this 87 year old guy (American) I met down in the Amazon of all places when I was 27 told me you are never too old to learn something new or to take up a new hobby he said his life motto is learn something new every day Fred was quite the character
I never knew how fascinating plants and their varied habitats could be, when talked about in language I understand and use myself. 68 yrs young, Brit from London in the so-called "U"K.
One of my favourite things to watch whilst eating my lunch @ work. Calming geology and botany delivered in a way that doesn’t get boring or talk down to me. Thank you!
I'm Brazilian, I'm not a biology student, just a nature lover, I discovered your videos a short time ago through the video about Agathis australis, and then I watched more videos including your visit to Brazil, very cool!! But since I have no experience with English and botany, I need to use subtitles in the video, however the only inconvenience is the description of the plant that you put right where the subtitle is. The only issue I would like to suggest is to change the position of the subtitle to the upper corners of the video, or to the right side at the bottom which is less of a hindrance than the left side, where the subtitle is, thank you!!
Man that pile of monarchs hanging on the oak tree was a treat to see. Can't imagine seeing that being from middle Tennessee. Wonder how many there would have been 50 years ago on that same tree.
Last fall I saw a short shrub in Brooklyn Botanic Garden completely covered with Monarchs. It was in the fall and from a distance I thought the foliage had turned completely orange-red. We used to see Monarchs heading south all along the mouth of the Verrazano Narrows on their yearly migration. I always convince my friends to plant milkweed for them and dill for the swallowtails as they’re both obligate feeders.
What an amazing place. I live in calif. You are reminding me of areas that I've been in the Sierra Nevadas... Also, in the deserts of Arizona. Areas that nobody has ever been, or just treaded very lightly. It's like being in the valleys of Neptune
I had asked a geologist where the term mafic comes from and he didnt know. Ma (magnesium) + Fe (iron) = MaFe which is induced to mafic. Joey you are one brilliant plant head.
Crazy they didn't know, was geology 101 for me to learn it came from ferric and magnesium. Maybe you forget these things over the years as the terms become normal lol
Literally just yesterday I was working on a limestone outcropping in the Rincon Mountains when a coworker mentioned the freaky plant community. Got to infodump about calcareous bastards, thanks to you. Cheers.
I'm slowly working towards it, but I want this in my yard. Imagine waking up and walking out to a Madrone or any of those oak species. Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful Biodiversity in such a arid place, truly resilient in a stressful environment. Take care, thanks for moving for the rattlesnake, I had to do the same a couple days ago. Snake was calm also just like in the video. I think it knew we are just helping lol
Something about the lighting in these arid semi-"desert" environments makes the colors pop. What feels "spiritual" to me is seeing diversity of Life itself.
Another great video Joey. Thankyou for your work! Petrophytum caespitosum grows prolifically in Navajo Sandstone here in Boulder, Utah, so I am not sure that you can call it a limestone endemic.
Godammit, making me homesick... Cathedral Mountain! Good old Brewster Co. Looks like you're over there near Mt Ord. EDIT: nope... tried to geo locate... you're in the Christmas Mts I think... ham radio repeater up there, made the trip several times... spectacular view.
The oaks in California hybridize often. My parents’ property has blue oak (quercus douglasii) and valley oak (quercus lobata) and I believe a few hybrids of the two. Could that oak in the beginning be a hybrid?
Send me some of those oak tree seeds! Seriously, if you can get your hands on some, I'd test them here in TN. Would like to add these species to my collection.
Did some fluid inclusion work on some insane giant botryoidal fluorite crystals near Terlingua. The limestone foundered into the rhyolite and was pumped full of magmatic fluids rich in fluorine. I love south Texas
I’m always amused when I compare highly regular maple leaves to the white oaks, especially bur oaks, and the highly variable round edged blobs they call leaves. It’s like they DGAF about the shape as long as it’s not pointy like those red oak bastards.
