Identifying over 65 Plants and Mushrooms on the Pinckney Trail

In this video, we hike and backpack on the Pinckney Trail near Ann Arbor, Michigan, camping overnight, while exploring the many plants and fungi around us.
If you liked this video, please consider supporting us on / adventure Patrons get to watch episodes early, and are only charged when we release a FULL episode. Thank you!
We have T-Shirts now too, check them out here: teespring.com/stores/adventur...
Cameras:
Panasonic GH5 - amzn.to/2CfH9YN
Panasonic GH5s - amzn.to/2R40Exb
Sony A7 iii - amzn.to/2N4SOCb
Lenses:
Panasonic 12-35mm f2.8 - amzn.to/1FRE9kc
Panasonic 8-18mm f2.8 - amzn.to/2FxVIer
Panasonic 42.5mm f1.2 - amzn.to/2N9Xbf3
Panasonic 100-300mm Lens - amzn.to/2kW8nvc
Sony 55mm f1.8 - amzn.to/1ToMpy4
Sony 28mm f2 - amzn.to/37TDT5U
Other:
Rode Videomic Pro+ - amzn.to/2QBMjbX
Manfrotto BeFree Live Tripod - amzn.to/2HcKsnh
Moza Aircross 3-Axis Gimbal - amzn.to/2CjyqEX
-OUR CAMPING GEAR!-
Virtus Knives - www.virtusknives.com/store/
Condor Bushlore Knife - amzn.to/1JaBBv7
Equinox Egret Tarp - amzn.to/1BIqkmW
Eureka Casper Sleeping Bag - amzn.to/1BXhlxH
Buck 119 Knife - amzn.to/1TrKgQY
Mora Craftline Q Knife - amzn.to/1TrKffT
Katadyn Water Filter - amzn.to/1onus3P
Platypus Bladder - amzn.to/1TrKfNc
Some of the links above are Amazon affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
-----------------------------­--------
All of the musical compositions or arrangements and footage in this video are original, and were composed, recorded, and captured by Andrew Lin, Bryan Lin, Robby Huang, and Thomas Sinard
Featuring drums by Nate Laguzza
Original content and music is copyright Adventure Archives (c) 2020

[@balintszollar]

Displaying the plant names is a nice new addition to an already amazing production. You guys never fail to entertain (and educate!)

[@curiousclownfish3166]

Nice and informative hike - wish this is a start to a series "Plants on the trail in 50 states."

[@wvbonbonqueen]

Oh I would really like to see a series of that, let's all comment and maybe they will give us that series??? We can always hope, right.

[@jasont6723]

That would be very cool if they did that!

[@keylimepie5720]

@@wvbonbonqueen replied

[@juliomb1]

Marisa be like “It’s dark and I’m really tired.” Andrew be like “Check out this plant. Oh look at this mushroom. And this tree here . . .” 😂

[@barb61]

This was really wonderful. You are very poetic and you're narration of all these wonderful things in the forest makes you realize you should "stop and smell the roses" so to speak. You guys all put out such great content- thank you!

[@kerriwoodbyrne8166]

I just wanted to correct something you have said several times. Sassafras tea is not made from the leaves. It is made from the bark on the root of the plant and produces a deep red, spicy, and very soothing tea, perhaps due to its high content of B vitamins, which can be further enhanced by adding honey 🍯. Peace ✌️ 🥾 🌲 🦅 🇲🇾

[@capsoutdoors]

I can see a series being born out of this. Great video and very informative!

[@DavidAllenFromPlymouth]

Really appreciated all the work put into the overlays in the editing. Seeing the plant names and genus was a welcomed addition! Keep up the great work!

[@FrostlordTheWizard]

Thanks so much for your videos guys! Your casual botany knowledge drops make all the hikes so much more interesting! Thanks!

[@nisnber5760]

Yaaaassss! Adventure Archives + Botany? Perfect!

[@sarahblue5112]

My kind of stuff too!! Thank you Andrew and Marissa!! 🌱🌸

[@tsizzle]

Terrific plant/bushcraft episode! So awesome to see Andrew in his element teaching us about the various plants, trees, mushrooms, etc in nature and the environment! 🙏

[@nicholaschwastek867]

Watching from Pinckney!

[@garrycole9187]

Great video Andrew and Melissa and thank you Andrew for pointing out the hatred and insults of the Native American culture.

[@28105wsking]

Yes the anthroplogy of an area and the history of the original inhabitants is so important. people forget and young people need to know the truth of what really happened. Warts and all. We can say "Never again!" and make it better for the future.

[@HusbandWifeOutdoorLife]

we have backpacked here many times. Great place close to home. Thanks for the plant knowledge as usual!

[@williamheafner2396]

I love your plant identification skills. I grew up in the midwest and just absorb all that you are teaching me

[@mikeghost7788]

My neck of the woods!! Great to see trails less known being enjoyed on video. Makes me so happy, thanks AA!!!!

