From Prairie to Swamp

[@NosebleedPolitics]

*Blackland prairie* 0:20 "monarch butterfly" _Danaus plexippus, Nymphalidae_ 0:40 "blue sage" _Salvia azurea, Lamiaceae_ 0:50 "bluestem grass" _Andropogon gerardii, Poaceae_ 0:54 "snow on the prairie" _Euphorbia bicolor, Euphorbiaceae_ 1:11 cyathium 1:55 "prairie blazing star" _Liatris punctata, Asteraceae_ 2:00 "small palafox" _Palafoxia callosa, Asteraceae_ 2:38 "gum weed" _Grindelia lanceolata, Asteraceae_ 3:00 "goldenrods" _Solidago_ sp., _Asteraceae_ 3:06 Jack 3:15 "sumpweed" _Iva annua, Asteraceae_ 3:28 anemophilous 4:14 bracteate 5:12 "showy prairie gentian" _Eustoma russellianum, Gentianaceae_ 7:19 "bushy bluestem" _Andropogon glomeratus, Poaceae_ 8:10 Jack 8:46 "Southern slender ladies' tresses" _Spiranthes lacera_ var. gracilis, _Orchidaceae_ 10:00 "juicy bastid" _Mantidae_ sp. 10:36 "yaupon" _Ilex vomitoria, Aquifoliaceae_ 11:05 "Western ribbon snake" _Thamnophis proximus, Colubridae_ *Sandy coastal plain* 12:00 "Southern slender ladies' tresses" 12:06 "pineland rayless goldenrod" _Bigelowia nudata, Asteraceae_ 12:30 Jack 13:05 "bushy bluestem" 13:07 "branched blazing star" _Liatris cymosa, Asteraceae_ 13:14 always look at the phyllaries *"Few dozen miles down the road to the East..."* *Bog* 14:27 "bald cypress" _Taxodium distichum, Cupressaceae_ 14:35 "lady's tresses" _Spiranthes odorata, Orchidaceae_ 14:45 "mosquitoes" _Culicidae_ sp. 14:57 cypress knees/pneumatophores 16:23 "Southern wax myrtle" _Morella cerifera, Myricaceae_ 17:03 "climbing hempvine" _Mikania scandens, Asteraceae_ 18:02 "button bush" _Cephalanthus occidentalis, Rubiaceae_ 18:13 interpetiolar stipules 18:23 "anglestem primrose-willow" _Ludwigia leptocarpa, Onagraceae_ 18:38 "giant salvinia" _Salvinia molesta, Salviniaceae_ 18:56 "water hyacinth" _Eichhornia crassipes, Pontederiaceae_ 19:02 "American alligator" _Alligator mississippiensis, Alligatoridae_ 19:26 "water hyacinth" 20:06 "giant salvinia" *Forest margin, roadside ecology* 20:39 "prairie-fire pink" _Silene subciliata, Caryophyllaceae_ 21:53 "yellow passionflower" _Passiflora lutea, Passifloraceae_ *Sandy uplands, roadside ecology* 22:25 "lanceleaf blanketflower" _Gaillardia aestivalis, Asteraceae_ *Forest margins, roadside ecology* 23:23 "dogfennel" _Eupatorium capillifolium, Asteraceae_ 24:14 "nodding Texas yucca" _Yucca cernua, Agavaceae_ 24:52 "downy lobelia" _Lobelia puberula, Campanulaceae_ 25:25 secondary pollen presenation 25:48 "blue mistflower" _Conoclinium coelestinum, Asteraceae_ 26:02 "nodding Texas yucca" 26:53 phytomelanin 27:15 "nodding Texas yucca"

[@k8eekatt]

Good spotting 😄

[@Fishtory]

Hello! Im a "AGA Master Horticulturalist and archaeologist ..in theory...been a tattoo artist 15 years doing fuck all with my degrees... BUT- i've enjoyed your videos for quite some time now, and finally got the nuts, to try and contact you. I do videos on aquariums, fish, plants and the entire biome. I really enjoy your exploration of ludwigia and salvinia , as well as that orange carnation family flower. I was wondering if I could ever speak with you about a possible collaboration of aquatic plants perhaps?

