Longleaf Pines of Southeast Texas

[@isbeb507]

This is my local ecosystem! I can't tell you how happy I am to see you talking about all the plants i grew up with.

[@MalunoMcSketch]

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[@amyloria8104]

I cannot overstate how absolutely phenomenal this guy is. Also, if you get a bad urushiol rash, try this: - apply warm compress to rash to affected area to open pores (1-2 min) - apply rag soaked in vinegar to rash. Let sit about 10 minutes. - wash with cold water and soap. I've found that this method of self-pickling helps shorten the duration and diminish the intensity of the rash. And always wash with cold soap and water after possible exposure to minimize the allergic reaction.

[@natemathewson5200]

Absolutely mandatory to experience a nice relaxing shower with a sumac rash. Should be on everyone’s bucket list. Friendly reminder to not pee in the woods unless you’re sure your hands are clean.

[@placidpond]

I shower post-Toxicidendron with an entire tube of cheap toothpaste, like dollar store Colgate, as body wash. Hydrated silica, Sodium lauryl sulfate and mint oils seem to eradicate urushiol

[@keltonrynard1024]

Hey man I just wanted to let you know that you inspired me to leave my desk job and become an arborist

[@dirkdurango7582]

He has inspired me too. Just got to get off my arse!

[@willieclark2256]

I've been waiting for a Longleaf Savanna video by you for absolutely ever. Fun fact when the Longleaf Alliance was formed in 1995 there was only 3 Million acres of Longleaf ecosystem left of an original 90+ Million. Today there is that much in Florida alone

[@GlitchX]

I lived in west Louisiana for about 10 years, same latitude as Jasper county. Cool to see so many familiar plants! Over where I used to live they would do controlled burns through the longleaf forests every so often to keep things healthy.

[@karenabrams8986]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! I want to try out some of those needles!! I just started learning how to make pine needle baskets and I’m obsessed with this new craft. Every long needle tree has different colors and textures to play with. 😍

[@suziperret468]

Ya, I had 5 old long leaf pines in my front yard . Really beautiful until Hurricane Sally came through Foley, Alabama and they all fell on my house. It was unexpected but we had 10 days of rain soaking the sandy clay soil and the strong hurricane winds took them down. Scary stuff! We are slowly rebuilding. Their rings showed that they were approximately 70 years old.

[@bendaniel6245]

Aw man- if you’re ever back out in Mississippi, the Crosby arboretum has a wonderful setup- we actually did controlled burns for the pines, and for the next few years you’d have pitcher plants and a slowly evolving ecosystem. Love this video, the pine belt in MS (and the native focused Crosby arboretum) are what got me into conservation and ecology- beyond consuming nature and into participating

[@jospinner1183]

There's also been a lot of longleaf habitat restoration through the Coastal Plain of North Carolina, and into the Sandhills. There is nothing more beautiful than a proper longleaf savanna in full-bloom, particularly when all the wiregrass blooms after a burn. So, so amazing. The gentians _(Gentiana autumnalis)_ just finished blooming, and it is the absolute, most gorgeous flower on the planet.

[@BeetleBuns]

@@jospinner1183 the sandhills are fucking great, I hunt out there and most of the time end up just walking around looking at all the amazing plants

[@jospinner1183]

@@BeetleBuns The Sandhills Game Land is just the best!

[@bencoyote4571]

We were there right after you. Just spent the last ten days with my conservation crew working with NPS there - worked on the two t trails you look like you were on and off too. I feel like I know exactly where you were at for some of those shots and plants. Thanks for not blowing up spots with specific locations. Great time to be out - lots of great mycelial activity rn

[@aprilkurtz1589]

I'm glad he didn't because carnivorous plant fans are notorious poachers. They like "location plants," plants that are identified by the location they're from, and they pay a pretty penny for them. I have a Sarracenia that is on the CITES white list, but it wasn't poached. It was a seedling given to me by a professor at a university who was studying them, and he was properly licensed and vetted by the Gov't. It's illegal to buy, sell or trade them, but you can give them away, and he had extras. I also have a few others that are more common. I bought them from reputable breeders, and they aren't 'location' plants.

[@katiekane5247]

@@aprilkurtz1589 wow, what a gift. Really cool plants.

