Río Grande Valley Flora

[@cgriggsiv]

Young man I'm glad that you're still out making videos in this ugly time The knowledge is absolute pristine The attitude is absolutely dead center You are speaking my mind thank you Again excellent video

[@corrydriscoll6920]

DITTO

[@EnduringCrow]

Well put

[@Ergotfungi]

"They got the gape on them, waiting for the pollen and what not" You never cease to amaze me with your words 😂

[@thejony5]

Man, I’ve lived there my entire life and you’ve made me have more of an appreciation of my plants.

[@Gplaysmc]

You are the reason I took up botany class in uni, thanks for these vids during these dark times!

[@jannis2072]

Thank you for uploading free videos weekly even during those hard times. Your content makes my day every time, no exaggeration.

[@fuxan]

Same

[@HammerShark2011]

really informative, i used to see those shells broken everywhere where i used to live so its nice to know what that actually meant. i also really want to know what i can add to my yard to make it more like the valley's native landscape

[@thegodofhellfire]

after watching your videos for over a year i've learned quite a bit, but my biggest takeaway is that everything is a sunflower.

[@danielirvin4420]

The big box stores should perhaps be made to at least install rooftop gardens to partially compensate for the land they sterilize.

[@lindellbohannon5849]

Great idea.

[@k33k32]

that's a cool idea!

[@davidelliott8324]

It'd be nice if these retail compounds would go vertical instead of sprawling across the land. Similar to underground garages and skyscrapers. Who needs to visit dozens of buildings. Put plants on the facia and roof

[@aaronrivera7546]

I've always wondered why if they don't want to knock down the abandoned ones or turn them in to shelters for people without homes why they don't turn them into urban gardens?

[@kendra31]

Its nice to see your beautiful face, Joey!!!

[@AmyWhoLovesFlowers]

Like the native flora, you are also a national treasure, sir!

[@z3ta624]

I love to see the admiration of the nature in and around beautiful RGV, lived there and southway's in Reynosa all my life and I love to look into the small pockets of nature (rather big outside of where I lived) in the Pharr/McAllen/Hidalgo area. Keep up the great work man!

[@SuperDaveP270]

Green Lynx! Nice I cannot wait to try to visit some of the places you showcase. You fill me with the NEED to see things like this

[@76RUFFIAN67]

Watching this on a snowy day on the high plains of eastern New Mexico

[@Sapotequeen]

Alaska here whadda up

[@ICUP570]

NC here wazzup

[@bgbthabun627]

Detroit here, watz up?

[@stonelizardhopsfarm7065]

Watching from Central n.m. by the rio

[@tomasr64]

outside of santa fe up in the forest. wazup?

[@pansepot1490]

Who’s filming the intro? Did you teach the dog how to hold the camera?

[@dingchat555]

Probably a lot more worth the time than teaching them to roll over.

[@memomorph5375]

I’d watch Jack’s doggie camera until it made me motion sick! Lol love those dogs

[@psalinas1054]

Thank you very much for sharing! I have often over passed many of these plants without knowing their beauty. I have many of these plants in my backyard and neighborhood. After watching your videos I will be sure to cherish them.

[@thomasswoodward]

Just remember that this wealth of knowledge doesn't come from a university degree. This is pure passion for the subject.

[@f.demascio1857]

Nastier than an Italian themed Arby's. Truer words were never spoken of the Olive Garden.

[@AngelaMk2]

Its nice to learn the scientific names of all the plants i see everyday at home really makes you appreciate it more

[@thedudegrowsfood284]

Behold!! Sweet Distraction! Thanx, Joey!

[@frankmccrossan4871]

Nice one man , your best in a while ! We're on another lockdown here in Ireland , thanks for the diversion and education .

[@RobertoLopez-xb1mj]

McAllen, Texas; Elevation 120' We're practically at sea level. I ought to know. I live there where the flora and fauna are so nice and unique.

[@michaelnancyamsden7410]

Enjoy you tours a botany. Agree with you. It hurts to see land bulldozed for parking lots.

[@hildadionne8184]

Your sense of humor is great 😊 from an east coast USA

[@Emilia-wv1kj]

Thanks for coming down! We have some incredible wild flowers and native plants! In Harlingen we have touch me nots and silver nightshade, as well as sombreros, mesquite trees and various other small wildflowers or wild grasses. You're more or less correct about the rain. It rains the entire month of September here but also throughout the year.

