Flora of the High & Dry Plains

[@NosebleedPolitics]

0:45 Verbena bracteata, Verbenaceae 1:28 Heterotheca villosa, Asteraceae 2:37 Dyssodia papposa, Asteraceae 3:26 Mirabilis linearis (could also be M. nyctaginea), Nyctaginaceae 5:00 Lygodesmia juncea, Asteraceae 5:48 Opuntia fragilis, Cactaceae 7:35 Sphaeralcea coccinea, Malvaceae 8:43 Artemisia frigida, Asteraceae 10:38 Physalis hispida, Solanaceae 12:12 Crotalus viridis 12:29 Astragalis sp., Fabaceae 13:02 Helianthus annuss, Asteraceae 13:16 Argemone polyanthemos, Papaveraceae 15:39 "Dildo in the Grass" 15:48 Liatris punctata, Asteraceae 17:35 Artemisia frigida, Asteraceae 18:04 Linaria dalmatica, Plantaginaceae

[@plutoniumdust]

19:57 Bottle of piss, Humanoid-excreta

[@viktorreznov9811]

Please, go to Iowa, there must be SOMETHING making iowa worth existing

[@ericbulbosa6199]

Look at them carollas!

[@MrKmoconne]

@@plutoniumdust Bottle of Trucker Piss

[@Ravenholm337]

6:00 Barbed spine demonstration.

[@Sköldpadda-77]

I love the big fancy wildlife documentaries, the David Attenborough stuff, Nature, the old Nat Geo, but they like to show the grand spectacles, rainforests, mountains, big African wildlife, but you share the little things, the local things, the right-under-your-nose wonders of evolution. If only people would realize the endless forms most beautiful are right here, if they’d just bother to look down.

[@compedium]

incredibly beautiful comment

[@compedium]

well put

[@senor9786]

Everyone's noise is too pointed upwards!!! Well said though

[@13ccasto]

"Things are a lot easier to control if you condition them to be stupid" - always excellent social commentary

[@infowarriorone]

Thanks Tony for your videos. If I wasn't watching them every night I'd be out causing mayhem and probably getting myself in a lot of trouble. Your wry sense is humor is a cure for the COVID blues. Plus I learn a lot about about botany. Peace.

[@junkman8742]

"You can tell a lot about a people by their garbage" ... spoken like a true archaeologist and humanist!

[@ikeekieeki]

the timing on that prickly stucker was great

[@nbbailey21]

I downloaded this for later thinking it was a standard plant documentary. Best surprise of the day. +1 never thought I'd like a piss break.

[@robinhall6194]

LOLOL, you're in great form today! Lots of chuckles for me.

[@dcpunk4]

I'd love to see a CPBBD overview of some of the plants here in Florida. Deserts cool and all but come down to the hot af swamp!

[@treebeard7140]

Thank you for what you do. People must wonder what I'm doing at work when I'm looking at plants in the parking lot.

[@joefrancis759]

13:16 I got prickly poppy in my xeriscape, grows super easy, blooms all summer right into fall, beautiful. A bit weedy though, I'm sure my neighbors hate my guts for it. The juice is bright yellow when it comes out, then turns black.

[@alfredogarbanzo2276]

Yo idk if they're totally new but I enjoy the smooth little animations of the text boxes when they come in, nicely done Joey!!!

[@swarfmaster]

Jesus, Joey, you have more information crammed into your videos than a quarter of most University’s .

[@bangkokdangerous2507]

dude youre my favorite person🐸

[@OnlySlightyRadioactive]

Bangkok Dangerous same

[@casenjaquez9859]

Go fuck yourself

[@oystein18]

This is really cool. I learn so much in every video.

[@bpccmath251calculusiihitch4]

Came for the botany lesson; stayed for the social commentary!

[@briantyson7744]

High Plains Drifter.

[@lestweforget7438]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@one51marquez70]

THANKS A MILLION FOR UR KNOWLEDGE!!!!!! 💯👍💯

[@myekal147]

Cool transition involving the red truck at 3:20. Very artsy.