[@dingchat555]

So do you do this for every video? Do you just know like any species on sight!? Impressive!

[@waskoNzoo]

its all good

[@dingchat555]

@@Fishtory By the way, I checked out your channel a few days ago and managed to catch one of your livestreams. I subbed!

[@mov362]

The hue on that locale of garter is spot on and very intriguing. Pretty rare coloring on that gal!

[@mellowapocalypse4918]

Sir I want to thank you I had an ecology exam recently and didn’t know a question but some shit I remembered you saying gave me the right answer

[@catysparks]

Howdy from Texas!! You have some bad-ass videos and I thank you for them all. Here you are wandering around my state with so much knowledge!! I am a native Texas who wandered around the South Texas brush country as a child ( with my Grandpa) and now I live in the Hill Country area. Elev. 1200’. Tons of caves and limestone outcroppings everywhere. I live close to the Guadalupe River, with bald cypress and next to a creek. I saw my land transformed by removing juniper cedars, then within 4 months, Spring, I had a prairie of all native grasses, without having to buy ONE seed. Nature takes care of it’s own. I learned all about these grasses that covered my land. Also, had crop of Twisted Leaf Yucca ( do not know that botanical name); neighbor said it’s indigenous for that area. Glorious Texas!!

[@danielpirone8028]

I am soooo thankful for this channel!

[@rubenlievenspiano]

hello time traveller!

[@tastybanana420]

Same

[@stephenwolf6620]

Dude, same here.

[@hikesteepfishhigh]

indeed!!!

[@rocklobster3333]

same and i'm not even specifically into plants

[@chrisalan5610]

That mantis dipped as soon as you asked about eating hummingbirds. I think it has something to hide

[@katiekane5247]

Some great flora & fauna but YOU are the most glorious bastard here!

[@kind2311]

that ruler tat on the middle finger is GENIUS

[@superdupergrover9857]

BTW gardeners out there, water hyacinth makes for great compost!

[@Graeberwave]

And can capture methane from its decomposition to use for fuel

[@milwaukeejoe9371]

Love this channel. He's like the AvE of botany.

[@clifton_albrecht]

Another neat place to check out, if you're ever in north-central Louisiana - there're little prairie patches scattered around the Kitsatchie national forest, which the Forest Service botanist for that area told me develop where there're underground outcrops of limestone which make soil too thin and alkaline for the loblolly to root. It's weird walking out of dense loblolly forest into a community that looks like it should be in central Texas. I'll give a little more info on how to find those if you like. Thanks for all these videos!

[@elcomodo1]

24:40 a small green snake on the bottom middle of the agave plant

[@unfinisheproject]

I think it was anole

[@altifinn]

I appreciate how nice you are to snakes, so many people just kill them on sight because they don't understand them

[@zeroclout6306]

Grimes County? I live right next door in Polk county. You're showcasing my back yard. I can wait to show my friends this.

[@thewhile]

they can probably wait to watch it

[@johnrangel2226]

Water bong and og kush - check Coloring book and crayons - check Latest Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't - check Yup, gonna be a good Sunday night.

[@cannabiscreative7474]

Like minded people who agree- check!

[@bluesight_]

this is good comment

[@sonnyg960]

@@bluesight_ is good good

[@troyclayton]

15:56 Apios americana? Looks just like the groundnut I love so much here in Maine. I love my Fabaceas bastards. Thanks for the video, it's always nice to see stuff I might not have ever seen. Well, seen on a screen... Oh well, I take what I can get.

[@charliedevine6869]

That snake is beautiful.

[@PlayMoGame]

I planted Silene regia in my yard, can't wait to see it come up in the spring. Fantastic bastards

[@brianballa3086]

weeeeeeeeeeeee ...heck yes nice job ..thanks for sharing

[@olgakuchukov6981]

I planted Spiranthes odoratus in my southern Vermont garden 2 weeks ago. Still blooming!

