For past two years I’ve been sweating my ass off getting bit by mosquitoes treating invasives trying to preserve all of this in that exact location - good to see some CPBD love on it
I work at Texas State as an aquatic biologist but I really wanted to see the herbarium this summer. Emailed Dr. Lemke and he showed me it and let me spend as much time there as I wanted. I noticed a few Gentianaceae species incorrectly ID'd and he said next time I can annotate some of them. Maybe I'll take him up on that. Super great guy!
@@TheSuperCommentGuy Very cool! He's low-key, but kind of a big deal! I worked in the herbarium while I was there. Mounted hundreds of plants and other miscellaneous curation. It's a great collection. I visited a few times during and after grad school to look at Cyperaceae.
I am pursuing a pathway into land management in school to hopefully not only preserve these amazing Central Texas springs andaquiferss but to also increase water output and hopefully restore a bunch more as well!
@@katiekane5247 I live in the coastal Bend and practically every creek here has dried up and the spring has gone dormant because of row crops and brush encrosion, so it would also be a major challenge to get them revitalized, but I hope I can do it within my lifetime!
Awesome… wish I had been inspired at the right age… I was too busy being a socially awkward reject and diving into any substance I could find while pissing my future any
I don't mean to exaggerate, but since discovering your channel, I've a new appreciation for the land and all the isht that grows in this beautiful earth, I've shrunk down to four foot two, and my best friend's dad is celebrating his eleventy-first birthday next week
If you are looking for synchronicity with your message. I am literally going to eat the wild rice I cooked in rice cooker yesterday on brown rice and microwave it with some leftover onion, a carrot strips and diced and a little salt... probably with a few slices of sharp cheedar cheese slices for desert... and ice water. Love you. You teach me a lot and are very influential to me. Thank you for all the education over the years.
I'm really into my aquarium plants. Its been a hobby of mine since I was 8, now between 60 and death I still have aquariums full of plants. One of my favs is Anubias coffeefolia, and Anubias nana. I have so much of it that I give it away to friends or anyone who wants starts for their tanks,ponds,etc....
@LoganMarcosSchmidt But if you're new to aquariums, I highly recommend any type of Anubias, then don't need to be rooted in sand/gravel and can be attached to rock or anything. They thrive on low light and are not real fussy at all.
Aw, this brings back some great memories! I practically lived on the San Marcos river back in the mid-80s. If I wasn't swimming down it, I was in a canoe. It's a truly beautiful river.
Pretty much what its like living here. It's unfortunate Texas Public Education is trash and lies/brainwashes kids into thinking Texas is way cooler than it actually is because of it's history and policies. Then they go on to support industries and politicians that do nothing but destroy the actual beautiful part of this state.
What an amazing environment, that water is so clear! Really glad you dedicated a video to aquatic plants. I know many plant species can grow emersed and emerged from years in the aquarium/water gardening hobby. I have also seen many species of aquatic plants (in addition to cabomba) “pearling” underwater. Also, liverwort is one of the only carnivorous aquatic plants. It catches tiny amphipods like daphnia in it’s little, tumescent bladders. 👍🏻👍🏻
Woooooo aquatic plants! I manage aquatic plants in PA lakes. We have Cabomba in a few locations that used to get iced-over in winter; now that they don't freeze over anymore, the fanwort can survive the winter. Come to PA and see our wetland plants
What a gorgeous location and fascinating botany. Plus a bonus cameo from Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum that I wasn’t expecting! I was thinking about filmy ferns when you mentioned that aquatic plants could get away without cuticles because they didn’t have to worry about lacking moisture. It’s just that where I live, it’s so moist that plants can live an aquatic lifestyle without being in a river! Thanks for the video and the insights into all the weird adaptations.
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Yes indeed. The forests in my part of the country (Wellington) aren’t wet enough to officially count as rainforests, but if you get high enough or into the dark gullies where everything’s teeming with filmy ferns and bryophytes, it’s still pretty magical. The amazing blue colour of the river at San Marcos reminded me of some of the springs and streams in northwest Nelson, such as Te Waikoropupū Springs and the Riwaka resurgence. The karst there is mostly marble rather than limestone, but I think it still has a high bicarbonate content, so there must be some interesting aquatic plant species there too.