[@greggrant5317]

LOVE this guy and love my longleaf pines. Many thanks.

[@jacobwhitfield5885]

As a graduating forest management student, the longleaf-wiregrass forestland is my favorite to study the management and restoration of.

[@k33k32]

good for you! Please come to NC and work in our long leaf forests down in the sandhills. The turkeys and fox squirrels need more long leafs

[@ddoyle11]

Thanks for making a video on this part of Texas. I grew up playing in the piney woods of Liberty County near there in the Big Thicket. Wonderful memories of that area.

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

Thanks for watching. This is an incredible area.

[@wraith313]

Southeast Virginia reporting in: We have a bunch of Long Leaf Pine stands botanists and local groups are trying to restore here. Especially around Suffolk (Norfolk adjacent) and Newport News is beginning to do the same. Great content!

[@JerseyJimFish]

I would love to see a movie on the Pine Barrens here in New Jersey. This content is both fascinating AND entertaining. Well done sir.😁

[@allyson--]

Yes!! I also want to see botany/ecology content for the North East, preferably NJ

[@superdupergrover9857]

the Pine Barrens is the only portion of New Jersey I would visit voluntarily.

[@placidpond]

This habitat is so similar to our NJ pine barrens:pitcher plants, lycopodium and our very own pitch pines

[@placidpond]

@@superdupergrover9857 Go to Stokes Forest or the karsty White Lake in Sussex County

[@evilsharkey8954]

I love longleaf pines! The drive down to Florida was made less miserable by the fluffy looking, bright green trees. They’re so cute in their bottle brush stage. I didn’t know bladderworts lived that close to pitcher plants. The bladderworts I’ve encountered in Wisconsin are huge underwater plants that have so many bladders they look like leaves, and they tend to like the water a little deeper.

[@allonesame6467]

Joined Patreon! You take me to places I would never dream of going, have broadened my horizons, and made me learn shit. Thank you.

[@melaniegreenlee6741]

I’m happy you see Texas for the Magnificence it is! Thank you. I love my home too! ♥️🇨🇱

[@ninjas11ful]

Dude, I’m down here with a crew of Arborists doing disaster relief for lake Charles! This is so neat because we were wondering about the holly trees just the other day. We are actually hauling debris 30 min from Jasper off highway 190. We try to watch every morning the reception isn’t shitty. Seen lots of hogs, a road runner and tons of nutrias.

[@booskidoo9169]

I was today years old when I realized you’re saying “basal leaves” instead of “basil leaves”. I’ve always thought they never looked like basil when you said it...

[@8ftbed]

John Joyce... Not on,y was he mentioning his basil leaves but he was probably prostate to look at them, right? ba-dumph! 😂

[@sarrakitty]

I love longleaf pines, I've seen them in the wild in North Carolina, when I took a trip out to some carnivorous plant habitat in a nature preserve.

[@anselmweber6749]

They're all over the Coastal Plain! we even have them down in South Florida

[@HashFace253]

Those really are beautiful trees. I love the videos from around the world but the videos from north America drive home how awesome the ecology and botany of the continent we live on is. Thanks for always bringing us along!

[@Dude_Diligence]

Spent many years in Southeast Texas - so cool to learn about the botany back there!

[@Lastman737]

I love this one. I'm from the east Texas area and this footage of a beautiful wooded landscape puts me at ease. Great shit.

[@swayback7375]

Watching this with captions is a blast! They actually get a surprising amount of Latin right, but also the translations that they miss are absolutely laughable. It adds a whole nuther level of humor to this. Great episode!

[@SuperDaveP270]

I just recently moved out of Florida but one year while down there I planted 12 Longleaf Pines around some water restoration land that I was monitoring (These went up on the sandhill near the pond, so not too wet, not too dry) After 4 years I lost access to that property but they were still in the bunchgrass phase last I saw them, which was pretty good because at least they were not dead and stuff. Wonder how they are doing now. But yeah, you should check out the Florida Native Plant Society (of which I was a member). The different chapters usually put on some really great native plant sales, so worth the trip.