[@gammayin3245]

Thank you for sharing all your explorations - you are so appreciated!

[@mdog86]

I'm from Texas and had no idea we have a Grimes county in Texas lol. Shows how massive this state is.

[@bustedkeaton]

Thanks from Travis County. I love our local plant life

[@bustedkeaton]

Yaupon!! No it doesnt make you vomit, its a good native caffeine leaf. They sell em at farmers markets now for a premium, but theyre all over in landscaping too

[@austintrousdale2397]

Got some Yaupon tea in my pantry courtesy of World Market

[@Sedna7]

@@austintrousdale2397 Yup... I have some also. Cannot remember what rabbit hole got me there... But tasty effective tea!

[@dooleyfussle8634]

You drink enough of it and you will puke your guts out. It's definately an emitic. Ask the Choctaws!

[@slaturwinters1828]

if you cant harvest your own Yaupon, store bought is fine.

[@spicyroads]

I hear paw paw trees can be found in far East Texas

[@theMusiCandMedicinE]

If I had more money I'd buy everything Joey is selling to do my part in making sure he doesn't have to go back to working on the railroads. I need these videos.

[@dingdingding4033]

Fantastic channel

[@PhosphorAlchemist]

Every time you said "Malibu beach house" my damaged language descrambler told me you were talking about a "mailable beach house." I shrugged and thought "well, you can buy anything enough money" before realizing what you really said. My brain's detour amused me.

[@chezmoi42]

The CC on YT is a real trip. Check out Learn Your Land's videos, it can't understand him half the time and comes up with a lot of x-rated stuff.

[@k8eekatt]

Just watched Weird Fruit Explorer and you have a lot of fans following that channel as well. A collab would be amazing!

[@pokedum6704]

You should head to Brazoria county, Texas. We got a weird mix of wetlands, the Gulf of Mexico beaches and some prairie

[@kind2311]

got them alligator gar?

[@pokedum6704]

@@kind2311 oh yea I’ve hear we do. The last time I’ve seen one was in Missouri. We get a lot of salt water fish

[@fuxan]

I've munched on yaupon...not as effective as steeping the young dried leaves in hot water. Real nice taste.

[@jktriple_g_129]

Thanks

[@cocomoejoe]

24:40-50 you missed a lizard on the bottom left of the yucca plant, he ran on one of the parts then skittered behind it shortly after. Big fan, would love to see some stuff from San Diego. Maybe an Easy county "ecology of piss and human degeneration" or something like that. Keep it up!

[@montanablue7960]

Hello from Montana!

[@VraccasVII]

Excellent episode, true beauties this time

[@calnative4904]

Information ✅ humor ✅ entertaining ✅

[@stevef.m.2188]

Thanks Man

[@FrumpyPumpkin]

Thanks for the content.

[@Lildoc911]

You gonna head to the big thicket?

[@stephencoleman3578]

I planted 250,000 loblolly pines there in east Texas. We planted the seedlings in the winter, so I didn't get to see much of the botany of the area.

[@brianduncan5758]

Hairy Ovaries name of the next band

[@benwinkel]

Offending my shaven nut sack!

[@Abalone.Baloney]

Love this channel so much! No one really goes into detail about North America botany except this channel. Keep up the great work, and for a video idea you should look at some plants in northern Florida in the pine Savannah ecosystems. Has a lot of beautiful aster species and has lots of signs of control burns which is kinda rare

[@memomorph5375]

New favorite episode!

[@aaronrodgers8004]

Best videos on youtube!!

[@grandpasstonedagain5751]

Did you wave as you passed my house👋 Love your channel and your accent killes me😂

[@candyceparks]

Thank you for this! ... lovin’ it! (myself a budding amateur botanist), thank you for inspirational videos. Thoroughly enjoy your descriptions, colorful language, sarcasmic commentary, and your charming interactions with wildlife. Keep it coming dear! I’ll share your channel with friends! Smiles

[@illiachavez6369]

Today I learned there's more native Passiflora to the states than just P incarnata. Love your videos, as always!

