In New Zealand, the loranthaceous peraxilla mistletoes are also bird pollinated and dispersed. The flowers are twisted open by our honeyeaters and the flowers explode open.
2:09 Not just California and Oregon! Washington and Vancouver as well. Those shits are everywhere. They can take over an entire area and make a wall of brambles and thorns, and at that point the only way to get them out is tear up the whole thing and reseed with natives.
Vancouver Island too, from Victoria North to about Comox and on the mainland of BC from Vancouver to North of Squamish, haven't seen them much in the interior of the province though.
I was in La Serena, Chile in August, about 8 hours north of Santiago. I noticed Tristerix all over the cacti, but didn't know what it was called! There was also an overabundance of Eucalyptus, they gotta rid of those things man, get em out! A side note - Chile seems much more devoid of animal life than the United States. No rabbits or squirrels like we got here, and the only browsing animals are the Guanacos and deer, but they unfortunately were very rare in that specific region I was in. I was lucky enough to see a degu, a small rodent sort of like a ground-squirrel.
So.Cal has allot of eucalyptus planted out. In the winter when nothing else is blooming migrating monarchs will congregate to the eucalyptus groves and feed on the nectar (and pollen?). These sanctuaries are saving the monarch so it's a conflicting issue of non-natives allowing rare species to survive the anthropocene. But in this day not even the name anthropocene can survive for long as it has been rejected as a geologic time period.
@@lionscircle4700 To be fair to the term athropocene, I think it will survive as one of the poetic names to describe our current age even if it doesn't correspond to a geological time period.
@@Aldo-Pilled Glad to see someone realising that Eucalyptus trees are in the fire mix. The "everything is out to get you in Oz" meme leaves out the most dangerous of all, Eucalyptus trees. One of the side effects of the 19th century gold rushes was that Eucalyptus trees escaped their containment in Oz. Very dense hard wood made good railway sleepers I believe. They are not bit players, once they get hold they will dominate, everything will burn, including them, but, they like it, some have to burn to complete their life cycle. Also, anything that doesn't have a bushfire survival strategy is doomed. I don't know what your future holds, but, I hope you like the smell of eucalyptus oil. Bonus "fun" feature, Eucalypts like to drop widowmakers (branches), don't camp under them.
Of course, the Anglo-Saxon etymology of mistletoe is basically "shit stick" because the birds shit them out onto sticks. But they can also stick to a bird's bill, and the bird will wipe that off onto sticks.
Hi from Oregon. Blackberry is awful, but butterfly bushes, dumped improperly and/or illegally, is choking streams and other aquatic areas. Terrible for native plants and animals here in the PNW.
the aphyllus mistletoe hijacking those key innovations cactus possess; cortical bundles are not even phased so the host plant gets around having a parasite growing in it
Howdy Joey and anyone else here reading this! Just wanted to share a lil plant fact I recently learned and tested. Ya know English Ivy, that really invasive plant present throughout the US? Turns out the leaves can be used to make laundry detergent just by boiling a bunch (50-60ish) for about 10-15 minutes and letting it sit for half a day or so. Little neat factoid of how to turn an invasive species into something useful for anyone who wants to try!
Thanks for sharing both the Trichocereus and the Tristerix. I remember first seeing T. aphyllus in David Attenborough's "Green Planet", and thought it was a very strange but interesting plant. It's surprising to see that the cacti that are heavily infected with this parasite are still able to grow, flower and produce fruit (albeit a lot less when compared to the individuals nearby that aren't infected). The Loranthaceae that I'm familiar with are the mistletoes that grow on the Eucalypts in Australia, and plants that are heavily infected by those seem to struggle to grow and be in very poor health. The pictures of the flowers you showed with the floral tube that is partly fused do also resemble the Loranthaceae mistletoes we have in Australia. Thanks again for uploading this video as it's always great to see examples of plants in their natural habitat 😀. (Those owls were also a nice inclusion at the end too).
What I want to know is are the owls ableists for their excavatory prowess? If so they have something in common with pronghorns, maybe it's a conspiracy. Should have yelled at them some more. Good cactus jazz.
It's a subfamily of the pea family...most are trees. They are defined by a distinct flower morphology and inflorescence structure. Mesquite is a mimosoid, so are Acacia
I hate the blackberry so much, I (irrationally) get angry just watching people eating the berries or picking them, like they're enabling the friggin monsters.
I had to look up that Verbascum virgatum right away, that's a new one for me. Wiki didn't have much I'll have to look deeper, but it appears similar to Verbascum blateria aka Moth Mullein. Wiki says the flowers are 3-4 centimeters which is larger than V. thapsus. I wonder what other major differences there is? 🤔 If anyone is interested in the Verbascum genus, check out Dr Beal's seed germination experiment in Michigan. It's one of the oldest, longest ongoing scientific experiment in existence, 100+ years now. A really interesting read on seed viability. Makes sense how mulleins seem to come from nowhere whenever ground is disturbed.
Fantastic. I've always been interested in cacti, never knew about this endoparasite. Very intetesting. Btw here in Europe we have to deal with some american and other invasive "bullshit" too.There are dumb idiots everywhere...
Always loved the vibe of cacti. Just tall spiky green pillars. Didn't know there was a mistletoe that grows on cacti, I only knew about the one that grows on apple trees.