[@kdcema57]

well, you're just down the street from me. i'm in fredtown, in an airstream behind the valero by the heb. c'mere and i'll make tamale soup. thanks for all the videos. i enjoy them so much. love to feed ya...

[@kdcema57]

in a soup pot, dump full cans of corn, carrots, whatever kind of beans you like, a big can of ro-tel green chilis and tomatoes, and, chili con carne. heat well while you slice a dozen tamales in thirds or quarters and add 'em. serve with fritos and or quesadillas. mmmmhmmm Peace

[@kdcema57]

best easy peanut butter cookies - mix well a cup of sugar with an egg. stir in a cup of peanut butter. (and m&ms or chips) drop or roll. 10 min @ 350 til golden. let cool on cookie sheet. yum Peace

[@winstonsmith11]

@Oliver Eales It's a hilarious viral video. If you haven't seen it, it's worth a watch.

[@winstonsmith11]

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[@nullnull2945]

Don’t blow da spot

[@michaelhockus8208]

This episode makes me want to go outside and explore for sure.

[@dfrost6573]

You’re in my neck of the woods there. Texas loves you! I must say, as far as I’m concerned, top of the list of “horticultural atrocities” is that sweet gum tree.

[@mrgroovestring]

I do love the outdoors too pal. And the Long Leaf Pine savannahs are my favorite ecosystems in the Spring of the year. No telling what you might see.

[@tomc2064]

“These massive orb weavers are everywhere.” As a Texan I can tell you horror stories about those spiders being literally EVERYWHERE lol

[@allendunn8881]

Love those baygalls and bogs in the longleaf woods... :)

[@clssalty70]

As a Georgia native it’s nice to see him showcasing the wonderful floral diversity we have in the southeast. Longleaf pine wire grass savannas are my favorite ecosystem by far

[@-wreshman-1715]

Same ecosystem, different state! Crazy to hear you talk about familiar plants for once

[@craighoover1495]

Thank you very much for taking us to this really wonderful interesting place and sharing the knowledge you have of it.

[@Filbie]

That Eupatorium at the end was so beautiful!!

[@davidstrickland1412]

SOuthern Georgia looks like this. In fact, Bartram described this ecosystem hundreds of years ago when he traveled through SE Georgia.

[@EmInMI80]

"Georgia O'keeffe couldn't have done it justice" 😂 This is the best botany video I've ever seen.

[@wildasl1774]

That's a different looking Liatris! Very cool.

[@preheatedkarma7954]

This is my local ecosystem in south Mississippi! I love going out to the long leaf pine forests.

[@alwaysreverting]

Hell yeah Thursday just got way better.

[@purplethumb5585]

Dude your awesome! I. So glad a friend recommended your channel ! Thank you for all the knowledge much appreciated 🙏🌱💚

[@jamesdriscoll9405]

Smarter Every Day did a nice video about these pine forests and the animals they support, and the people who are working to preserve them. The gopher tortoise is an indicator species.

[@GeoNebula]

Awesome to see you botanizing in my area, Tony! I helped with rare plant surveys in western Louisiana, so a lot of the plants you covered have a special place in my heart. Love your videos, and keep up the great work!

[@placidpond]

October is the magic time A rainbow visits our Jersey state vine. Yellows, green, red and purples too Poison ivy will tantalize you!

[@pal98111]

Very enjoyable. Thank you for the tour.

[@actualperson7295]

Thats my home county fam. Hope you enjoyed the catfish. Tasty catfish down there.

[@mrpieceofwork]

I live in The Woodlands. Can't wait to watch this one.

[@Nubic1]

Thank You !

[@KeefsCattys]

What a stunning environment . Doubt I'll ever see it , but appreciate you showing it to us . Thank you

[@PersianWombat]

That eup and your camera triggered a pleasant flashback! Thank you for the awesome service

[@Mordecaithehunter]

thank you

[@kylesgarden8725]

Thanks Joey

[@Germankipp]

I grew up in Florida so I'm more familiar with the Sandhill environments but it's so nice hearing you talk about plants I'm familiar with! Erythrina is one of my favorite Florida natives. Tip for growing from seeds: I've found lightly cracking the seeds allows water to enter and the plant to sprout. I gave some to my dad and they lay dormant for 4 months in soil but he took them out, cracked them, and they sprouted in a week.

