wintertime, and as I said, it's the only caffeinated plant native to the US.

它是一种常绿植物，冬天会结出小小的红色浆果，而且正如我所说，它是美国本土唯一含有咖啡因的植物。

It's very, very hardy. It's a relative of South American yerba mate, which is a really popular caffeinated beverage from South America.

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