I am so thankful for your work Joey.. hearing the mention of Minnesota while you are in Texas, I currently am a resident of Minnesota, previous ten years of home/family being in Oaxaca, born and raised on the boundary between the post oak prairie and the pineywoods in North East Texas... How I dearly miss Texas, but not conducive to raising my family..
I had no idea that cabomba was native! That's been on my wishlist for a while. It's amazing seeing so many aquarium plants that I've had or want to grow in such an amazing environment! That place is gorgeous! New favorite video.
This my favourite episode of all time!!!!! So many native species that also grow in wetlands and swamps in Western Europe. Only Cabomba and Myriophyllum heterophyllum are very invasive here in The Netherlands. We got Saggitaria saggitifoilia instead but Leerzia, Ceratophyllum and the Schoenoplectus are native here as well. Thanks Tony for making a wetland/water episode.
Love this channel as a Texan. I love the accent down in Texas its fairly rare, what is that New Yorker or maybe Jersey? Anyway I love geology and to go out in the field looking for rocks, and because of this channel I can wnjoy the botany.
I I was at Cypress Bend Park in New Braunfels yesterday, there are giant mucronatum along the Guagalupe there. Honestly thought we had big trees in East Texas until I visited the Hill Country.
22:41 Azolla sp. I was hoping you"d find some. though i didn't have high hopes with the flow rate there. But I've been finding some here in Humboldt CA's Trinity river in little vortexing side pools so was keeping my fingers crossed. Still wrapping my head around differentiating them though, all except for A. Pinnata of course. That ones pretty straight forward.
"San Marcos Springs area may be the oldest continually inhabited site in North America, with sediment core evidence of human activity dating back approximately 11,500 years."
Hey Tony, I’m probably one of your earliest subscribers. I live in Austin and have a few areas I think you would like to survey of public areas & parks. I love your work and I would love to show you them. Keep up the good work.
What an awesome feeling to either have now or have keptin the past almost every plants you've shown, and what beautiful environment. Also learned wild rice has such a large range. I thought we here in Minnesota were the only ones to have that in our lakes and rivers. You're knocking these episodes out of that park! Thank you!
I loved this video of the aquatics. They are my passion and I grew many that you showed today in my ponds in far north Queesnland, Australia. It was wonderful to see them growing in the wild. Thank you
I started grad school at Texas State last year, and hadn't been to San Marcos since I was a kid. Spring Lake is so much nicer than when it was it was Aquarena Springs. Sadly no more pigs or mermaids though.
Yeah that was trippy the lizard brain or whatever was like hey you're 5 feet from a 30,000 foot drop. Looking at it again the reflection of the gradient of the sky looks perfectly like haze increasing in the distance in the mountains, with scattered algae-cloud layer
Yay! I live there! I also noticed they opened up that area to the waterfall. People and kids were always hopping the fence to get to it despite all the endangered plant warnings and fencing. I guess they gave in.
Nice video, like usual! Just so you know, “taro” is misspelled at 32:44. And at 34:27 is a damselfly (suborder Zygoptera, thin body, eyes far apart, wings usually folded backwards when resting), not a dragonfly (suborder Anisoptera, wider body, eyes touching or almost touching each other, wings spread out when resting). I'd say this one belongs in the family Coenagrionidae.
Hopping into Solomon Springs in Balmorhea, TX, tomorrow - will be excited to compare notes with this. I wonder if this is on limestone too, with the clear aqua color.
Your mention of the green water color caused by bicarbonate is similar to what I learned about bodies of water near Niagara Falls, Canada, where I recently visited. Our tour guide said that the teal green color is caused by the erosion of limestone. The clarity of the water there amazes me. Also, the natural springs and “pearling” are fascinating concepts!
Here in Michigan, we have Zizania Palustris in Ludington, MI. This species is actually the mother of the species in Minnesota. Years ago, the University of Minnesota stole it from the Native Ojibwa Tribe. I took Local Flora and Fauna here in Ludington and got to kayak out to one of 2 remaining available plots to natives to harvest. It was pretty sweet and to learn how the university literally stole it in the dark of night like a bunch of aholes.
Get out to the Texas coastal bottomlands and you will find Sabal x brazoriensis. A fruiting hybrid of Sabal mexicana and Sabal minor. Only found there.
