Incredible Plants & Mushrooms In A Hemlock Forest

Hemlock forests are among my favorites to explore. In this video, we take a look at wood nettle (Laportea canadensis), partridge berry (Mitchella repens), reishi (Ganoderma tsugae), white worm coral (Clavaria vermicularis), rattlesnake fern (Botrychium virginianum), black birch (Betula lenta), and chaga (Inonotus obliquus).
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this is the kind of medicine i needed today. been stuck in the city away from my beloved forest. thank you, Adam.

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Thanks for watching, Lloyd!

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[@joet81]

In the last couple years, mixed deciduous and Hemlock forests have become one of my favourite areas to hunt for mushrooms! You are absolutely right. They do have a somewhat magical quality about them, and they have a special place in my heart

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I am addicted to this gentleman's words and explanations!!!

[@scottcrawford1104]

Well done. I live in northern Michigan and this is one of my favorite trees. The dark green hue is so comforting. You really caught me off guard eating the new growth lol. Had no idea it was edible, the smell of crushed hemlock needles is amazing though.

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Nice deer skull. Thanks again.

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I was surprised to see it!

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Thanks for the knowledge, always appreciated. And you munching on the plants was highly amusing - love it!

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Just watched this with my four year old son, he was captivated and we both learned a lot. Thanks for the fantastic video and keep up the great work!

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Thanks, Jess! Glad you're enjoying these videos! :D

[@jojow8416]

Years ago, I translated Hemlocks from the forest to my property and for years I've been nipping off the new Spring growth to thicken the foliage on the tree. Wish I had known that I could eat the new growth. Well, since seeing your video, I've been dining on them. I love the flavor, to my taste buds it tastes like lime, so I started adding it to my vegan Thai curry dishes and it not only adds flavor, but a nice little crunch. Amazing! Do you know if the older growth is also edible I'm going to gobble all the new growth before long?

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So awesome that the best mushroom/nature KZbin channel is a fantastic instructor from my neck of the country! NWPA forever! :)

[@brendaweaver6294]

Awesome video Adam! I paused the video when you showed the Hemlock needles and went outside and sure enough my neighbor has them along the fenceline. i was thinking thats what they were, so very cool to know because they are mixed in with the mulberry trees on my side of the fence that I just went out and shook today. Always nice to walk through those beautiful Pennsylvania woods with you. I miss them. When I was a kid I was always in those woods of PA as I lived there in my childhood. I still hang out in the woods as an adult wherever I live tho. My place of peace. Thanks Adam!

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Thanks Brenda! Come visit PA soon!

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I wish I could. i would love to come back! It is so beautiful there and my favorite state I lived in.

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An 18 minute escape from my city life. THANK you :)

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You're welcome, and thank you for watching!

[@lisabooker6405]

Adam I’ve gotten so I hurry and try to say the mushrooms before you do to see if I’m picking up on them correctly. Got both of these right, thank YOU sooooo much! Your teachings have really helped me along and I couldn’t be happier. I wanted to tell you, I’m growing some wood sorrel in a pot with several other lettuces and such. I shared it with my grandkids and I thought they’d eat it all. LOL I couldn’t believe how much they loved it. I know it’s a simple thing but I’m hoping to encourage their natural curiosity and not have them be so put off by eating natural things and raw. Obviously I’m very careful. They aren’t even allowed to touch a plant (unless in my garden) without my permission. And they’re very good. They stop every time they see something and ask. This has already been a very exciting season. Thank you for all you do. You’re an absolute blessing!!! ~Lisa

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Thanks Lisa! You're doing great work with your grandkids!

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Thank you Andrew! I appreciate the kind words.

[@haggard21077]

Great video man. And what a find with that chaga on a black birch, I've never seen that before, very rare as you said. One cool thing with that nettle is if you do get scratched by it jewel weed is usually near by. Ill just take the stem of jewel weed and squeeze the juices out where I got scratched, within 30 seconds the sting is completely gone. Nature is amazing. Thank you for all your videos. Ive learned so much and I truly appreciate it.

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Josh Gardner Excellent. Now I just have to figure out what Jewel looks like !

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Your awesome,where were you when I was trying to find a true country man almost 45 years ago. :) Love your videos.

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Ha, thanks for watching! :D

[@nigelkay4210]

Nice Reishi and chaga finds. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and passion for the medicine brother.