@@The_Crucible714 The ranges of C. ornatus and C. molossus molossus overlap in New Mexico, Texas, and areas in Mexico according to all the sources I've seen, including The Reptile Database, among others.
@swayback7375 yeah i mean I'm a plant guy too and I know a good bit of my local ones but this guy can just take a glance at a shrub and know it's full taxonomic classification and it's place in the ecosystem. Incredible skill.
I just need to know how tf you remember all these plant names? You can’t be much younger than me and I’m struggling with common shit. Every time I’m at the nursery I feel like I have dementia. I’m like “oh that’s uh….uhh.”
I agree that limestone communities are unique, but in my experience, aspect is also a huge influence on what shows up, best thing about botany and running around out there is you see evolution in action, Crazy you're in T(i)x, many species there are similar to the Sonoran. Don't forget Garrya wrightii! i've only seen Tecoma stans growing in the wild here once, growing monoculture along xeroriparian
I was just thinking that it's a good thing things don't grow so well in limestone. Otherwise, our gypsum walls would have more molds and mildews growing on them. And, it makes sense that volcanoes are super fertile. Why else would people live atop a volcano? I'm looking at you Naples !
Ecotype! I'd forgotten that word, apparently. All sorts of ecology and biodiversity concepts are popping out of long-term storage and into working memory now. :D
I'm 51 and looking at the world differently due to Mr Santore. Thanks, sir!
I love listening to people talk about things they love.
I don't know why I'm so fascinated by something I know so little about. . . but I (70 yrs. old) am. Thanks!
this 87 year old guy (American) I met down in the Amazon of all places when I was 27 told me you are never too old to learn something new or to take up a new hobby he said his life motto is learn something new every day Fred was quite the character
I'm a plant nerd myself but Joey has a way better brain than I had when I used it all the time 🤣 I'm 66
I never knew how fascinating plants and their varied habitats could be, when talked about in language I understand and use myself.
68 yrs young, Brit from London in the so-called
"U"K.
Me too, at 81!
One of my favourite things to watch whilst eating my lunch @ work. Calming geology and botany delivered in a way that doesn’t get boring or talk down to me. Thank you!
I'm Brazilian, I'm not a biology student, just a nature lover, I discovered your videos a short time ago through the video about Agathis australis, and then I watched more videos including your visit to Brazil, very cool!! But since I have no experience with English and botany, I need to use subtitles in the video, however the only inconvenience is the description of the plant that you put right where the subtitle is. The only issue I would like to suggest is to change the position of the subtitle to the upper corners of the video, or to the right side at the bottom which is less of a hindrance than the left side, where the subtitle is, thank you!!
What does subtitles do with his colorful language?
@katiekane5247 🤣😆🤣
you can move youtube subtitles to other parts of the screen
@@denizwilson887 Indeed you can , Just left click and drag the subtitle box around the screen! - Love learning something new xD
@@HecTechFPVon mobile it is not possible to move the caption
Man that pile of monarchs hanging on the oak tree was a treat to see. Can't imagine seeing that being from middle Tennessee. Wonder how many there would have been 50 years ago on that same tree.
Last fall I saw a short shrub in Brooklyn Botanic Garden completely covered with Monarchs. It was in the fall and from a distance I thought the foliage had turned completely orange-red. We used to see Monarchs heading south all along the mouth of the Verrazano Narrows on their yearly migration. I always convince my friends to plant milkweed for them and dill for the swallowtails as they’re both obligate feeders.
Thousands
Great plant exploring! Loved seeing the butterflies and the rattler too!
lol man all the best parts of this video came right after he signed off, glad you kept filming!!
🤔looks like you have another book project to work on plants that grow on Limestone in Texas 😉
What an amazing place. I live in calif. You are reminding me of areas that I've been in the Sierra Nevadas... Also, in the deserts of Arizona. Areas that nobody has ever been, or just treaded very lightly. It's like being in the valleys of Neptune
I had asked a geologist where the term mafic comes from and he didnt know. Ma (magnesium) + Fe (iron) = MaFe which is induced to mafic. Joey you are one brilliant plant head.