As always great video! Have You Looked into Palmetto State Park. It's on the San Marcos as well, but looks completely different. It's a Tropical Ephemeral Swamp, that floods from the San Marcos but also sits on an artesian aquifer. You've got Dwarf Palmettos mingling in a mesquite forest . 30's Era CCC buildings made from Stone. Vert unique place, also its supposed to be amazing for birdwatching.
I start by learning something fascinating about another place in the world. Then I think about geology and how it affects plant life. Then I think my local plant life. Then I start to go into a state of wonder about taxonomy, then a state of wonder about the beauty around me. I think Joey should sell a taxonomic chart (an interesting and artistic one) on plants. I also wish Joey would come to my area in Western MA. 💖
the Zizania is polar opposite to a native rice to Australia, Microlaena sp., which grows on land, which can be flooded at times, regular rice kinda being between the 2 from what I'm seeing, love how things evolved to be same but different
This is a sacred place to us Coahuiltecan people - we know it as Ajehuac Yana. We never seem to be mentioned, but are definitely still here, and leaders are working to maintain our covenant with this and other sacred sites. Check out Indigenous Cultures Institute San Marcos!
I've seen a purple-flowered Bacopa in Lady Bird Lake, Austin, TX. I had no idea what it was -- I thought, "Portulaca should not be growing in water, and it doesn't have purple flowers" -- but I learned from this video. I spent a lot of time googling "purple flowers aquatic succulent Texas" and similar things with no luck at all.
If you rinse your legs off as quickly as possible the oil will have less of a reaction with ivy. I found if I did it within 30 seconds I got no reaction and im hella allergic.
Tony..have you ever been to the Kiamichi River in south eastern Oklahoma? South eastern Oklahoma has a lot of families that are descendants of outlaws that used to hideout there. Antlers to Idabel. Very wild places around there.
Any isoetes species in that region? I only have a very superficial knowledge of the genus, not many species in NSW Australia, but they also have very interesting carbon sequestration/fixation mechanisms. They're almost the polar opposite to the "diffusion to the moon" method of capturing CO2. Instead of capturing CO2 from the water/using bicarbonates, they use Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) and take up CO2 through their roots (most aquatic plant roots are relatively hollow, the structures are called aerenchyma, but that's usually an attempt to get O2 to the roots, not CO2 to the leaves). By storing CO2 at night (when it's highest, especially in the substrate), they can live relatively competition free during the day. Their leaves have a relatively thick cuticle, but I don't know if that's to prevent CO2 from leaking out, or to pre-emptively prevent drying (they're also amphibious and can grow emersed, but leaves aren't dimorphic from what I can read). Their roots are also very "leaky" for oxygen (high radial oxygen loss (ROL)), meaning the iron in the substrate around their roots is often in its oxidised form and is less available for use by faster growing species. Helps compete with faster growing species I guess, but IMO it's just a consequence of trying to get as much CO2 from the roots as possible. Really interesting genus, unfortunately impossible to buy native isoetid species in Australia. Not readily cultivated despite filing a really interesting niche for aquarists which is kind of disappointing IMO.
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Lmao, I guess they felt like "enchanted mountain" was a little too cliche? But nah, it looks like an awesome formation. It's like an igneous Uluru
Just east of TSU in San Marcos ,TX is a goldmine of aquatic life in the headwaters of the San Marcos River. Go to the man made Spring Lake and Sewell Park for the best viewing.
The Zizania texana Wild rice looks very similar to Vallisneria nana (jungle Val), a popular aquarium plant. Which I think is related to a native variety of Vallisneria that might also be in the San Marcos river (I haven't watched the whole video yet)
For past two years I’ve been sweating my ass off getting bit by mosquitoes treating invasives trying to preserve all of this in that exact location - good to see some CPBD love on it
Vaseline mixed wíth camphor oil,
Ernest Seton has a pretty decent repellent receipe
god freakin bless you man
This makes me homesick. I graduated from Texas State, studied under Dr. David Lemke, the father of San Marcos River aquatic plants.
How Awesome!!
I grew up on the beautiful Lake San Marcos in California...
I work at Texas State as an aquatic biologist but I really wanted to see the herbarium this summer. Emailed Dr. Lemke and he showed me it and let me spend as much time there as I wanted. I noticed a few Gentianaceae species incorrectly ID'd and he said next time I can annotate some of them. Maybe I'll take him up on that. Super great guy!
