Love this series of video's. So much to learn and the importance of some of these species and their importance to caterpillars, butterflies and other wild life. Thanks for your time and patience :) Have a great day
Thanks for sharing with us Levi, Ty and Thea. A great time was had by all. Enjoyed the plant and tree identifying today. The Sassafras tree roots make excellent tea too that has the fragrance and taste of root beer. Use to gather the roots in the spring and folks would make lots of the tea and it was good. Stay safe and keep up the fun you all are having. Fred,
I’m learning so much from the Guardian of the Forest. Your cover the walking level observations is an Interesting Depth and seeing the Forest through the Trees Perspective. 😀👍🌲👍🌲👍🌲
I so enjoy these videos, Levi. I find myself riding around our property ,studying all the trees and leaves. I'm getting better at identification, but need to learn a lot more. I ride in our Mule, I got it after my accident, Spinal chord injury....ouch....not saying this for sympathy, actually feel blessed to be walking with a cane again. I just can't walk far, yet.... Again, enjoyable video!
It’s a lot of fun! The more you look the more you find. So much around us. So sorry about the injury that’s rough but what an example to find the good in it and being grateful for what you have. Thank you. We love our mule!
Thanks again Levi with Thea, and Ty. It’s nice to see the your kids are very interested in the outdoors on your property too. I remember vividly how your dad Mike would talk about the invasive Autumn Olive bush some time ago. I remember that he has never liked it. It nice to see it close up like you just showed. Keep doing what you’re doing, I find it very interesting, being that we live in Fresno California. A few years ago my wife Linda and did a trip on a tour to called Brandywine and the Poconos, including the Amish Country in Pennsylvania, we really enjoyed. Of course you live in the South Western part of Pennsylvania, so we never got your part of the state.
Sassafras tea is the only tea I drink. I shave the roots , Dry them, And then store Them in a jar. I get them out put a small handful in boiling water, Let it steep For a while. Pour it in my cup and had a little honey. Specially, great in the winter time. Thanks for all your info Tim.
I really impressed with your knowledge of the plants and trees in your area. I look forward to your next video Levi. I never really got into plants and trees until I started watching your video's. Now, I am starting to look around my area (Massachusetts) and starting to notice what is in my area. Thank You Levi for that. Keep up the GREAT work.
Thank you! I understand once I started paying attention to these things I couldn’t believe I walked among them for years without diving into them like I now do.
We have an Autumn Purple Ash tree here in Colorado. The leaves are purple in the fall, different from the yellow most ash trees have. It's costs us a sewer line, groom by a tree service, and chemical treatment every two years to prevent whatever is killing ash trees. It hasn't been a cheap tree to own, but it's a real looker. We also have a Sunburst Locust tree and blue spruce.
Good Job Levi!, Early lowbush blue berry (Also called Huckleberry down here) is all over the mountains they do not transplant well you may see a patch and 50 ft away will be another, they are connected by root system. Hornbeam is known as ironwood, very hard wood makes great walking canes. we have sourwood trees that bees make sourwood honey. have you seen sourwood in your area? waiting for part 3 Cheers!
I didn’t realize that was huckleberry! Wow thank you for sharing that. That’s so cool I’ve always heard of huckleberry. This is all great information thank you so much! I haven’t ever come across sourwood.
Nice vid. Answered your question about the sound near the nest tree on your other video. Don't miss it. Neglected to respond to your comment about the other random sound you heard in the area of that tree, but it ties in well here since you wrapped up this vid talking about apps. I just started using Merlin for bird call ID and it's great. My wife started using it last summer and it solved one of our mystery noises at our place first time. We had a loud nighttime squawk we couldn't figure out and like you had recorded it and passed it around many conservation minded folks with progress. Merlin id'ed it as the begging call of a juvenile great horned owl. The answer made good sense as we often hear owls , sometimes 2-3, calling in the woods. Load Merlin and if you hear that sound again, you should be able to ID it if it's a bird with the app.
Really enjoyed your tree descriptions. On our 11 acres we have what we call "Parsley Hawthorne" The leaves look like parsley and it has thorns on the stems. It grows maybe 20-30 feet tall and has lots of 3-4 inch trunks. Also have lots of crabapple trees, but the fruit is sour tasting. Maybe the deer like it???? We also have "French Mulberry" which the deer love. It is a shrub and has small purple fruit in the fall. We live in south Louisiana. Also have lots of red maple which we call "Swamp Red Maple". Keep them coming.
I actually thought this was parsley at first and upon further studying thought it might be downy or fanleaf. Could still be parsley. I don’t know much about French either I’ll have to check my book. Thanks for the tips!
Yoooo I love the channel Levi, i just found it randomly scrolling through shorts. I saw your face and immediately subscribed, the content you create is right up my alley i appreciate it!!
