(#90) I Was A Prisoner in a Streptanthus Dungeon

The recently described member of a genus known for its ability to tolerate and radiate on harsh serpentine soil, Streptanthus vernalis and its affiliates.

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[@grannyplants1764]

Amazing it is in such a tiny area!!! ...has any genetic work been done on it ? Did the 2 plants make a hybrid to be sure a specific gene is continued? Sorry didn’t explain that thought well... really enjoyed this video, thank you 🌿🌱

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I like your comment about the "looseness" of the line between species. It's something that I keep coming back to as well when I learn more and more. :)

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All your stuff has been high-def, but this one is absolutely ravishing - new camera?

[@DTelstra-zi8so]

A joy to watch. incredible to think that hill is the only place in the world it grows.

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I wish I could be imprisoned in a Stretanphus Dungeon

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That's nothing. You should try the black hole dungeons.

[@StanTheObserver-lo8rx]

What's the intense interest you have with serpentine soils? You know Cal State Hayward was built on that on a hilltop. I know they had a hard time getting things to grow on land there not filled by imported topsoils. Giant Sequoia,Cal Buckeye were about the only tree's to look ok. But still plenty of other habitats in this state..I just wonder how you settled on that? Lava rock around Mt Shasta looks cool. But,I can't say to a geologist it's a happening place to study-ha.

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

Serpentine - because of its very odd chemistry and the difficulty that most plants have growing on it - "creates" new species of plants (in actuality, they simply adapt to tolerate the strange chemistry of their substrate while their non-serpentine ancestors stick to non-serpentine soils. The two populations (non-serp and serp) eventually diverge to become two different species. This is, in effect, sympatric speciation, and it is utterly fascinating). There is a huge amount of plant endemism on serpentine soils. Same thing happens with gypsum and to a lesser extent with limestone.

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@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt ok I see..plus it is one of the few habitats left with endemic plants. Although I see you found some evil broom plants somehow getting a toehold. Home Depot still sells that plant that I thought was banned.

[@alanamccool7409]

@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt For limestone, there is a Trillium in the Midwest, Trillium nivale. Very small, very early spring bloom, rare a little bit. Only grows on thin limestone soil. The other Trillium species grow in areas for other reasons. In Ohio, it is only on Silurian limestone in the Miami River valley and in some areas close to the Scioto River, all in South and West areas in the State. You never see it in the east part of the state, the bedrock there it is all shale and sandstone. And you never see it more far south in the Cincinnati area. The bedrock there is Ordovician dolomite and shale, but you never see it on the dolomite. Maybe they don't like the magnesium. Anyway, only in the river valleys, and I think this is because the glacial till from the Wisconsinan and Illinoian glaciers covers most the limestone bedrock in the state. In the river valleys and gorges the water cut through the till and expose the bedrock, and happen that is where the T. nivale grow. I never think about it before, but it maybe evolve in the same way as the serpentine plants.

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Nice to see such unique and localised specie.

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The Chapparal orchid resembles a fern , Ophioglossum (Adder's Tongue ) which is found in the U.K. , convergent/ parallel evolution ? Especially the fruiting body with a kink in the stem .What thinkest thou ?

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Orchid😲

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[@evilcanofdrpepper]

That new species could also have been created when some animal especially a bird or other flying creature brought seeds from a closely related species on another serpentine slope that its self died out but not before it hybridized with the local one and lived on in the genes of its decedents that are slightly different from the all the other ones. This too is complete conjecture however I thought I would add my suggestion for how it came about. If it was created like this and both species that created it were still around then it should be pretty easy to recreate hybrids that are similar to it. If however it was born of a now extinct species, it might be the only way to study said extinct species. Keep botanizing you bastard!

[@junglie]

Facinating to see the serpentine adapted plants, i see similar plants colonising the old spoil hills from mining in my locale,

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The serpentine forest of north borneo is just as interesting XD

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It would be nice if you gave us the general locations of these videos.

[@andybaldman]

Just google 'Streptanthus vernalis', and you'll get your answer. It only grows in one place.