@@TheSuperCommentGuy Very cool! He's low-key, but kind of a big deal! I worked in the herbarium while I was there. Mounted hundreds of plants and other miscellaneous curation. It's a great collection. I visited a few times during and after grad school to look at Cyperaceae.
I've said it before, but I love it that you've setup camp here in TX.
I am pursuing a pathway into land management in school to hopefully not only preserve these amazing Central Texas springs andaquiferss but to also increase water output and hopefully restore a bunch more as well!
Way cool, I wish more would get inspired. There so little left.
@@katiekane5247 I live in the coastal Bend and practically every creek here has dried up and the spring has gone dormant because of row crops and brush encrosion, so it would also be a major challenge to get them revitalized, but I hope I can do it within my lifetime!
Awesome… wish I had been inspired at the right age… I was too busy being a socially awkward reject and diving into any substance I could find while pissing my future any
I don't mean to exaggerate, but since discovering your channel, I've a new appreciation for the land and all the isht that grows in this beautiful earth, I've shrunk down to four foot two, and my best friend's dad is celebrating his eleventy-first birthday next week
If you are looking for synchronicity with your message. I am literally going to eat the wild rice I cooked in rice cooker yesterday on brown rice and microwave it with some leftover onion, a carrot strips and diced and a little salt... probably with a few slices of sharp cheedar cheese slices for desert... and ice water. Love you. You teach me a lot and are very influential to me. Thank you for all the education over the years.
Casey Williams was awesome. Thanks for sharing this gorgeous environment.
I miss San Marcos so bad. This vid is gonna save my life
I've learned sooo much from this guy
Pearling is so cool. I used to see it when I had a planted aquarium, and it always made me happy to know the plants were getting what they needed.
Same same!!
I see it in a pond I made, on sunny days, really amazing!
I'm really into my aquarium plants. Its been a hobby of mine since I was 8, now between 60 and death I still have aquariums full of plants. One of my favs is Anubias coffeefolia, and Anubias nana. I have so much of it that I give it away to friends or anyone who wants starts for their tanks,ponds,etc....
How are the online sales going??? 😂
@@michaelboulos3272 I don't sell online because I don't want to bother with shipping. But I do trade for credit with local pet shops.
are you in central texas? id take u up on that my wife and i have a planted aquarium lol
@LoganMarcosSchmidt sorry, I'm in the north valley area in California, an awesome community called Chico.
@LoganMarcosSchmidt But if you're new to aquariums, I highly recommend any type of Anubias, then don't need to be rooted in sand/gravel and can be attached to rock or anything. They thrive on low light and are not real fussy at all.
The San Marcos and the Comal are my favorite places on earth and the reason I can’t see myself ever moving. Been waiting forever for this episode!
Aw, this brings back some great memories! I practically lived on the San Marcos river back in the mid-80s.
If I wasn't swimming down it, I was in a canoe.
It's a truly beautiful river.
That's my friend!! Hi Casey! Great episode!
Hey if Casey sees this, please use sun screen and speak to a doc as I am concerned you have some melanoma. 👀
I love all your videos but this one most because I'm really in to aquatic plants. Thanks for this, Jabroni!!!
i am both intrigued and terrified by texas. that river is spectacular. thanks joey
Pretty much what its like living here. It's unfortunate Texas Public Education is trash and lies/brainwashes kids into thinking Texas is way cooler than it actually is because of it's history and policies. Then they go on to support industries and politicians that do nothing but destroy the actual beautiful part of this state.
Love crystal clear water from rocky limestone in Texas lakes and rivers.
What an amazing environment, that water is so clear! Really glad you dedicated a video to aquatic plants. I know many plant species can grow emersed and emerged from years in the aquarium/water gardening hobby. I have also seen many species of aquatic plants (in addition to cabomba) “pearling” underwater. Also, liverwort is one of the only carnivorous aquatic plants. It catches tiny amphipods like daphnia in it’s little, tumescent bladders. 👍🏻👍🏻
39:44 never change Joey 😂
Woooooo aquatic plants! I manage aquatic plants in PA lakes. We have Cabomba in a few locations that used to get iced-over in winter; now that they don't freeze over anymore, the fanwort can survive the winter. Come to PA and see our wetland plants
What a gorgeous location and fascinating botany. Plus a bonus cameo from Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum that I wasn’t expecting! I was thinking about filmy ferns when you mentioned that aquatic plants could get away without cuticles because they didn’t have to worry about lacking moisture. It’s just that where I live, it’s so moist that plants can live an aquatic lifestyle without being in a river! Thanks for the video and the insights into all the weird adaptations.