[@junkjunkloot4357]

15:40- "🎶Dildo in the grass, I've seen it once or twice~🎶" 📣"🎵DILDO IN THE GRAAAASSS🎵"

[@OnlySlightyRadioactive]

I live for that moment lol

[@katiekane5247]

He never fails to amuse as he teaches.

[@FastFixYouTube]

Love the high plains. I’m in east NE and always enjoy the drive west.

[@Nubic1]

Thank You for all your time and effort on the vids. its like artwork in a sense. i feel like i watch and appreciate these vids in a similar way that people look at and appreciate fine artwork. good health, fulfillment and prosperity to you.

[@krky86]

hey man, i've had a rough several months and now that it's finally over, just wanted you to know that your stuff, along with the "best of the worst" series by rlm, is the only reason i've kept my sanity and didn't chop someone up by now lmao, thanks a bunch you botanist weirdo. i'm typing this while drinking matricaria chamomilla & satureja montana tea, gotta love those a s t e r a c e a e & l a m i a c e a e , right?

[@Kalanchoe1]

6:00 the way he transitions into a lecture about opuntia fragilis makes me think he did "see that one there" lol

[@johnortmann3098]

Many moons ago when I was taking a range management course an African grad student and I were sampling a pasture in the Nebraska Sandhills. We got down to sample yet another frame and I laid my knapsack down to work. When we finished I put it on, and discovered about 2 dozen fragilis joints had stuck to it and were now stuck to my back. The African dude had to pull them out with a trusty Corora #5 clipper.

[@johnortmann3098]

@@ambulocetusnatans Speaking of sandburs, your comment reminded me that on this same day, the African dude was wearing a pair of heavy corduroy pants. At some point he stumbled through a patch of sandburs and his pants were just covered with them. I got to ply the clippers for that operation.

[@edwardcarrington3531]

Thanks for the video

[@liammccann5556]

I know you’re mostly out in the west but I live in the Adirondacks of upstate NY and there’s is nothing I would love more than to learn more about the environment around me from you. Of course if you ever find yourself out East.

[@kristinkulman3221]

Nice! You've got the eagle eye. That Opuntia fragilis broke off like a Teddy bear cholla, Cylindropuntia bigelovii. (Speaking of classy, I remember a pimped out rest stop on the I-80 in Nebraska that has a terrazzo flooring). Thanks!

[@williamcoleman3506]

Had never heard of Liatris until this past spring when I started working to kill my lawn. Usually only see honeybees when the privet blooms. Liatris changed that. I swear Liatris also attracted about five times as many butterflies.

[@an.opossum]

Artemisia frigida is delicious in tea (in small amounts) and does wonderfully indoors

[@edreasner44]

I dig watching this channel.

[@alfredogarbanzo2276]

By the way I loved the rest of the video, you're a gem of a human!!!

[@HeyoSpeaker]

This is amazing!

[@gifrancis]

Excellent!

[@kitbeethoven]

Haven't been able to tune in for a while --- life. This was a classic episode and pushed all the buttons for me. I'll be sharing. Invite to Santa Cruz is still good.

[@tylerpeck7535]

Bro caught me blushing~

[@christopherhickey5464]

Nice! If I would have known you'd be here in the Sidney area, I would have bought you a Runza.

[@unclefrogy743]

that's right get out even on the side of the road, get down close to the ground look at the details. I marvel at your explorations and the identification by those details. I do not have the kind of mind that can learn all the names but you are helping me take the time to look closer. best part of sunday! thanks for your irreverence uncle frogy

[@PolygonSwan]

Banger Alert ! nice setup 😂

[@marcelbas]

What a fascinating field exploration! I love these arid, northern areas and was always curious to see what grows there. And now I know. So there is even a winter-hardy cactus there.

[@thedudegrowsfood284]

(in Italian Mother voice) Anthony! Put that cactus down! You don't know where it's been!