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

What did he crack them with and how'd he do it without damaging the cotyledons?

[@rwpintx]

Welcome to our wonderful corner of Texas, and greetings to Adam Black.

[@SoNoFTheMoSt]

Omg the way your dog was taking a piss was hilarious :)

[@anodom6395]

Welcome to the Piney Woods... please stay awhile. There’s a Girl Scout camp in the region that may show more native plants also!

[@hanzifaction]

Long leaf pine - the pine that built the south! A great video on a very important but endangered ecosystem!

[@dustinanderson7285]

Thanks for coming out this way. I ride through the Angelina National Forest all the time. It's a pretty cool place out here. Lot of cool plants and wildlife.

[@trueheartwork]

i grew up not far from there and have been there many times. never knew it has such diverse flora.

[@ianpowder3187]

Thanks for the bog survey! Awesome to see so many CPs in situ... keep it coming!

[@rabbithill4958]

16:39 My first thought was, whoa, what kind of flowers are those??

[@BadKittus]

24:29 The way it’s legs are leaving those egg shaped displacement depressions ...... Cool.

[@Cillana]

That is cool. I totally missed that. I was too busy cracking up watching him caress the spider's leg 😄

[@PowerTom286]

I love your tours through nature, Buddy

[@fatherpossum]

What a great video, you get extra bonus points from me for showing and talking about BladderWorts and of course one of my favorite plants Sundews

[@l.farmer1268]

I love this man

[@mattblake9936]

Pretty cool to see you in my hometown area, I recognize everything you are seeing.

[@treyperkins4528]

My local ecosystem and my favorite ecosystem! Love it! Fire dependency is amazing to me!

[@mre6562]

Hour away great to have ya.

[@aprilkurtz1589]

Phylotactic Spiral is the name of my new smooth jazz band. I actually do grow native plants in my front and back yard. I have to have landscapers come next spring because the Monardas have gotten completely out of hand and out competed the other native plants I had.

[@meplant-man634]

This is my home ecosystem. I grew up down the road in Tyler County East Texas. I miss 'dose pines.

[@harpstone]

Thanks for this! I'm always struggling with pine familiarity and was hungry for some longleaf pine tutorial.

[@DrDjones]

Thought you might been on the GA-SC coastal area with these pines. Cool vid 😎

[@adamelliott2302]

Yaupon Holly. Some of the tribes in SW MS made what was called Black Drink. I believe it was used as part of a ceremonial process to reach a higher state.... through multiple purging.

[@jollyjohnthepirate3168]

I grew up near where you are. I had three of those big guys in my backyard. Unfortunately we got hit by a major hurricane and the yellow longleaf pine broke and since they are the size of a three story building it took out the neighbors house. My ring count was 275 to 300 years old on the stump.

[@alexreifschneider6709]

Western most extension of the Eastern Pine Forest. Bastrop state park, like you say fun to see the pines.

[@mcRydes]

Longleaf pine is the most botanically diverse habitat in the United States. Endless possibilities for exploration. Maybe you just need to take a propane torch to the longleaf you planted in oakland, they won't shoot up without a good burn :D

[@walt4908]

Hi, love your videos and your accent. I'm down here in the South from Staten Island and miss the colorful vernacular. Can you confirm that at 4:57 ish you are talking about the Pinus patula? It is the tall pine in the background. We have them here in Central Tennessee. They call the Virginia pines or bull pines. I tried to get additional images from the web using the Pinus patula name but those pictures seem very different. Are they the Pinus patula or did I miss something and where can I find better pictures of the tree. We have a running question just what tree they are here. thanks Walt

[@eliclarke24]

I'm in GA right now, we're experiencing a population boom of the Joro spider, looks very similar to the Orb but has red spots under the thorax and a golden colored silk

[@dv8r892]

a sight for sore ears - the sulty tones of CPBBD!

[@Biophile23]

Wow I love that red Tephrosia. It's so hard to find seeds of Tephrosia virginica. I have an absolute boatload of native plant seeds to spread on my property this weekend. Very excited. :) also I can't get enough carnivorous plants!

[@lucyb15]

I hope that area is protected somehow...wonderful tour! thank-you.