Do you live in New Zealand?
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Yes indeed. The forests in my part of the country (Wellington) aren’t wet enough to officially count as rainforests, but if you get high enough or into the dark gullies where everything’s teeming with filmy ferns and bryophytes, it’s still pretty magical. The amazing blue colour of the river at San Marcos reminded me of some of the springs and streams in northwest Nelson, such as Te Waikoropupū Springs and the Riwaka resurgence. The karst there is mostly marble rather than limestone, but I think it still has a high bicarbonate content, so there must be some interesting aquatic plant species there too.
Holy damn I’m so glad Joey’s getting more into aquatic ecology
You need to visit the Devils River where it crosses Hwy 163 at Bakers Crossing. Beautiful place
I am so thankful for your work Joey.. hearing the mention of Minnesota while you are in Texas, I currently am a resident of Minnesota, previous ten years of home/family being in Oaxaca, born and raised on the boundary between the post oak prairie and the pineywoods in North East Texas... How I dearly miss Texas, but not conducive to raising my family..
You find the coolest people Joey. Restores my faith in a tiny portion of the species ❤️
Central Texas Represent! This is where I graduated from and work like 20 miles from here
San Marcos native here who grew up swimming in the river - loving the content!!
I had no idea that cabomba was native! That's been on my wishlist for a while. It's amazing seeing so many aquarium plants that I've had or want to grow in such an amazing environment! That place is gorgeous! New favorite video.
Oh man, I can’t believe I missed you. I go there every day. I planted the garden in swell Park across the bridge.
congratulations on 8 year, you're living so many of my goals
Excellent! I really enjoyed this. Thank you very much.
This my favourite episode of all time!!!!! So many native species that also grow in wetlands and swamps in Western Europe. Only Cabomba and Myriophyllum heterophyllum are very invasive here in The Netherlands. We got Saggitaria saggitifoilia instead but Leerzia, Ceratophyllum and the Schoenoplectus are native here as well. Thanks Tony for making a wetland/water episode.
I keep planted aqauriums, it's interesting to see some familiar plants like ludwigia repens and ceratophyllum demersum out in the wild.
And also some cousins of my tetras
Love this channel as a Texan. I love the accent down in Texas its fairly rare, what is that New Yorker or maybe Jersey?
Anyway I love geology and to go out in the field looking for rocks, and because of this channel I can wnjoy the botany.
Oh shit I love San Marcos for the beautiful spring fed creeks, had some interesting hobo times there. Give Hobo Raymond an Icehouse for me!
I I was at Cypress Bend Park in New Braunfels yesterday, there are giant mucronatum along the Guagalupe there. Honestly thought we had big trees in East Texas until I visited the Hill Country.
@38:52 Float On by The Floaters, great song 🤗
22:41 Azolla sp.
I was hoping you"d find some. though i didn't have high hopes with the flow rate there. But I've been finding some here in Humboldt CA's Trinity river in little vortexing side pools so was keeping my fingers crossed. Still wrapping my head around differentiating them though, all except for A. Pinnata of course. That ones pretty straight forward.
"San Marcos Springs area may be the oldest continually inhabited site in North America, with sediment core evidence of human activity dating back approximately 11,500 years."
Hey Tony, I’m probably one of your earliest subscribers. I live in Austin and have a few areas I think you would like to survey of public areas & parks.
I love your work and I would love to show you them.
Keep up the good work.
tony joe...everyman's botanist...bring us into the light brother...
What an awesome feeling to either have now or have keptin the past almost every plants you've shown, and what beautiful environment. Also learned wild rice has such a large range. I thought we here in Minnesota were the only ones to have that in our lakes and rivers. You're knocking these episodes out of that park! Thank you!
I've been learning a lot about aquatic plants in fishkeeping the past couple of weeks, so this was especially cool.