[@Fishtory]

great episode! thank you!

[@one51marquez70]

MUCHAS GRACIAS From DFW

[@craighoover1495]

Waylon and Willie called, they would like a word with you.

[@miguelitojones8252]

Thank you. Now i know half of whats in the back forty. Gfy too

[@dooleyfussle8634]

Surprised to see an intact prairie anywhere in East Texas! My dad was from next door Polk county (Leukenbock is about 250 miles west in the Hill country!), and I've never seen a prairie there, just piney woods and thicket! Must have been a burn!

[@ThomasSmith-os4zc]

You have to parch the leaves of Ilex Vomitaria to make tea. You can crush the leaves and berries of Wax Mertle and apply it will repellent bugs.

[@jasonthomas2741]

Shit yeah, I started recognizing things in the swamp region. Glad you made it to my climate zone! No telling how far back you filmed, but the red river wildlife refuge is astounding. Walter b jacobs memorial park in north caddo fucking kills. The kisatchie forest down there about alexandria louisiana? Also a banger

[@lfrias78]

You pegged that neck of the woods pretty good in some of your commentary! As always great to watch your videos and always great to see that your wandering around in our area. Speaking of loss of habitat they just confirmed a mountain lion sighting a good ways west of where your at in Rowlett, Tx. Hope it doesn’t get taken out by some douche bag.

[@Mrhasquestions]

You were on Chicago tonight a few weeks ago on channel 11

[@arnorrian1]

Nice to see Lisianthus in its native range.

[@3eezie483]

do i see a ruler tattooed on your finger? genius!

[@416dl]

Thanks for plugging Russell's BBQ...I miss the hell outta 'em guys.

[@ven5008]

Such good content

[@dougall4944]

Damn, was that an Apios Americana at 15:55?

[@troyclayton]

Ah, I replied without looking at the comments. I do believe you're right. edit: I didn't realize its range was so large.

[@cerberaodollam]

Cute snek ☺️

[@peterbathum2775]

Bonus sonorousness

[@elcomodo1]

Yo time to roll one up

[@abz817]

Word 👍

[@IanPhillipsWildlife]

Just found this channel.. Amazing!

[@SuperDaveP270]

So get this. I am from Wisconsin, have that nice Wisconsin accent, lived in Florida for 18 years but the South never put a dent in my accent. Then I start watching your videos, as you post them and binging the older ones I missed, and you are making my accent thicken and change a little. I mean, I always said "How bout dat" or "look at dat o'er der" but now it is a little thicker. Dude.. Oh well, worse things could happen.

[@itlogo0o]

this is the guy who rescued the cayote pup right?

[@Frank-dv4zu]

some solid dagos?

[@Felix.Wingfield]

Solidago aka Goldenrod

[@dooleyfussle8634]

Robert Vines would be proud of you, son!

[@blengravers]

Nice spider on the Gaillardia aestivalis.

[@haecheverri35]

GREAT!

[@midesti]

Prehistoric folks had semi-domesticated Iva annua as a food source. Mary Adair at the University of Kansas has done a ton of work on it.

[@Fishtory]

fibonacci would be proud by the composite flourettes

[@raphlvlogs271]

the bald cypress is ecologically temperate deciduous mangrove.

[@sylviacreamer3642]

The forest in Cleveland Texas is positively gorgeous if you ever need a new place to explore.

[@gloriarook743]

Please work your way over to Florida! Crazy people but some great flora to check out!

[@bennyfactor]

Zorak really didn't wanna get picked up, huh?

[@AlyxGlide]

Here for CPBBD turning the insanity up to 11

[@FinalFina]

"not gunna mess with ya" he says to the snake before flashing us its genitals only a moment later

[@Craigerry]

Surprised you don't mention your merch store often (or at all) because you have some really cool designs!