[@dragoniraflameblade]

Finally, video proof that TX isn't all desert. As a north-eastern Texan, it's good to see. Also sorry you're in Texas, where everybody talks slow and is about a century behind in most towns.

[@larryclark1518]

I really appreciate and enjoy the lessons, both of life as we know it, and the botany dissertation. By the way, the Leucophyllum frutescens was a real stunner, in my opinion. Thanks for everything you do for us morons.

[@explorerquestioner9365]

“It slowly makes you wanna die inside” I relate with you! Although I will admit, finding the Whole Food Plant Based Lifestyle (No Oil), has given me hope. I haven’t eaten at any of those crappy places you mentioned in over a year now, and I love it. Once you’ve peaked behind certain curtains, ya just can’t live your life mindlessly anymore, or at least I can’t. Keep doing what your doing man, love it.

[@markchinguz4401]

Ayy yeah only eating plants, fungi and algae has helped me a lot. But why no oil?

[@explorerquestioner9365]

@@markchinguz4401 If you’re curious, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn is in my opinion, the best introduction to Whole Food Plant Based, if you’re skeptical about anything, he’s got an answer, that actually has peer reviewed data to back it all up. But to make it short, processed oils (Olive, grape, canola, etc.) are highly damaging to the Endothelium, the inner most lining of your arteries, which is responsible for the production of NItric Oxide into your blood. The nitric oxide molecules are responsible for keeping your blood flowing smoothly, as oppose to becoming thick. I’m not an expert by any means, but I’m always happy to share this treasure of information with you. Heart Disease is a toothless paper tiger, and it need not exist, and if it does, it need not persist.

[@cbradiooo]

fancy ass intro looking like lil' Attenborough

[@bok..]

I was thinking the exact same thing lol

[@royahold1966]

the stalk bearing a flower or fruit, or the main stalk of an inflorescence, peduncle. now I know that. and how to spell it. thanks CPBBD, you the man out there!

[@Tommyr]

For some reason I pictured you as older and with gray hair. Basically someone my own age (62). Thanks for all the videos, I really enjoy them!

[@G8rquest]

I took a walk today in central PA and found chestnuts on the ground miles from the nearest road. Made my day, gfy.

[@ronsmith1364]

🤣

[@nicolasflamel8969]

Your work is priceless, your knowledge is astounding. A thousand thanks.

[@jbflacolaredo]

I am so happy to find you. I have of the trees, Boraginaceae and Ehretia Anacua at my house in Laredo, Tx. I love both those trees. Boraginacae has aggressive roots, takes all the water from other plants 30 ft. away and is a beautiful shade tree. I love your work, I am looking for native plants that butterflies use to put in my house. I can't wait to get back out in the Chacon creek, where the Beaver come out in spring and eat the young nopal shoots.

[@akselfleenor3687]

Botany has never been more entertaining

[@joselopeziii8776]

Love your channel!

[@sethsebastian2901]

Hey, shout out to McAllen, tx I'm glad you finally made it my backyard. Keep up the good work bro

[@kieli.]

The night shade plant is so cute

[@texas55rex]

Thank you for showing off the beauty of the RIO GRANDE VALLEY

[@jamescoles2796]

Great commentary on plants and western civilization. Hopefully, you can find the time to take a tour of San Antonio with its vast suburban sprawl, but interesting natural conditions found on the fringes, and on protected land, or under developed properties. The area transits from the Texas hill country to the coastal plain. The soil there is not homogeneous but has some diversity along with some interesting foliage. The coastal barrier islands could be interesting with the sand dunes like South Padre Island.

[@bolbibonds858]

I can't tell what I love more, the botany or the subtle anticapitalism. Great video, great channel.

[@WispyTerror]

I wish you were my Siri voice on my phone

[@diana3599]

hilarious and appropriate!

[@samiamm5764]

“Thanks Siri” “Alright, gofuckyuself”

[@greenbeecolony1911]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@c0nconc0n18]

The sprawl in the RGV is really a pain to see. More every years...

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

Soon it'll be one big expanse of parking lot from Zapata County to the Gulf...and 90% of the population will absolutely love it.

[@robinhall6194]

@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Bloody sad but true.

[@PaigePenelope]

As a young adult who was born and raised in the RGV, it's sad to see more and more land, some with wild thicket or old groves, just being literally uprooted for the sake of a national chain found in every other city in the country.