Crazy they didn't know, was geology 101 for me to learn it came from ferric and magnesium. Maybe you forget these things over the years as the terms become normal lol
But did you notice that oak tree’s gestalt? Such succinct observation really fits the current paradigm.
*No smooth-🧠’s in this comment section*
Wait
That's not common knowledge?
He was a geologist like George Costanza was a marine biologist.
@@canadiangemstones7636 who are you referring to?
Few shed tears when Inhofe kicked the bucket, I'm sure.
_Widely known as a virulent climate-change denier and big doo dee head!_ 😏
Wow, what a sublime habitat. Much gratitude for saving the rattle snake.
Literally just yesterday I was working on a limestone outcropping in the Rincon Mountains when a coworker mentioned the freaky plant community. Got to infodump about calcareous bastards, thanks to you. Cheers.
I'm slowly working towards it, but I want this in my yard. Imagine waking up and walking out to a Madrone or any of those oak species. Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
just ran across you.... best youtuber ever .
Beautiful Biodiversity in such a arid place, truly resilient in a stressful environment. Take care, thanks for moving for the rattlesnake, I had to do the same a couple days ago. Snake was calm also just like in the video. I think it knew we are just helping lol
Something about the lighting in these arid semi-"desert" environments makes the colors pop. What feels "spiritual" to me is seeing diversity of Life itself.
The ocotillo with pinion is the best sight in a loooong time. The smell off of that geography must have been grand❤🎉
Just beautiful. Thank you . . .
You make the prosaic extraordinary! I feel like I'm taking a geology class! Interesting stuff about the relationship between plants and rock.
Another great video Joey. Thankyou for your work! Petrophytum caespitosum grows prolifically in Navajo Sandstone here in Boulder, Utah, so I am not sure that you can call it a limestone endemic.
"it use to be a jacuzzi here back in the day ,Till budget cuts" had me Lmfao!
Godammit, making me homesick... Cathedral Mountain! Good old Brewster Co. Looks like you're over there near Mt Ord. EDIT: nope... tried to geo locate... you're in the Christmas Mts I think... ham radio repeater up there, made the trip several times... spectacular view.
17:24 - 🤣 Joey keeping it light with all the knowledge bombs.
Thanks Tony.........your so cool....Tony be careful of the wasp....the insect sort I mean.
The oaks in California hybridize often. My parents’ property has blue oak (quercus douglasii) and valley oak (quercus lobata) and I believe a few hybrids of the two. Could that oak in the beginning be a hybrid?
Send me some of those oak tree seeds! Seriously, if you can get your hands on some, I'd test them here in TN. Would like to add these species to my collection.
Did some fluid inclusion work on some insane giant botryoidal fluorite crystals near Terlingua.
The limestone foundered into the rhyolite and was pumped full of magmatic fluids rich in fluorine.
I love south Texas
Ever find any of that Terlingua calcite with the spectacular phosphorescence?
The white oak group in the great Lakes region have lobed, not pointy leaves. The differences are so freaking interesting
That’s generally the rule in most of the US. Whites are lobed, reds have one bristle at the tip of each point
I’m always amused when I compare highly regular maple leaves to the white oaks, especially bur oaks, and the highly variable round edged blobs they call leaves. It’s like they DGAF about the shape as long as it’s not pointy like those red oak bastards.
Thanks yous guys ! 😊
wow that rattle snake was a monster trying to attack you like that, they're so vicious.
That was a Back-tailed rattlesnake Crotalus molossus (Crotalus ornatus are the Eastern variant.)
@@The_Crucible714 The ranges of C. ornatus and C. molossus molossus overlap in New Mexico, Texas, and areas in Mexico according to all the sources I've seen, including The Reptile Database, among others.
Those ferns are the weirdest, least ferny ferns I’ve ever seen! I would never have guessed those were ferns just looking at them.