[@peachu7]

Ah yes, Argemone Albiflora. Beautiful species that loves growing next to the highway in Texas. I collected a few seeds from one this year! After seeing you label it polyanthimos, I think there's some mislabeling in the Argemone Genus, because it looks incredibly similar.

[@421hammerhead]

Probably reclassified (maybe?) With DNA sequencing, a lot of plants are actually not what they were thought to be and a lot of times, reclassification changes the genus of the plant and unsure if it changes the species of the plant.

[@peachu7]

@@421hammerhead I'm aware many plants' lineages are murky and reclassification occurs almost weekly with the research done every day. It's fascinating to me that there's so much diversity in agriculture. We might have thought we had a good classification methodology in the past, but it's clear now that just looking at the plants and making comparisons isn't good enough.

[@thelaughingtiger146]

I love it when you bust out in song!

[@AxialTangent]

I love these videos so much, thank you Tony, please keep making more

[@JulesVerneFan77]

Any plans to do a video on coastal plants? Come to point reyes, there's a lot of thistles to check out.

[@joefrancis759]

and he could rant about the scotch broom. this would be excellent

[@TreeVibes]

I really love your view on life 😁😁😁😁👌👌👍😆

[@kindafoggy]

Flashes of "Fargo" from that fence line. Whiskey bottle marks the post. Or hair ribbon and lipstick on the barbwire. (Don't ask how I know)

[@harmsc12]

I knew the landscape was kinda rocky near the Wyoming border, but it didn't occur to me that there'd be some cacti there. Nice find!

[@Soul_Patrol]

Sorry for laughing so hard at you getting got by that little prickly pear Coming back to this a month later to say karma is real a similar cactus seedling got me in the middle finger while I was clearing a downed tree it is not funny and it hurts a lot

[@kushviper]

“Things are a lot easier to control when they’re stupid” said the golden retriever breeders

[@briantyson7744]

And the ruling elite who keep cutting educational budgets because they need twenty eight bathrooms.

[@MsrKSDisque]

Hey, do you ever come to Dallas? I have 35 acres in the blackland prairie and would love some help identifying the plants.

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

Headed through in a week or two. What condition is the land in? What's the use history of the acreage? Email me @ [e-mail]

[@LiatrisAspera]

Yesssss love the liatris genus. Do more plains and prairie vids

[@jasonshald1912]

Would love to see you hit up the Sandhills of Nebraska, Especially the Valentine National Refuge and the area around Merritt lake. And further north the Badlands.

[@davidkaplan2745]

"You can tell a lot about a people from their garbage".

[@wendysalter]

Pretty poppies and asters - who would have thought in such a boring landscape. Thanks, I love your botany classes

[@whatabouttheearth]

I love the praries, and deserts, any place so wide open is super calming and peaceful to me.

[@VorboteDesKrieg]

That opioid comment you made really hit home. Rural communities out here being ravaged by pills and heroin.

[@robertl.fallin7062]

Every exit of every interstate highway is the same now. Maybe not every drug is available but within a short drive off that exit there is meth or opioid user.

[@VorboteDesKrieg]

@@robertl.fallin7062 and the funny thing is most of them started out getting prescribed pills by their doctor.. habit gets expensive so to the streets for heroin!!

[@elcomodo1]

Time to spark up

[@peachu7]

Lmao came inside from my sesh to be cheerfully surprised

[@treebeard7140]

El Comodo gonna get my smoke on and stand in my meadow

[@iangillham9647]

“Keep it classy America.” Indeed!

[@nrrneeCat]

Weather-wise, you don't know the half of it. Eastern WY and western SD have some batshit crazy weather going on. It snowed here in Rapid City around two weeks ago and it's been in the 80's ever since.

[@4funksakes]

What fence?!