[@krissykriss328]

Omg I'm obsessed with plants ! I wish I had Andrew's plant expertise! Amazing vid guys !!!

[@dopecactus]

At 26:36, right next to the puffball, it looks like poison ivy.

[@EnVee215]

I was just done watching your old videos to be blessed with a new episode?!!

[@blitztim6416]

Your passion has paid off.

[@rimonagale1625]

💝💝💝 thanks!

[@xvsj5833]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us🌸my Best always ❤️Jesse

[@uptrail7169]

It's nice to see a video from the Pinckney Trail. I've only seen pictures of it on the facebook forums. Great job again with your knowledge of the plants and mushrooms! 👍

[@bryce3322]

You're videos are great dude! They're such great quality and I can tell how intelligent and knowledgeable you are. What a gem of a channel I have found. Great work!

[@civokjaf7809]

I'm from Detroit I was just here about a month ago with a group of friends we hiked through the whole thing took us a nice 6 hours.

[@nicholaschwastek867]

You guys need to come back and do a video for the entire Waterloo-Pinckney trail!!

[@maverickrodriguez7213]

I don’t even know how you memorize so many plants. They all look the same to me except poisonous hemlock. Here in kansas they are very popular and I doubt people even know they grow in the common trails. If i may suggest for us peasants that don’t know anything about plants, if you could post pictures of the plants you compare to I.E. similar invasive plant, to learn. 😁

[@TrailPapa]

Wish I knew you were coming. I hike the POTO all the time!

[@ChipChoc00]

Lovely footage and so informative! Thanks

[@IreneTivz]

Informative hiking tips about plants. Thank you Andrew🙏❤️

[@silencenhikes6692]

I’m glad you name plants it’s cool. When I hike I try to learn what they are. The other day a friend thought what he saw were blueberries, good thing I knew it was actually a Mahonia plant which are inedible.

[@brendar.8185]

Thank you for all the plant information this is a great video.

[@mfavia620]

Very nice to see Marisa on the trail. Thanks for sharing!!

[@Outdoors49Man]

What a beautiful video! Your calm and thoughtful voice soothes my soul.

[@d00mpirate]

Awesome video! Love learning more about foraging! You should totally do a series where you hike and collect edibles and then try to make a meal!

[@bryce3322]

Welcome to my state!

[@Twobarpsi]

"Leaves of three, leave them be!"

[@TheGreecyGreek]

Awesome i did this Hike last fall! Its the best trail that is close to Detroit. Live about 40 minutes from it. Perfect weekend hike if you live in the metro-detroit or ann arbor area!

[@paulbier2182]

Thanks to Andrew, I have been able to identify many plants. Watching these allowed me to enjoy my first Sorrells at Minister Creek. By the way, that trip that you guys took there, totally inspired my own trip there back in May 2020.

[@brycezirkel28]

Awesome video! Very informative and fun. We were just looking at doing the Pinckney Trail last week. Less than 2 hours away! Just getting into hiking. Glad I found your channel!

[@lindsayrobinson59]

Yay!!! Looved this😍 thx for sharing! 😊

[@hillsboro2d2p36]

I just backpacked a segment of it last week. Sweet.

[@joyfuldiamonds33]

Beautiful work. I truly enjoyed your evolution high lighting plants as your primary focus on your most recent journey. Loved the descriptions and names. I feel more engaged with plants because of your work. Much love and light.

[@shaestarr13]

Really love all the ID's of the plants! I wish I could remember them all!

[@mlstuart6332]

Very interesting, thank you Andrew and I hope you will make more videos like this.

[@cherylbutler446]

It’s fairy garden! 🥰. So informative. Thanks for sharing. I live in Michigan so really enjoyed it.

[@larrynintendo6838]

You seem to live a fun and fulfilling life. Thanks for the quality video!

[@sarahboston923]

Lovely video! Thank you for sharing information🍃🌻!! Keep up the good work!!☺💚

[@carolkoniecki]

I had to pause the video and go check my dogwood! Your videos are so enjoyable. I'm such a big fan! Thanks!!

[@mdmonirulislam2520]

Loved your tree loving knowledge.

[@prettybird2588]

I'm so glad I came across this channel I have never in my life enjoyed such a wonderful video This is amazing I can't wait to see more

[@jeffandphoebe]

My backyard. I run those trails every Saturday morning. Pickerel Lake is a great place to cool off with a swim.

[@AdventureArchives]

If it had been sunnier I definitely would have dunked myself in that water!

[@raystravel8325]

Rewatching. This channel makes beautiful videos. Makes me wish I was there with ya

[@robinowen3058]

Super video!