[@corndogsanchez2752]

What? This fellow actually has a face? Where's he been keeping it all this time? Well, good to see you. You deserve some celebrity.

[@The4x4Mama]

Came for the botany, staid for the eye candy at the beginning. I’m an avid kayaker and love to study aquatic plants. Keep up the Lord’s work. 😘👍

[@pescarrojo]

We maintain 1/3 of our 1 acre in native thorn brush. We have many chachalacas, green jays, and kiskadees because of it. Others should do the same.

[@prophez23]

Wow I pictured you totally different! Not a bad thing just different than I had pictured you from your voice. Man your knowledge of botany is amazing! I wish I could memorize all those different names. I raise really exotic cacti and I have a hard enough time remembering all their names. Good job brotha!

[@catchthekite]

This video was a wonderful gift right off the bat as always

[@NBDoRAPiiDZ]

Ayyyy I’m from McAllen! You’re right about the tacos lol, love the videos man 👍🏻

[@Nhoj31neirbo47]

I call it “Anywhere U.S.A.”. A sad manifestation of our contemporary ‘civilization’. The anthropocene might be the death of us all, especially so many of the marvelous species that inhabit our earth home and enable the very existence of humanity.

[@brianballa3086]

the best ...thanks for sharing

[@DanielleCapichano]

TELL ME YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE MONDAY AFTERNOON! ...You're awesome and I want your autograph and yer insight on my truck's windowsill plants is why. :)

[@dragoniraflameblade]

Good luck!

[@playlistculture4890]

I swear its an out of body experience watching you in 3rd person, when it went back to your normal POV it felt like switching from a cutscene to gameplay.

[@eaterdrinker000]

YES

[@alexcasas7484]

Lots of monte in the rgv in Edinburg should check that out

[@SerenityForschen]

I do absolutely hate suburban sprawl. Those prickly poppy are awesome looking. Ive come to respect spiky plants more these days.

[@jonstolarski]

this guy is to botany what Ask Jeff Williams is to geology. Jeff Williams and "dis guy" should share subscribers.

[@jessicawiersum2875]

Honestly whenever I forget what the hell this world is for I come watch your videos and it helps me want to die a little less. Gfy and ty ❤️

[@troyclayton]

I totally agree about power lines. Some human action does create habitat for some species. Where I live is like 70% old farmland that's gone wild over the last 100+ years, and was regularly burned by the locals before Europeans showed up. There are species that have been helped by human disturbance for a long time, and they often don't do well in thick young forests. Roadsides and power lines are places I find a lot of cool plants I can't find elsewhere. Thanks for the video!

[@firebird95driver]

I feel more encouraged to buy land just to preserve the damn plot

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

Not a bad idea

[@yuvula6394]

Watching from the beautiful north lawndale.

[@PepperGuru]

Haha! Always love your content. Still waiting for you to stumble onto some Capsicum sp! Oh! I’ve observed this “protocarnivory” on a few capsicum species as well! Namely C. rhomboideum! Cool stuff!

[@Biophile23]

Always interesting how many relatives of plants I'm familiar with in the midwest. I had no idea the genus Parthenium was so common and weedy elsewhere. Glad to actually see you for once too. The man behind the voice. :)

[@pal98111]

Very entertaining tour. I’m challenged to remember all those botany terms from college.

[@Fizzgig]

Ahhhh yeah that Prickly Poppy!

[@kebertxela941]

If every find yourself way further up the Rio Grande I would love to the plants of the San Luis Valley in Colorado.

[@shopersecret5245]

Love the chanel and the love for nature.

[@kennethdouglas8882]

I have a question where did you grow up, your pattern of speaking reminds me of Brighton Park Chicago area. Its a breath of fresh air and love the Show

[@melflow19]

Shut up! Fuiuudge! You’re in my sisters neck of the woods great vibes! Sent this over so she could explore.

[@brent3837]

Great new intro style! Love the channel dude!

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

gorgeous cactus

[@robinhall6194]

As an environmentalist I completely hear you and have the same inner death happening. The more scientific confirmation on this 'disease' of planet earth the more money is poured into destruction - but one gone thing is the "T" word is close to being history. Thank you for your wonderful vlog and honesty.