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Thanks for watching!

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I have learned so much from you in the last year! Thanku Adam❤️

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I am amazed by how much you know and how little I still have to learn. Great video and teachings. Thank you.

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Great video Adam, I always look forward to your new videos , you present with such a wonderful attitude, it is so contagious, Thank you Adam

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Thanks Mike!

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I wish you lived in California! Please consider making an extended trip out here to make a few episodes. You have the mountains, foothills, valley, coast, and the desert to cover. Come on, what are you waiting for?!

[@danthomas6587]

I'm reminded of the time I worked for a tree company and shot hort oil up into the canopies of Hemlocks to combat wooly adelgid. I saved hundreds of Hemlocks from dying over the years.

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Thanks, Kimberly! I'll try my best to keep filming!

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Love your videos. So much to learn.

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Thanks Phyllis!

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Thank you!

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Plus he’s super cute 😊

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Handsome for sure

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[@vadaminot429]

Thanks for all the information you're spilling out here😊 heading out into my woods at this moment. I'm lucky I have the old hard woods and a small Hemlock forest....so much fungi here I can hardly grow grass in the yard😉it's all moss! People want to know why I don't do something about it...lol! I love the mushrooms and moss that grow in the yard. Not to mention.... You have to mow much less with a mossy yard. And it's beautiful!!! Thanks again.... I have a cousin I'm Northern MI, she makes these fungi tinctures 😋😁

[@dallascash134]

I was able to find chaga in VA at a high elevation. It is in a very special place with lots of other medicinal plants and mushrooms. Also thank you very much for all the videos that you put out I really enjoy watching them because they are very educational thank you again

[@mottodan]

Another great video,thanks for sharing your love of the forest.

[@LearnYourLand]

You're welcome, thanks for watching Dan!

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Another awesome video Adam!!! Always a pleasure to watch!!! Thank you brother!!!

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Thanks, Stephen!

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Thanks so much for this amazing information, again I’ll have to watch this video multiple times to get the most out of it. Brilliant. Cheers, Paul.

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Still enjoying all your videos, ty. I'm really enjoying the ability to take a screenshot of the plants that you label with names, it's so helpful, ty again:)

[@LearnYourLand]

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

[@MrGreenotwo]

This is AMAZING!!! Great Info! Found Reishi and plenty of Artist Conks this year.

[@LearnYourLand]

Nice!

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Hey, we're both named Adam, and we both are fascinated with botany. Nice. Wonderful, wise information.

[@rustyshackleford3278]

Another wonderful post, thanks Adam! Since I subscribed to Learn Your Land a little over a year ago I now view Hemlock stands as "Forests of Immortality" after learning of the amazing things they provide. Here in Connecticut we are fortunate to have three different Reishi varieties

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Thanks, Rusty! That's the perfect description for a hemlock forest!

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Good job,don't stop .

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I won't!

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It is that time of year!

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Yes!

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Thank you Adam for your knowledge and sharing. Well appreciated. May God bless you .

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Thank you Scott! I always enjoy hearing from you!

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Thanks so much! You keep me inspired when I can't get to my woods!🤩

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I d sit through a 24 hour or longer!love his videos

[@takashimono]

Fantastic finds, especially the reishi and chaga! Thanks, Adam!

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I think you might actually be a wood nymph or sprite. Has anyone ever said that you have elf or fairie-like features? I mean that as a compliment. I love how connected with nature you are. I always have been too & wish I had nourished my curiosity through my teen years instead of some of the other choices I made. Back on track now with nature. :)

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I saw some Rattlesnake Fern not that long ago here in Missouri and was wondering what it was! Thank you again for sharing your extensive knowledge.

[@LearnYourLand]

Awesome, and you're welcome!

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You're a beautiful soul.

[@mikect05]

Another great video, really love this one. Thank you so much Adam!

[@LearnYourLand]

You're welcome, and thanks for watching Michael!

[@GunnerGibbons]

As always Adam, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to make this video. I have been trying to observe the chaga here in Suffolk uk but in the last ten years I can honestly say Ive never seen it.

[@ieatiron]

Great finds, medicine secured! 😊 Chaga is pretty darn hard to find, I only know about one "infected" tree close to where I live, and it's pretty much a birch forest! Trees are cut down so young, chaga does not have time to develop those growths.. Amazing video as always!