[@Bigthoogs]

hey! i live in Pinckney! great trail

[@Anita-ov3cj]

my neck of the woods! great info. definitely going to rewatch to add to my plant knowledge.

[@adventureswithjimmy7507]

I'm impressed with your knowledge with all these different types of plants lol

[@kckrye]

Autumn olive is everywhere around me along with the honeysuckle, Chinese Privet and Knotweed plants. Talk about invasive. Lol. My honeybees love it though!

[@phebekuo8273]

Beautifully done…❤

[@jason_from_canada]

I really enjoy when you do mushroom and plant id Andrew! Great video and interesting area!

[@TheMadisonHang]

i didn't know a hike could be so nerdy!

[@randarkanan]

good work, more of this please

[@nickmeyer6777]

Thanks, loved this video and seeing Michigan trails getting the vip treatment

[@williambeck6364]

This is a phenomenal video in the Adventure Archives tradition. Well done, Andrew!

[@nelsonpun]

glad yal didnt talk about the sensitive fern that much. Hes very touchy.

[@mawriverbird]

Great video, as always.

[@cents2mp]

Botany Gang !!!

[@trailz520]

so informative!! Love this

[@wendysuperfan1014]

thanks Andrew

[@lesliewatts2173]

Thanks for the video! I love watching adventure archives. Saturday I start the TN Naturalist program with one of my favorite state parks and will earn my certificate over the next year. I’m SO excited I’m posting a random comment on KZbin about it! I hope when I’m done with the program I can identify plants similar to Andrew’s ability!

[@tylerk.7947]

Cool you pointed out ground nut too. I didn’t know that occurred that far north. I’m down in Asheville N.C. and see that all over here. Fun fact addition: ground nut is one of the few plants in the world that flowers both above and below ground. Yes, underground flowers that are self fertile!! A cool strategy to increase the odds of distribution and reproduction =]

[@28105wsking]

At last! A hiking video that teaches something! There is never a word about anthropology, biology, history, geology, or ecosystems in general! I don't know why???. Thank you so much! Watch out for the PI. Rattlesnakes and coppers waiting for birds under the berry bushes in morning and evening. I would never hike in short shorts! Especially in NC! PI !

[@donaldinc]

Andrew, absolutely unacceptable to not include a post hike meal!

[@AdventureArchives]

The camera battery and my phone battery both ran out :(

[@SimManiac383]

I live about 25 minutes from there. We have some great trails and metro-parks outside Detroit and it took quarantine for me to really find out about them. Great video!

[@tacojohn9]

Andrew looks so great with the beard.

[@gailhowes9398]

Thank you for Identifying so many plants and which ones are toxic!

[@raystravel8325]

You guys make great videos. Well guys and lady 😀. But well done. I always look forward to any video this channel puts out.

[@mehmetseymen9210]

One day the angels decided to hide their happiness. They started the discussion by saying, "Let's hide it, they find it difficult, they may appreciate it because they find it difficult." The problem was big. Because it was not easy to hide happiness. Some said let's hide on top of Everest. Some said to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The dome of the Taj Mahal, the streets of Mecca, the Italian table, the newborn room of a hospital, ice cream cone, wine bottle, cigarette pack, tulip garden, etc. They have thought of many places, but none have been difficult enough. Then one of the angels said, "Let's hide it inside them, nobody can think of to look inside." Since that day, happiness has been hidden within the human being. To reach somewhere, we must first stop by ourselves. Because all the roads we will take pass through ourselves first. Life is a curtain, everyone writes their own script and plays their part. As long as we maintain balance and harmony, there is no reason why we shouldn't live well. We have high expectations from our lives. When these expectations are not met, we make ourselves unhappy. Of course, expectations should be kept high. However, just as too much of everything is harmful, too much of this can hurt. We can easily solve the problems that come before us by using our mental power and by filtering our thoughts through our logic. If our ideas prevail with determination and trust, I think our lives will be more positive. Happiness always exists as long as we don't forget to turn on the light and see. Sometimes, life does not act according to our wishes but according to its head. Life rules us, not life. First of all, be the captain of your own ship so you don't go where others are dragging you away. Otherwise, you will neither stay nor your dreams. Where else would you drift there? It is the captain who saved the ship, and not another. For him, every person is his own captain. You will know well who takes the helm. The last regret is useless and you learn by living the experience. We are generally built on misery. We should know the value of happiness in our hands. Because there is no eternal happiness in the world. Everyone experiences the pain somehow. Do not have an eye on too much. A pinch of happiness is enough, the things that make happiness are very small parts. A favor, a smile, a sweet look, a good wish. In fact, the happy ones are the ones who have come to these little things. A person who knows the value of happiness clings tightly to the source that brings happiness and never loses it. im from Turkey 👏👍💕

[@omegasalmonfish]

That was great! Queen Anne’s lace was my favorite new plant I learned this summer. It’s everywhere! I still haven’t dug one up to see the carrot though. There’s a lot of “fairy doors” and little houses around Ann Arbor, it’s a thing

[@IdRatherBeHiking]

You have to dig it up year one, its a biennial plant and by year 2 it is too woody to eat.