I loved this video of the aquatics. They are my passion and I grew many that you showed today in my ponds in far north Queesnland, Australia. It was wonderful to see them growing in the wild. Thank you
A clear stretch of water full of plants, fish and critters is enough to fill me with childlike glee
I started grad school at Texas State last year, and hadn't been to San Marcos since I was a kid. Spring Lake is so much nicer than when it was it was Aquarena Springs. Sadly no more pigs or mermaids though.
been waiting years for the aquatic plants episode!!!
Finally 🎉
Casey's a cool dude.
Thank you so much for covering my favorite place ever!!!!
Damn I thought you were on a mountain for the first 5 seconds, but it was a lake.
Yeah that was trippy the lizard brain or whatever was like hey you're 5 feet from a 30,000 foot drop. Looking at it again the reflection of the gradient of the sky looks perfectly like haze increasing in the distance in the mountains, with scattered algae-cloud layer
This was an awesome episode dude, thank you very very much
Bro, love your work. A very special place you are there.
Yay! I live there! I also noticed they opened up that area to the waterfall. People and kids were always hopping the fence to get to it despite all the endangered plant warnings and fencing. I guess they gave in.
This is great! I love this geeking out on the aquatics! Thanks!
Excellent video. The mallow is called Turk's cap here in Rast Texas. It spreads by seed and roots.
Nice video, like usual! Just so you know, “taro” is misspelled at 32:44. And at 34:27 is a damselfly (suborder Zygoptera, thin body, eyes far apart, wings usually folded backwards when resting), not a dragonfly (suborder Anisoptera, wider body, eyes touching or almost touching each other, wings spread out when resting). I'd say this one belongs in the family Coenagrionidae.
that was such a banger of an episode, thanks!
Great content! Ty! Very educational! I own an aquascaping supply shop, and I really appreciate this type of content!
Hopping into Solomon Springs in Balmorhea, TX, tomorrow - will be excited to compare notes with this. I wonder if this is on limestone too, with the clear aqua color.
Ahhh, The Life Aquatic! Any sign of the elusive jaguar shark?
Gahd damned this is my freakin jam pal
Your mention of the green water color caused by bicarbonate is similar to what I learned about bodies of water near Niagara Falls, Canada, where I recently visited. Our tour guide said that the teal green color is caused by the erosion of limestone. The clarity of the water there amazes me. Also, the natural springs and “pearling” are fascinating concepts!
Please, what does “pearling” mean? I’ve seen it mentioned in some of the comments…thanks 🤔
@@grannyplants1764 Something to do with air current flowing through water, producing visible round ripples on the water surface.
@@kso808 huh sounds interesting, thanks! 👍🏻
Such good re-itteration when he talks about cuticle at 17 minutes. Wow!
It’s about to get hot af here in LA, you’re making me jealous hanging out in the river.
I'm always driving right by that spot. Never crossed my mind to set foot in that water. Now I want to make plans to check it out.
😂😂😂 This guy is a character. Instant sub
Here in Michigan, we have Zizania Palustris in Ludington, MI. This species is actually the mother of the species in Minnesota. Years ago, the University of Minnesota stole it from the Native Ojibwa Tribe. I took Local Flora and Fauna here in Ludington and got to kayak out to one of 2 remaining available plots to natives to harvest. It was pretty sweet and to learn how the university literally stole it in the dark of night like a bunch of aholes.
Get out to the Texas coastal bottomlands and you will find Sabal x brazoriensis. A fruiting hybrid of Sabal mexicana and Sabal minor. Only found there.
Very good thank you
My profile Pic is a good example of what pearling looks like 👍🏾
As always great video! Have You Looked into Palmetto State Park. It's on the San Marcos as well, but looks completely different. It's a Tropical Ephemeral Swamp, that floods from the San Marcos but also sits on an artesian aquifer. You've got Dwarf Palmettos mingling in a mesquite forest . 30's Era CCC buildings made from Stone. Vert unique place, also its supposed to be amazing for birdwatching.
I brushed up against that same poison ivy last week while I was collecting drinking water. I’m glad you had a chance to visit!