[@mrc00ffee]

This is the first time I see your face! Didn't expect that (I took a break from your videos) and I really thought you are older! Bro I thought you are like 50 and started doing yt because you thought that you have to do sth with your hobby after all those years... I'm not hating I'm just suprised haha love ya men, Never been to USA really so you are like a guy from exotic place showing me plants I saw as a background too all Discovery programs including Mythbusters. Your channel is gold to me. Your language is sth I didn''t expect in botany channel and it's really what kept me here.

[@robertforrest7956]

Curious as to what you think of Orchids. I grow mainly miniature type, most are species. Enjoy your videos greatly, Thanks.

[@seetheious9879]

Great video, great intro, very interesting. Had no ideo proto carnivory was a thing on passionflower plants.

[@BubblewrapHighway]

Fungus is the vanguard for reforestation. With its help, I shall druidify the Earth.

[@dragoniraflameblade]

Miyazaki was onto something with Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind.

[@purplelizard2348]

True dope

[@mariemontalvo8462]

I love your knowledge.

[@swarfmaster]

Another great data dump! I have spent a lot of time there years ago and you’re right about the tacos.

[@jb.899]

Love you vids thanks bud

[@kimkg]

I wish you were around when i spent a summer in El paso. I asked a park ranger in Friendship park what that tree was and he got defensive and said he wasn't a botanist. Then he yelled at me for picking up and tasting a fallen mesquite bean (stealing food from the squirrels who were ignoring the mesquites and pulling food out of the trash cans).

[@sherrybrown9376]

You make people Cereus about botany. Thnx

[@ml.9746]

We are all slowly dying inside. Just glad we have something in common

[@bub5995]

Didn't know that beets and that cacti family was related, and two never heard of betalains. Im guna have to look those up, anthocyanins are important for plant defences so im excited to learn about betalains

[@samheadz2210]

great video fun and informative.

[@Cynomys1]

I've heard about that Mangave place--lot of parallel veination on display there, if you know what I mean.

[@evalizette2981]

I feel the same way you do about development lol Thank you for calling it like it is.

[@christophergardea4431]

Yo, Mr. Crime Pays. Big fan here. Have you ever been / Do you ever plan visiting the Franklin Mountains / Rio Grande / El Paso area?

[@bok..]

Nice to have some footage of you speaking in front of the camera for once. :)

[@XaViEr3520]

Heyyyyy that’s on Jackson and Jackson, Golden Corral and Starbucks right behind ya

[@sethsebastian2901]

Ayeee, shout out McAllen bruh

[@GoatDust]

ahh, getting bit by mosquitoes in the winter. Definitely do not miss the RGV.

[@mosqa7802]

I haven't seen them but im still getting sucked

[@landobaggins]

Come to Central Texas Joey!

[@Rodneygd]

".......hopefully they'll eat some of the feral cats in the neighborhood." I'm dying here lol.

[@Rodneygd]

@@alanhyt79 Of course not silly, cats aren’t able to coherently use a keyboard.

[@EhmteaNill]

i love how you started your video. driving around america is a tour of a endlessly repeating depressing stripmall mausoleum gobbling up untold amounts of nature for garbage to make money.

[@JUNCUSFUNCUS]

Hey do you know if both Passiflora foetida and Passiflora incarnata have the protocarnivorous structures or is it specific to the foetida or do all Passiflora have it? Also I’ve seen insects and Cuban Anoles get stuck on the stigma of crown of thorn plants. Is this also perhaps another form of a protocarnivorous behavior?

[@hihosh1]

I wouldn't be surprised if that heliotropum curassavicum is some how related to gaillardia aristata the blanket flower. The spiky seed head and leaves look almost identical

[@_f_6957]

Love being able to put a face to your voice!

[@BlueEffigy]

it would be awesome if you could give a medicinal and edible description of each love the channel

[@joem1309]

Shoutout to New Haven CT, didnt expect to hear that.

[@JeffBostick222]

Thought you'd be in my section of the Rio Grande Valley in Southern NM. Nice vid but I want to imagine you as like a swarthier version of yourself. I like the disembodied voice.

[@k33k32]

Book recommendation to the fans of this channel: The Ghosts of Evolution, by Connie Barlow. It is about native plants with seed distribution strategies that depended upon megafauna. Quick read, very accessible to non professional botanists.

[@bladeblack985]

So lovely!

[@aepage3165]

Actively displaying the gained education on the Queen Butterflies. Nice.