[@johnsmalldridge6356]

Great video!

[@gregorylifanov8067]

You should do a "plants to avoid" video. Poison ivy is much harder to identify in the wild compared to a pic on the internet.

[@andrewtucholski9709]

I love watching your videos, they're so informative. I live near this trail, Michigan is amazing there is so much to do. If you ever need a hiking buddy let me know. I usually pick up pollution while hiking, I have some videos of some of my hauls on my channel. Hike on

[@jazazzz]

love to see y’all in my home state ❤️ i need to visit this trail now that it’s AA approved

[@jasonmorrow216]

My wife and I just did part of this trail this past weekend, i also hung my hammock in the exact some spot your friend was standing at blind lake . It would have been cool to run into you guys.

[@Dustin_N]

Nice man

[@bamorita]

I was just thinking of Pickerel lake on the Pinckney trial this morning. Hope you guys got a chance to take a swim. I would also bet that little elf hut is related to the fairy doors that you can find in nearby Ann Arbor, scattered throughout its downtown.

[@AdventureArchives]

Didn't know they had those throughout Ann Arbor, very cool!

[@tiaguerra7002]

Yea in Thailand we have alot if the cattail,we eat also

[@amrithansoge]

It's funny how I found a few crushed mushrooms along the Pinckney trail yesterday and was thinking to myself someone like you guys must've hiked through. It turns out that it was YOU? lol

[@nathanaelcard]

Awesome video. Missed you Andrew! And your cinematography is on point in this video. Did you pick up a new lens?

[@paulkidawesome6299]

Andrew you gotta check out Boone County Aboretum in KY - just outside of Cincinnati. All your favorite woody plants are there, though the focus of the park is not hiking.

[@AdventureArchives]

Sounds amazing! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@The_Crow_Flies]

hey this is very close to me. I love this place.

[@tylerk.7947]

Funny that you pointed out the fruit loopy smell of spice Bush. When I was an outdoor guide, if I ever pointed that out I would tell people that’s what they used to flavor fruit loops. People would always be bewildered and then quickly realize that I’m full of shit. Haha

[@Novcrimson]

24:05

[@ash.lou613]

HMMM i realize now upon reflection, that as I kid I stuck ALOT of plants in my mouth....how I am alive I have no clue. but i dont remember ever stopping to think that a plant would be poisonous. I grew up on a horse farm in New Brunswick, and our property was so large that on more than one occasion the OPP was called to search for me and my siblings and we ate and caught everything we could. we were more like feral dogs as kids, jumping fences and riding other peoples horses, jumping on cows, stealing piglets and chickens, getting chased by turkey vultures, guardian dogs (wow thinking about it MORE im surprised we werent shot or hunted by coyotes or wolves). side note, Sumac growing up in Ottawa was one of my favorite thing to munch on on hikes. It grew virtually EVERYWHERE lawns, forests, sides of roads....and its still my fav TODAY to add some of the red berries to my water bottles for flavor. and i still believe the forests are owned y forest elves and fariyes and witches and ghouls. I fondly call some of my over grown paths fairy or witches paths. and as a pagan, I do practise my religion in the woods. this spring I will be doing a cleansing by brining my past 4 years worth of journals and writings and re read them and burn them in my first spring fire of the year.

[@savingsilver]

This was great. Would love for you to come to the Sonoran Desert here in AZ and do something similar. Would love to learn more about our plants here. I’m sure I could look it up but you make it all more interesting lol

[@walk-tall-hikes]

Love these identification videos, what happened to the mushroom video mentioned in the chat? Really amazing Andrew learned this as a hobby I had thought he had a degree in botany. When I was a kid I used to use the dried spindle of goldenrod as arrows for my bow and arrow when we went out in the country. Worked great!

[@cedar_glade5081]

Andrew, if you ever want to go fen hopping in greene county, clark county, and montgomery county let me know. I live down in Hamilton and am always looking for more people to botanize with.

[@eLeMeNtSZ]

free robby

[@bryce3322]

How do you identify plants? Do you like practice in some way or just my hiking a lot and seeing them commonly?

[@RESTLESSOUTDOORS]

I truly feel like my IQ raised a 1/10 of a percent watching this video.... thank you

[@danielmiller7635]

Identifying stuff while hiking. reminds me of Alfie... *depression sets in T_T

[@charlesduncan6529]

Wow half way through and no stinging nettles yet thats amazing to me, here in Ohio its very prevalent

[@AdventureArchives]

Yeah we never saw any, but that is definitely a favorite plant of mine. And a tasty edible when cooked!