I start by learning something fascinating about another place in the world. Then I think about geology and how it affects plant life. Then I think my local plant life. Then I start to go into a state of wonder about taxonomy, then a state of wonder about the beauty around me. I think Joey should sell a taxonomic chart (an interesting and artistic one) on plants. I also wish Joey would come to my area in Western MA. 💖
This looks like an incredible location. I'd love to be able to study and get lost there.
this is the coolest!
the Zizania is polar opposite to a native rice to Australia, Microlaena sp., which grows on land, which can be flooded at times, regular rice kinda being between the 2 from what I'm seeing, love how things evolved to be same but different
I've had to try and remove Ludwigia from Australian waterways, not a fun task
Came for the plants. Stayed for the naughty dog.
I wish I had been able to study limnology, but Utah doesn't lend itself well. We both know Utah sucks so much I'll never escape. Loved this vid. 🐟
This is a sacred place to us Coahuiltecan people - we know it as Ajehuac Yana. We never seem to be mentioned, but are definitely still here, and leaders are working to maintain our covenant with this and other sacred sites. Check out Indigenous Cultures Institute San Marcos!
My daughter is part Coahuiltecan. Thanks!
I've seen a purple-flowered Bacopa in Lady Bird Lake, Austin, TX. I had no idea what it was -- I thought, "Portulaca should not be growing in water, and it doesn't have purple flowers" -- but I learned from this video. I spent a lot of time googling "purple flowers aquatic succulent Texas" and similar things with no luck at all.
If you rinse your legs off as quickly as possible the oil will have less of a reaction with ivy. I found if I did it within 30 seconds I got no reaction and im hella allergic.
Tony..have you ever been to the Kiamichi River in south eastern Oklahoma? South eastern Oklahoma has a lot of families that are descendants of outlaws that used to hideout there. Antlers to Idabel. Very wild places around there.
Any plans to visit marl fens in Michigan? Would like to see some carnivorous plant action up there.
Damn I visit the river all the time to see the bugs, must have just missed you
That face at the intro!!! Love you beautiful bastard, keep it up!!
This guy is awesome
Go hike some of the trails around texas state university. Theres some AMAZING geology and the diversity of species is unmatched
Joey❤ I was really hoping for some speedo shots with the aquatic botanizing 😜
Any isoetes species in that region? I only have a very superficial knowledge of the genus, not many species in NSW Australia, but they also have very interesting carbon sequestration/fixation mechanisms. They're almost the polar opposite to the "diffusion to the moon" method of capturing CO2. Instead of capturing CO2 from the water/using bicarbonates, they use Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) and take up CO2 through their roots (most aquatic plant roots are relatively hollow, the structures are called aerenchyma, but that's usually an attempt to get O2 to the roots, not CO2 to the leaves). By storing CO2 at night (when it's highest, especially in the substrate), they can live relatively competition free during the day. Their leaves have a relatively thick cuticle, but I don't know if that's to prevent CO2 from leaking out, or to pre-emptively prevent drying (they're also amphibious and can grow emersed, but leaves aren't dimorphic from what I can read).
Their roots are also very "leaky" for oxygen (high radial oxygen loss (ROL)), meaning the iron in the substrate around their roots is often in its oxidised form and is less available for use by faster growing species. Helps compete with faster growing species I guess, but IMO it's just a consequence of trying to get as much CO2 from the roots as possible.
Really interesting genus, unfortunately impossible to buy native isoetid species in Australia. Not readily cultivated despite filing a really interesting niche for aquarists which is kind of disappointing IMO.
There's a rare one at the massive granite pluton hilariously referred to as "enchanted rock"
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Lmao, I guess they felt like "enchanted mountain" was a little too cliche?
But nah, it looks like an awesome formation. It's like an igneous Uluru
Sweet leaf fits. It is botany.
Bacopa monieri is edible/can be juiced. They sell bunches in Asian markets sometimes.
Niiiice! My professor, Dr. Hutchinson, helped bring back the native rice.
Just east of TSU in San Marcos ,TX is a goldmine of aquatic life in the headwaters of the San Marcos River. Go to the man
made Spring Lake and Sewell Park for the best viewing.
The Zizania texana Wild rice looks very similar to Vallisneria nana (jungle Val), a popular aquarium plant. Which I think is related to a native variety of Vallisneria that might also be in the San Marcos river (I haven't watched the whole video yet)
Omg you are hereeeeeeee
So nice, yet I never saw the shorty shorts!
Who wears short shorts? Fine episode mate!
We wear short shorts.
Casey and Joey !!! 😊
Same.🙏🏼
Hey you still in SM? I’m on riviera!!
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