[@evelyndill5688]

Made my day

[@happybuddyperson]

Is it just me or does Opuntia fragilis hurt the least of all Opuntias? They're my fave Opuntia for that reason alone. Plus those barbs don't stay in me like a glochid. Plus their flowers are glorious and awe inspiring.

[@elyciacormier5235]

Is Damn Yellow Composite going to be the new Little Brown Mushroom?

[@theflyingcrud]

Kinda already is haha

[@johnortmann3098]

Plus Damn Yellow Mustards.

[@JamesFitzgerald]

I love this guy already. 😂

[@k8eekatt]

Strangely the full screen stays even smaller than the partial screen. Weird format. Thanks for the tour of a place I will probably never see! These plants are so varied and adapted.

[@dekoyone4844]

Damn i wasn't expecting ASMR @ 6:01

[@dfrost6573]

One of my favorite parts of the country! Just curious: What is the grass that originally covered all of the plains? Is it called Buffalo Grass? I have heard that some people have tried replacing their [bleak] lawns with it and that it doesn’t require constant watering. Personally, I’m glad I don’t have a lawn.

[@troygoss6400]

I plant buffalo grass in a lot of my projects. Loves clay and doesn't need mowing.

[@johnortmann3098]

The shortgrass steppe was/is dominated by blue grama (plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=BOGR2), and buffalograss (plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=BODA2), formerly Buchloe dactyloides. Under proper grazing management there should be a substantial western wheatgrass component (plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PASM) although this is often much reduced. Minor components include squirreltail ( plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ELELE ) and needleandthread ( plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ELELE). A prominent grasslike is threadleaf sedge (plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CAFI). Much of the work on improved buffalograss turf varieties has been done at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in partnership with the PGA, which is interested in reducing the environmental impact of golf courses. Some of the improved varieties can be seen here (www.stockseed.com/). Todd Valley Farms has some proprietary varieties ( www.toddvalleyfarms.com/ ). Buffalograss can be difficult to grow from seed, and usually undergoes the "Hays Treatment", soaking in potassium nitrate to improve germination (www.researchgate.net/publication/232661976_The_Foliage_Is_the_Fruit_Hypothesis_Complex_Adaptations_in_Buffalograss_Buchloe_dactyloides). Even when treated, it's better to do a fall dormant seeding and let the seed weather and stratify over winter.

[@dfrost6573]

John Ortmann wow! I have a lot of reading to do!😊 Thanks!

[@johnortmann3098]

@@dfrost6573 No problem.

[@briantyson7744]

@@johnortmann3098 Do you work on east campus? Do you listen to How's it growing? on 89.3 KZUM, the best radio station in the world?

[@guslook3184]

omfg the bracts

[@talanigreywolf7110]

You don't buy coffee/beer, you rent it...lol

[@michaelhockus8208]

top 25 episode right hur

[@thedoomofred5174]

I got some CRP in South Dakota, I would be honored if you wanted to botanize there for a video.

[@EnchantedBlueWolf]

God im so fucking glad i found ur channel. Great content man so happy you exist ♡

[@shaneflickinger]

I've stopped at that gas station several times driving west on I-80 into headwinds so strong I literally had the petal to the floor, but my four-banger Corolla would still just barely do 60 mph. Sad to watch the gas gauge go down before my eyes! Did you stop in the Nebraska sandhills?

[@l.farmer1268]

legendary

[@robertl.fallin7062]

Did anyone see a pollinator.?

[@eliharper6616]

Lmao my old roommate used to call it vibe n' drive. Best way to make it through rush hour traffic... And she'd get mad and throw it out the window if it ran out of batteries at the wrong time 🤣

[@derekschulz7813]

I wish you were my botany professor

[@chezmoi42]

He is.

[@serrakilduff6580]

My dog once wandered in chewing on something. Was kind of horrified to discover it was a dildo. He was stoked and was not going to give up his treasure. No idea where he found it, we were wayyyy out in the country, on a dirt road halfway up a mountain.

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

Incredible.

[@jerickodoggo9595]

"miserable bastard" Hah, he got you back!