Very impressive diversity on the properties, I can imagine the spring blossoms and the fall colors. So pleased a youthful individual like you is appreciating it all and sharing your knowledge and casual educational motivation. School students used to visit our yard and collect leaves, and we shared the names and features, they all made A+s which pleased all of us.
Hey Levi, another enjoyable video. Really impressed with your knowledge of trees. Looking forward to your videos on how to identify tree species. Also subbed to your channel.
I've had good luck with low concentrations of glyphosate for stiltgrass. Most native plants shrug off low concentrations that kill the stiltgrass. I did buy some of the special stuff, but it is pricey and I haven't played with rates enough to buy more. Flame weeding has also been effective in some areas. We have very low deer pressure on our property.
I’ve seen this as well especially with low concentrations sometimes I’ve sprayed some native wedges by mistake and they survived. I am working on becoming a controlled prescribed burn manager. I believe that will help the stiltgrass
@@ThaidupwiththeMorgans If your are just burning naturally try burning raked up leaves. Obvious dangers here. But if it is hot enough it puts a good dent in the seed bank. Mostly I've used a weed burner. I'll try to take a video next time I am bush hogging Autumn Olive with my KX-57 like your Dad's. You might convince him to get a bush hog for it.
Very interesting. Looking forward to in depth tree identification. I have a few spice bushes-the spice bush swallowtail caterpillars are so cute. If you get to spicebush id, sexting the male and female spice bushes is cool information. Need both to get the berries.
Some very random thoughts: I think I am just as interested in the shrubs and other low growth. I was fascinated by the blueberries and raspberries. How did you resist not snacking on the raspberries? I know that you are interested in the trees and this makes a good video series but I think just simply going on nature walks and explaining interesting things that you see is just as much fun. If the family goes on vacation you could explore other biomes? I wonder if you can edit the individual tree species videos down to a 1 minute short? I have been toying with google lens in identifying different flowers and it works pretty good. I have a friend who loves inaturalist (he is a bird watcher).
Thanks for the walk along. Does Hunter have the patience to stay with you? I think your Mom said he is a fast impatient walker. Thanks again Take care all
I wonder if that cedar/hawthorne rust is the same as the cedar/ apple rust which we have in Missouri? The spots on those leaves look so similar to what we find on apple trees here.
@ThaidupwiththeMorgans they are beautiful trees for landscaping, the ones here in east Tennessee are about 24 inches in diameter. Slow growing but lifespan is 150 to 300 years. Great for wildlife as well. Enjoying your tree series.
I cant stand the autum olives we are whiping them out. The power company brought these in years ago to grow under the eletric transmission lines topped out at 20 ft to cut down on power line maintenence but they spread and choke trees out. So they sprayed and killed them out and are back to brush cutting and trimming the rightaways with helicopters. We are gaing on them but what pain in the butt!. Good video!.
That makes a lot of sense! I wonder if that’s what happened here as well there are some huge ones close to under the lines but not directly under so they don’t get brush cut. I bet that’s what happened too. Thanks a lot!
Love this series Levi! The kids out with dad watching deer feeding ❤. Can't wait to see the next episode.
Love this series of video's. So much to learn and the importance of some of these species and their importance to caterpillars, butterflies and other wild life. Thanks for your time and patience :) Have a great day
Glad you like them! I appreciate that!
Can't wait for the next one, love the biology side of the property
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing with us Levi, Ty and Thea. A great time was had by all. Enjoyed the plant and tree identifying today. The Sassafras tree roots make excellent tea too that has the fragrance and taste of root beer. Use to gather the roots in the spring and folks would make lots of the tea and it was good. Stay safe and keep up the fun you all are having. Fred,
Very cool thanks for sharing Fred! Always appreciate you
I’m learning so much from the Guardian of the Forest. Your cover the walking level observations is an Interesting Depth and seeing the Forest through the Trees Perspective. 😀👍🌲👍🌲👍🌲
So nice of you. Glad to hear that
I so enjoy these videos, Levi. I find myself riding around our property ,studying all the trees and leaves. I'm getting better at identification, but need to learn a lot more. I ride in our Mule, I got it after my accident, Spinal chord injury....ouch....not saying this for sympathy, actually feel blessed to be walking with a cane again. I just can't walk far, yet.... Again, enjoyable video!
It’s a lot of fun! The more you look the more you find. So much around us. So sorry about the injury that’s rough but what an example to find the good in it and being grateful for what you have. Thank you. We love our mule!
Thank you for your time.
My pleasure!
Thanks again Levi with Thea, and Ty. It’s nice to see the your kids are very interested in the outdoors on your property too. I remember vividly how your dad Mike would talk about the invasive Autumn Olive bush some time ago. I remember that he has never liked it. It nice to see it close up like you just showed. Keep doing what you’re doing, I find it very interesting, being that we live in Fresno California. A few years ago my wife Linda and did a trip on a tour to called Brandywine and the Poconos, including the Amish Country in Pennsylvania, we really enjoyed. Of course you live in the South Western part of Pennsylvania, so we never got your part of the state.