[@Nhoj31neirbo47]

I was hoping you’d wonder east to moister climes.

[@findingdocweiser]

Greetings from onionland

[@janinestokes4883]

GOOD MORNING

[@ikeekieeki]

the sketchy trailer reveal would make a great start to a found footage spook film

[@helios8459]

Hey man have you ever considered checking out the Oklahoma panhandle i feel like its a criminally underdocumented area

[@kind2311]

THE STARS AT NIGHT ARE BIG AND BRIGHT

[@fortunatusnine2012]

Where or how did you learn botany ? Knowledge of this sort is hard enough to pronounce , not to mention the remembering and identification of plants .

[@bencoyote4571]

About that herbicided hyacinth: camped there one beautiful night and woke up in the ugly morning to the terrible sounds of a fan boat right next to my site, annoyed I got out of my tent to see some asshole pumping gallons of herbicide all over that hyacinth and shoreline like he’s giving water to a parched yard or something. Texas Parks and Wildlife doesn’t give a shit about the ecology they just want boats to be able cross the lake uninhibited

[@charlesdeschampsdeboishebe9672]

East Texas is like Southwest Louisiana except instead of extirpated the habitat is just severely threatened. Good luck finding a prairie in Louisiana where there once was 2 million acres of it

[@thornyturtleranch4u]

What do you know about wetlands in sw la? I've discovered some tributaries north of lake Charles I might need to explore.

[@charlesdeschampsdeboishebe9672]

@@thornyturtleranch4u Only wetland I've ever been in is a cypress swamp (a cyprière) in the gallery forest along Bayou Plaquemine Brûlée, unless you count the whole prairie as a wetland since it's basically saturated all through the winter

[@danielcrosby54]

how are you not so much more popular i fucking love your videos

[@no.7711]

His channel grew pretty quickly. It's incredible that any botany channel could get this big. But I agree that this stuff needs to be even more popular.

[@nicholas7810]

Instead on mosquito eradication, genetically modify humans to be unappealing.

[@dianah6254]

To each other. Stop humanity.

[@KingdomOfDimensions]

The mosquitos that parasitize humans are a tiny fraction of the mosquito population.

[@jerickodoggo9595]

@@KingdomOfDimensions Oh yeah well tell that to Florida. They be over there committing genocide.

[@KingdomOfDimensions]

@@jerickodoggo9595 To put it another way, IIRC the /species/ that parasitize humans are a tiny fraction of the mosquito species. If we removed just those species there would still be up to 99% of both the mosquito species and total population remaining. Genetic efforts to control mosquito populations target individual or small numbers of species, not all mosquitos indiscriminately.

[@ohnoajellyfish]

That's what the Karankawa natives from this area did. Slathered themselves in shark fat (and probably other things) to keep the mosquitos and other pests away.

[@rosiecatbandit]

We so far haven't found any wild snakes yet since I've lived here in the UK for last 16 years (from Utah) We live near grassland and ancient woodland, so I'm probably not looking!

[@luisloboff4839]

Is there any other channels like this?

[@ZakKohler]

No

[@austintrousdale2397]

Not-so-forgotten grasslands of the Southeast, eh? 🌾🌼

[@pbtascpdebidebi6992]

You probably get asked this a lot but did the coyote pup make it back to the wild??

[@pbtascpdebidebi6992]

@@no.7711 Well at least it didn't die alone. Thank you for doing what you did.

[@cjhtx5301]

Did you stop by Houston?

[@raphlvlogs271]

are passiflora vines weedy natives?

[@cbradiooo]

Oh yeeeeeah!

[@GrassrootsHerbs]

An article about how Ilex vomitoria got its name (tldr: the brits trying to squash competition for the tea trade) www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-yaupon-tea-cassina

[@sb1806]

Drop by and say hi to my sister in Lafayette.

[@MrMonsterAddict]

Alligator with a hat.