[@williammoore2982]

Erythrina herbacea also know as Cherokee Bean. I understand there is a white flower form of this plant that is only found in a gulf state. I brought the common red form from Wilmington,N.C. and planted it on the campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C. zone 7 and it comes back every year and flowers, producing seeds in early fall.

[@jadecase-barnes6519]

"Tacky heinous shit" !! Haaaa... I love it. So true. LA House Flipper [lispy-douche voice]: ..."Lets do a bunch of Pampas grasses along the back fence with Iceplant on the slope below that, and Lantana along the top of the retaining wall... and, let's see... We'll put a row of Scotch broom along the side of the garage, and ooh, lets do Oleanders and Privets along the side fence. Then Ivy goes around the chimney base - obviously... and I think Heavenly Bamboo with Feathergrass and Fountaingrass would look nice in the side yard planters. We can put a couple Hydrangeas on the North side of the house, with Calla Lilies and Periwinkle in front of those... We have to plant Cannas and Agapanthus and Daylilies around the pool, cuz they won't make a mess... Oh and some Lavender and Mullein for the kitchen herb garden.... OMG, we must put a pink Bougainvillea on the front trellis! And I know Creeping Jenny mixed with purple Petunias would look lovely in the hanging baskets on the deck. There's already a Boxwood hedge along the front walk, but we need a climber or two for the arbor- how about Star Jasmine and Clematis? or maybe Wisteria and Morning Glory? IDK... but for sure white Daisies and orange Tulips will go around the mailbox, and I definitely want red Rosebush standards along the white picket fence... and what else? ...I want a Japanese maple here, and a Crape Myrtle tree there, and a row of Italian Cypresses somewhere... maybe a Palm tree? To make it feel more tropical, you know? Would a palm tree be too much out front? Fine, put a couple palm trees behind the pool chairs in the backyard! And what else? uhh...hmmmm.... Everything else can be lawn! Let's head to Home Depot!" No. Kill me.

[@Deodrix]

Ugh pampas grass is so invasive planting it should be a crime

[@paultmiles]

Please come to south floridada. Got a drip torch you can take on your travels.

[@ElectronHVChannel]

you should do a video of post fire regeneration in the klamath mountains, maybe shasta trinity national forest? six rivers? anecdotally those doug firs come back decently in the klamath range while mixed conifer seems to love to convert to brushfields in the sierra.

[@stevef.m.2188]

Thanks Man

[@CSD-CSD]

It brings a guilty pedantic smile to my face that among all the highly technical plant part naming there's a fairly (though quite common) inaccurate reference to human lady parts.

[@philipbutler6608]

This is a good one I have land out there in north east Texas Piney Woods. I have never got poison ivy out there but I did brush my calf against one of those prickly plants I had painful sores for weeks. The thing that surprised me the most was sphagnum moss. I always thought of that as being northern bog plants.

[@Tom-rc7oy]

Love these vids bro, I learn something new every time

[@SoNoFTheMoSt]

Amazing pines :)

[@emersonlamond1024]

Gotta say, as great as those Pines are, my favorites will have to be the swamp crew: 19:31 great Drosera, 20:20 great Lycopodiella, 21:19 great Sarracenia, 23:10 great Utricularia

[@Cillana]

Yay! It's out! Loved seeing you talking about my backyard. Did you miss out on the green rock? There was some under all that sand on the road with the Gaillardia. I'm pretty sure it was put there to stabilize the road. I'm not sure where it's quarried but I know it's local to this area. I guess it's a sandstone. I have a couple pieces that have lots of shells in them.

[@rivitraven]

11:30 they start to crawl along the ground more like a vine when you get into Georgia

[@locopuff]

Yeah, October is spider season! Enjoy the leggy bois out there looking to lay some palp!

[@brianballa3086]

thanks for sharing

[@jeanette8943]

I am learning so much from these vids. Thank you and I guess you would feel better if I say it, sooo gfy

[@Tybold63]

Really interesting never heard or seen that pine, very cool :) Live in Sweden, but anyway .. we have Internet. Also love the Aptera aphylla.

[@mraBJJ33]

Thats my neck of the woods! So cool

[@thomaswilliams7909]

your the best. 😀