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks for watching!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much for your knowledge and willingness to share it. I often frequent the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky and there are many Eastern Hemlocks there. I am going to be on the lookout for these plants and trees. Thanks again.

[@LearnYourLand]

Awesome! Sounds like a great place.

[@carissagalgano3484]

I'd love to hear the story you hint at in the beginning: what did you do before you began revisiting the forest and studying in such detail? Would love to hear the backstory, others may benefit.

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Thanks for the great information you always provide to us. Hope you keep making these videos.

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Really knowledgeable! I'm enjoying all your vids!

[@turtlewolfpack6061]

I usually find Chaga on the north side of local Paper Birch Trees here. It isnt overly common.

[@LearnYourLand]

Interesting. I never looked into which side of the tree Chaga typically grows on, though I'll keep that in mind!

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Incredible knowledge!

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You can tell this dude loves sharing his knowledge. He should travel to different parts of the country describing their habitats and ecosystems.

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We also have many of these plants and fungi in Western North Carolina. Love these educational videos, keep 'em coming! New subscriber, today!

[@LearnYourLand]

Awesome, thank you!

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Hi Adam, your plant identification knowledge with knowing the common name ,species and genis is very impressive.

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Awesome job! Great video!

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Thanks!

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Great video as always Adam, so very informative! I am always learning something new from you to add to my own knowledge of the outdoors and wild edible hunts!

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I love watching all your videos and get such a strong yearning to be outside identifying stuff with every video of yours! 10/10 You should make a video on making a tinctures. Would be a huge deal for most of your watchers I bet.

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks!

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@@LearnYourLand do you already have one?

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Liked it. Now watching.

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Adam, your videos are great! Even though this one is a couple tears old now, I wish I had watched it two weeks ago; right before I went to Algonquin with my wife and daughter! The hemlock stands there are gorgeous!

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New sub! A couple of people recommended you on an Art&Bri video. Loving how informative your videos are. So appreciative you take the time to share your knowledge with us! Thank you from Virginia! 👍

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Thanks so much!

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I'm loving all these videos. I live in Southern Ontario, so we have a lot of the same stuff (obviously not everything) and the way you describe things just makes it easy to understand. 😁

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Love your videos the combination of practical and scientific knowledge is really nice.

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks Holly!

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I love your work friend, please keep them coming, best wishes

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I love your channel, for 5 years now I've been looking for somone with general knowledge of areas that are similar to my know. Shout out from indiana. would love a video on local edibles here.

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Great video!!!

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks, Josh!

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You really do your research!

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Nice video, thanks for the walk through the hemlock forest. A little jealous all I have in the Rockies is pine. Thanks for your sharing of your knowledge.

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[@christinearmington]

I’m trying to figure out the first guy who looked at Chaga and thought, yeah, Ima eat that! 😉

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Every single machine elf in my dmt trip looks just like the guy in this video! Dead ass! 💯💯

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mushroom hunting with you is on my bucket list : )

[@woodspirit98]

Ok so that answers a question I've had for a long time. Black birch can have chaga on it. I'm just north of you in the southern of NY. At my home I have a a large grove of hemlock surround by massive tulip trees, some red and white oak including chinkapin oaks. A few kinds of hickories, black walnuts, striped or moose maple and some sugar and red maples. It's never been logged and there's even some native chestnuts. Pretty cool. I've never cut any trees here precisely because it's unique and untouched timber.

[@LordJordanXVII]

I am thankful the plants in your region are so similar to mine because our states border eachother.

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Awesome vid. Very smart.

[@LearnYourLand]

Thanks!

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There has been a really huge increase in the capacity of modern laboratories to analyze and test cell lines for beneficial or harmful effects. It is so interesting to watch daily health news to see what is being found out. Oleocanthal, Ashitaba, Yerba Santa, Kolanji, perhaps Canabidiol... Just the last 2 weeks have been astounding. We come to realize how much we have ignored what was put here for us, what our ancestors did for us in preparing us genetically by their treks and testing. If a path-side nibble did not harm them, new compounds created new processes, and the processes led to our existence, perhaps the ability to combat disease or wear and tear, grow stronger, live longer. The complexity of what is around us is quite the frontier.

[@MrBobWareham]

You are so knowledgeable with plants and other thing you find in the forest I wish you were in the UK to explain all the foods of the forest I live in the southern part of the UK and near me is the new forest