Thank you! I always appreciate your support. That sounds like such a nice trip you did! Yes autumn olive has haunted us for a long time
Sassafras tea is the only tea I drink. I shave the roots , Dry them, And then store Them in a jar. I get them out put a small handful in boiling water, Let it steep For a while. Pour it in my cup and had a little honey. Specially, great in the winter time. Thanks for all your info Tim.
That sounds very good. I’ll have to try it. Thank you!
I really impressed with your knowledge of the plants and trees in your area. I look forward to your next video Levi. I never really got into plants and trees until I started watching your video's. Now, I am starting to look around my area (Massachusetts) and starting to notice what is in my area. Thank You Levi for that. Keep up the GREAT work.
Thank you! I understand once I started paying attention to these things I couldn’t believe I walked among them for years without diving into them like I now do.
We have an Autumn Purple Ash tree here in Colorado. The leaves are purple in the fall, different from the yellow most ash trees have. It's costs us a sewer line, groom by a tree service, and chemical treatment every two years to prevent whatever is killing ash trees. It hasn't been a cheap tree to own, but it's a real looker.
We also have a Sunburst Locust tree and blue spruce.
Wow that is a lot of time and money but good for you preserving it! I love to hear that!
Interesting and informative video, nice seeing the deer spotters.
Glad you enjoyed it
Good Job Levi!, Early lowbush blue berry (Also called Huckleberry down here) is all over the mountains they do not transplant well you may see a patch and 50 ft away will be another, they are connected by root system. Hornbeam is known as ironwood, very hard wood makes great walking canes. we have sourwood trees that bees make sourwood honey. have you seen sourwood in your area? waiting for part 3 Cheers!
I didn’t realize that was huckleberry! Wow thank you for sharing that. That’s so cool I’ve always heard of huckleberry. This is all great information thank you so much! I haven’t ever come across sourwood.
Nice vid. Answered your question about the sound near the nest tree on your other video. Don't miss it. Neglected to respond to your comment about the other random sound you heard in the area of that tree, but it ties in well here since you wrapped up this vid talking about apps. I just started using Merlin for bird call ID and it's great. My wife started using it last summer and it solved one of our mystery noises at our place first time. We had a loud nighttime squawk we couldn't figure out and like you had recorded it and passed it around many conservation minded folks with progress. Merlin id'ed it as the begging call of a juvenile great horned owl. The answer made good sense as we often hear owls , sometimes 2-3, calling in the woods. Load Merlin and if you hear that sound again, you should be able to ID it if it's a bird with the app.
I love the merlin bird app! It’s a blast. That is so cool you had a great horned owl juvenile.
Really enjoyed your tree descriptions. On our 11 acres we have what we call "Parsley Hawthorne" The leaves look like parsley and it has thorns on the stems. It grows maybe 20-30 feet tall
and has lots of 3-4 inch trunks. Also have lots of crabapple trees, but the fruit is sour tasting. Maybe the deer like it???? We also have "French Mulberry" which the deer love. It is a shrub and has small purple fruit in the fall. We live in south Louisiana. Also have lots of red maple which we call "Swamp Red Maple". Keep them coming.
I actually thought this was parsley at first and upon further studying thought it might be downy or fanleaf. Could still be parsley. I don’t know much about French either I’ll have to check my book. Thanks for the tips!
Yoooo I love the channel Levi, i just found it randomly scrolling through shorts. I saw your face and immediately subscribed, the content you create is right up my alley i appreciate it!!
Great to hear from you man! Will have to catch up soon!
❤❤❤thanks for sharing about the trees 🌳
You are so welcome
Very impressive diversity on the properties, I can imagine the spring blossoms and the fall colors. So pleased a youthful individual like you is appreciating it all and sharing your knowledge and casual educational motivation. School students used to visit our yard and collect leaves, and we shared the names and features, they all made A+s which pleased all of us.
That is very cool. Thank you for sharing.
I really like these videos Levi, please keep 'em coming.
Planning on it! Thanks a lot!
Loved the video Levi. I love to learn. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Interesting info. love it
Glad you liked it!
Great job. Loved the kiddos in the video
Thank you!
Awesome information! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you!
Very informative and interesting, Levi. Glad to see you teaching your kids the outdoors. They appear to love being outdoors. Stay safe.
Thank you!
It would be interesting to travel the same path in the fall to see how different the trees you identified now look later in the year
That is a great idea. I’ll be sure to do that
Hey Levi, another enjoyable video. Really impressed with your knowledge of trees. Looking forward to your videos on how to identify tree species. Also subbed to your channel.
Thanks so much!