[@bkbland1626]

Like a cholla. Hideous.

[@ZE308AC]

13:02 what kind of plant is that?

[@leebarnes655]

Too brief to be sure, but it looked a lot like redroot pigweed to me. Not uncommon to have it in that setting, it can show up just about anywhere. Loosely based on a casual impression, going more by shape and height than anything else.

[@ZE308AC]

@@leebarnes655 thank you, I really appreciate the feedback.

[@cliffridenour6675]

Love those fried egg flowers. They're all over the area I live, but they aren't prickly like that.

[@terrymiller2088]

knap weed a big problem around here east wash

[@madman671000]

Dude! cant understand why you are not teaching at Berkeley or USC. The dildo thing kills me 🤣 I have driven a lot of miles along I-80 didnt even pay attention, my bad, especially wasnt looking for trucker piss or dildo's...... Ur way of showing us the ecology of where we live is a great breath of fresh air to get rid of the way of the Karen's.

[@Lichenlikenedlich]

I love the psa things

[@guslook3184]

Can stone be soaked under pressure? What stones hold water the best? can you use "pressurized water rocks" to grow "future trees": 100+years out. Like Oaks, Hemlock, and Pines?

[@stephenspark9358]

Wow was it espresso? cause you are high up there lol

[@raaie7890]

Wonder why they call it spinia fragilis...?

[@davedoe6445]

please sir I request some dalea purpurea

[@leebarnes655]

$2.65 over on eBay will get you 500 seeds, so I don't understand why you don't already have some.

[@evilsharkey8954]

How can you show off wild snapdragons and not make them “talk” by squeezing the sides of the flower?

[@TheDancingHyena]

god I love how your videos take me away from all this bullshit and force-feed me botany, I love it

[@Hambxne]

Anyone know of a similar channel that covers fungus?

[@whatabouttheearth]

Haha no. Aron Ra has a bad ass playlist on evolution but not quite like this, still cool. Trying to find all the coolest science and nature shit I can. kzbin.info/aero/PLXJ4dsU0oGMLnubJLPuw0dzD0AvAHAotW

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

Hey mate could you do me a favor and dig a hole for me out there and anchor a piece of tin over it? I'm going to need a new home if drumpfler wins. 😂

[@bgbthabun627]

Hey Zaphod, how you doing?

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

@@bgbthabun627 Terrific! How are you? Have we met?

[@bgbthabun627]

@@PhoenixProdLLC well, not in a real sense, but you are such a famous person, what with your galactic presidency that you seem to be real to me. And definitely better than your successor.

[@en0n126]

I'm a little disappointed you mentioned Absynth with the Wormwood plant instead of Malort, which is our Chicago wormwood spirit and literally the Swedish word for the plant.

[@ambilaevus7607]

I'm in Nebraska. This is why I keep a cheap shovel and bucket in my car.

[@jamescanjuggle]

Hey Tony, I'm making primitive hand axes from stone for a friends birthday and have a spare, ya want it?

[@Biophile23]

Boring grass! Do I detect an anti-grass bias? ;) (seriously I kinda wanted to know what grasses those were) So funny the Optunia fragilis! They are endangered in Michigan, I first saw one at the botanical garden at Michigan State.

[@opl500]

Bet you run into puncturevine at some point in that part of the world.

[@briank592]

Tribulus? that is the bane of my bike tires and doggie paws. i uproot them when ever i can

[@JohnSmith-ti3oy]

This is tragic. The earth is 1,597,675,927,459,200 sqft and Tony is reduced to shooting videos about plants on the side of the highway in Nebraska, that I wouldn't take a wee on. RIP CA

[@joefrancis759]

3:00 Tragopogon, not dandelion

[@iamgroot8510]

👍

[@Tsalagi978]

Been there. Now they have an Italian Stallion amateur botanist😂😂😛😛❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍 Kudzu, English Ivy, and Asian Wisterias all have eaten the South.