Good video! Looks a lot like California chaparral. And I've scooted a number of snakes off of the road too. :)
This place looks so much like my karstic mountains Tramuntana in Mallorca, Spain. We have madrones too 😂
love to see rattler rescue operation successful
Joey made a new friend. He is like Cernunnos protector of the natural world!
*Hail Cernunnos, we honor thee!* 😏
Wow, incredible knowledge! How did you learn so much about these plants?
Through learning.
Seriously tho, it’s what he does… it’s not too hard if you’re interested in a topic but he takes it to another level
@swayback7375 yeah i mean I'm a plant guy too and I know a good bit of my local ones but this guy can just take a glance at a shrub and know it's full taxonomic classification and it's place in the ecosystem. Incredible skill.
I just need to know how tf you remember all these plant names? You can’t be much younger than me and I’m struggling with common shit. Every time I’m at the nursery I feel like I have dementia. I’m like “oh that’s uh….uhh.”
I could see a nice stripmall or maybe a subarban estate in that area.
I was thinking of a more complete subjugation so there isn't a single patch or rock or dirt anywhere.
@@ronm3245 Well, maybe there are minerials we need, strip-mining might be called for. I do need a new battery for my Tesla.
Bravísimo!
Wow you should introduce those ferns.Collect the spores. They would look nice In a native rock garden made of limestone where ever it is native.
They’re so weird! I would never have guessed they were ferns.
When you’re talking about limestone endemics, don’t forget Pinguicula!!!
Not a limestone endemic
@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt aren’t Mexican Pinguicula limestone endemics?
@quotient9974 not that I know of
"Relics of the Pleistocene"
Doom band that I haven't heard yet.
Love you get somewhere you have to tell ur self. I shouldn’t go. 💕
I agree that limestone communities are unique, but in my experience, aspect is also a huge influence on what shows up, best thing about botany and running around out there is you see evolution in action, Crazy you're in T(i)x, many species there are similar to the Sonoran. Don't forget Garrya wrightii! i've only seen Tecoma stans growing in the wild here once, growing monoculture along xeroriparian
I hope some of that habitat you've shown us is protected legally in some Reserve/Park/Conservation area.
Have you read some of toby hemenways work on "invasives" did you eat some native plants today.
With some water control methods implemented there could be more of that greenery outside of just the washes.
Texas would never
@margarethill6164 they do fund it.
Watch Shaun Overton.
Cool habitat, love me a good unconformity.
I hate seeing dead rattle snakes too.
I have madrones here, Arbutus unedo! Here we call the fruit 'medronhos' and the plant 'medronheiro'. Very good for making liqueur.😅😂🍷
Last year I planted butterfly milkweed and butterfly bush. Now understand that forget butterfly oak too ))
I was just thinking that it's a good thing things don't grow so well in limestone. Otherwise, our gypsum walls would have more molds and mildews growing on them. And, it makes sense that volcanoes are super fertile. Why else would people live atop a volcano? I'm looking at you Naples !
And a notoriously murderous volcano, at that
Yes
i wonder if agave have preferences limestone or igneous inorganics...
yeah. i like vista
Ecotype! I'd forgotten that word, apparently. All sorts of ecology and biodiversity concepts are popping out of long-term storage and into working memory now. :D
Michael Eason is a Texas treasure!
Leave it to Tone to do right to dah rattler
Looks like it had to be mined out. ???
Insane❤
Noooooooo I'm cold and I want to lay in the road 😮
17:27 laughed and spit out my popcorn!
Wait until spring when he’s showing off all the pine dongs lying all over the ground.
Where is this ? The view above the plain is fab.
Brewster County Texas
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cool cool
Shit runs down hill mostly. Lol
Xalapen-yo-business
Haht viper
9:35
Plantslaughter on camera
Look at that tiiiiny acorn…..
#1
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We could do without the profanities content in your videos
So don't watch em nobody's begging you. The profanities are the reasons some people love them. There's tons of other vanilla channels teaching botany
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt. Joey speaks his language, it’s who he is. The content is what counts, not the delivery. 🌿
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