Thank you for sharing Levi
My pleasure!
Great job. I would love to be more knowledgeable in tree identification. Please cover more of the leaf and bark of each. Thanks for the vedio.
Thank you! Will do!
I've had good luck with low concentrations of glyphosate for stiltgrass. Most native plants shrug off low concentrations that kill the stiltgrass. I did buy some of the special stuff, but it is pricey and I haven't played with rates enough to buy more. Flame weeding has also been effective in some areas. We have very low deer pressure on our property.
I’ve seen this as well especially with low concentrations sometimes I’ve sprayed some native wedges by mistake and they survived. I am working on becoming a controlled prescribed burn manager. I believe that will help the stiltgrass
@@ThaidupwiththeMorgans If your are just burning naturally try burning raked up leaves. Obvious dangers here. But if it is hot enough it puts a good dent in the seed bank. Mostly I've used a weed burner. I'll try to take a video next time I am bush hogging Autumn Olive with my KX-57 like your Dad's. You might convince him to get a bush hog for it.
I’d love a bush hog for that lol. Lots of junk I’d need it for
Great job! Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching!
Great series....keep it going!
Will do! Thanks
Very interesting!!
Glad you think so!
You can also make tea from sassafras which is good and healthy
Very cool would like to try that.
Good job 👍
Thanks 👍
Very interesting. Looking forward to in depth tree identification. I have a few spice bushes-the spice bush swallowtail caterpillars are so cute. If you get to spicebush id, sexting the male and female spice bushes is cool information. Need both to get the berries.
Thanks a lot!
Great job
Thank you!
great job!
Thanks!
Looking forward to the white oak
Me too!
You would have been an excellent forestor. Great video...
Thank you!
Some very random thoughts: I think I am just as interested in the shrubs and other low growth. I was fascinated by the blueberries and raspberries. How did you resist not snacking on the raspberries? I know that you are interested in the trees and this makes a good video series but I think just simply going on nature walks and explaining interesting things that you see is just as much fun. If the family goes on vacation you could explore other biomes? I wonder if you can edit the individual tree species videos down to a 1 minute short? I have been toying with google lens in identifying different flowers and it works pretty good. I have a friend who loves inaturalist (he is a bird watcher).
I did snack on them off camera 😂. Thank you for watching. I agree. I love this stuff
Thanks for the ideas!
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Can’t wait for the continuation of your series and learning more.
Great video Levi. Your dad is likely chuckling that his he a bow hunter for deer season. Any butternut hickory on your travels?
Haha you’re right. I haven’t found bitternut hickory that I know of. Only mockernut and shagbark
Thanks for the walk along. Does Hunter have the patience to stay with you? I think your Mom said he is a fast impatient walker. Thanks again Take care all
Very fast haha. I’m a little too slow for him.
I wonder if that cedar/hawthorne rust is the same as the cedar/ apple rust which we have in Missouri? The spots on those leaves look so similar to what we find on apple trees here.
That does sound the same.
We had sassafras tea nearly everyday as my grandparents didn't like coffee. No danger that I know! 1940's and 50's.
Very cool thanks for sharing!
What happen to the black and red cheery trees that you ate the cheeries from
I always was told that Red Oak had points on their leaves and White Oaks have rounded edge leaves. Do you agree with that???
That’s correct
Levi, have y'all got any Hickory on the property ?
First video he showed some shagbark hickory near his house. Interested to see if there is any butternut hickory
Yes shagbark and some mockernut. Not sure I’ve found bitternut before.
Y'all have any Black Gum trees in your area? All the year's I've been watching your dad's channel, I've never heard him mention them.
Funny you mention black gum. Coming up in part 3. I’ve only come across a couple on the whole property and they aren’t big.
@ThaidupwiththeMorgans they are beautiful trees for landscaping, the ones here in east Tennessee are about 24 inches in diameter. Slow growing but lifespan is 150 to 300 years. Great for wildlife as well. Enjoying your tree series.
Thank you! I agree I really like them.
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I cant stand the autum olives we are whiping them out. The power company brought these in years ago to grow under the eletric transmission lines topped out at 20 ft to cut down on power line maintenence but they spread and choke trees out. So they sprayed and killed them out and are back to brush cutting and trimming the rightaways with helicopters. We are gaing on them but what pain in the butt!. Good video!.
That makes a lot of sense! I wonder if that’s what happened here as well there are some huge ones close to under the lines but not directly under so they don’t get brush cut. I bet that’s what happened too. Thanks a lot!
Keep up the great work! Love hearing someone managing their land like that.
you did not lose me
Glad to hear that!
With a full canopy forest, blue berries will not likely fruit, need 6 or more hours of full sun.
Great point! Thanks
Why the name cucumber tree. It probably don’t produce cucumbers.
I believe it produces a fruit that looks like a baby cucumber. But that’s the only reason