The tiny mistletoe Viscum minimum is an interesting example of convergent evolution. It lives inside some succulent Euphorbia species in South Africa. It is even possible to cultivate Euphorbias parasitized by this Viscum species in pots, which is how I first got to know them in the Marburg Botanical Garden.
We've got some torreya taxifolia on this little piece of my neighborhood which also happens to be torreya formation. Anyway, I got into geology thanks to you. I would not have known about this incredibly rare tree if I hadn't watched your channel (and one other channel - Benn Jordan).
"I like you, Stewart. You're not like the other people here at the trailer park..." (I passed this on to the missus, who's in the San Francisco Cactus and Succulent Society. I think she'll get a kick out of it.)
Those Himalayan blackberries weren't planted like you think. Most introductions are a result of people (and animals) eating a bunch of berries, then defecating in the wild ! The seeds love to go through a digestive system
@@charleswieand4445 pretty spectacular way I’ve heard. We saw crime pays transfer a seed. It’s as easy as sticking it to the surface of the cactus which birds could likely accomplish. The seeds contain enough nutrients in that the parasite can survive in the outside of the cactus. Then the seedling will grow out across the surface of the cactus and those roots will slowly spread. As the seedling runs out of energy and its roots dry out, these also contract and this forces the surface of the cactus so much that if it’s successful, the parasite can rip open its way into the cactus
i may be weird but i like to grow parasites and i'd love to get a cactus with tristerix some day. sadly most people don't share my point of view so they aren't sold. managed to get a euphorbia which is supposed to have viscum minimum but that's about it, else i have to collect seed myself.
. There was nesting pair with chicks near an Albertson store parking lot I used watch from distance until it was filled up by the idiots, the city , I dug out it in case the young were still alive but I was too late due to high Arizona temps. I can't remember why they did that. Humans suck.
I really dislike your presentation style, though the content of your videos is compelling. Your presentation style really makes it difficult to enjoy your videos. Maybe you could consider hiring a voice actor to do the presentation more professionally? Thanks in advance.
I'm going to make you hate me and like me at the same time. I appreciate your knowledge of species. Yet how intimately do you know of them? Do you know what they're good for? Do you know their genetic makeup, do you literally have the capacity to know everything about them? When I was in school I was able to remember about 70% of all Flora on this planet. And I studied them intimately as aforementioned. Can't stand your language however. You seem to have a pretty bad mouth, no self-control. No I take that back otherwise you wouldn't be able to produce a video. You just don't give a crap. Freedom of speech is freedom of speech. So for the sake of honesty I spoke my mind. For the respect of the work I'm going to piss/expletive right off, as they say.
God, as an Oregonian it would be a gut punch to go all the way to Chile and see f’ing Himalayan Blackberry!
We have them in North Florida - though illegal also highly invasive. I just checked in with the IFAS near me and confirmed the type.
Ever since I’ve discovered your channel last week I’ve been watching nonstop. Never stop doing what you do 🙏
He also has a TV show. It's called K!ll Your Lawn., but spelled with an I instead of a !
Ayoo welcome, i remember when i first stumbled upon this charming mfer, what a joy.
Niice
Great innit.🙂
Your vids give me so much joy ❤
The hollering at some ground owls had me giggle, what a wonderful find!
You dropped a Dead Milkmen reference? Well done sir.
a bitchin' Camaro!
OMG, that little owl is so precious 🥰
He's seen things, no wonder he's pissed.
Seriously spiny, cool parasite adaptation. Enjoy your trip!
'It's all European bullshit' - What the natives have thought for 400 years...
+2 username and comment.
#notallpermaculturists
In New Zealand, the loranthaceous peraxilla mistletoes are also bird pollinated and dispersed. The flowers are twisted open by our honeyeaters and the flowers explode open.
Complete agreement about those blackberries. Those bastards are responsible for a whole bunch of cuts over the years.
2:09 Not just California and Oregon! Washington and Vancouver as well. Those shits are everywhere. They can take over an entire area and make a wall of brambles and thorns, and at that point the only way to get them out is tear up the whole thing and reseed with natives.
And hope you didn't miss some segments of rhizome, which you probably did.
Vancouver Island too, from Victoria North to about Comox and on the mainland of BC from Vancouver to North of Squamish, haven't seen them much in the interior of the province though.
Mimosoids, nice. I was hanging out with some mimosoids a couple weeks ago. Cool trees
I was in La Serena, Chile in August, about 8 hours north of Santiago. I noticed Tristerix all over the cacti, but didn't know what it was called! There was also an overabundance of Eucalyptus, they gotta rid of those things man, get em out! A side note - Chile seems much more devoid of animal life than the United States. No rabbits or squirrels like we got here, and the only browsing animals are the Guanacos and deer, but they unfortunately were very rare in that specific region I was in. I was lucky enough to see a degu, a small rodent sort of like a ground-squirrel.
So.Cal has allot of eucalyptus planted out. In the winter when nothing else is blooming migrating monarchs will congregate to the eucalyptus groves and feed on the nectar (and pollen?). These sanctuaries are saving the monarch so it's a conflicting issue of non-natives allowing rare species to survive the anthropocene. But in this day not even the name anthropocene can survive for long as it has been rejected as a geologic time period.
@@lionscircle4700 To be fair to the term athropocene, I think it will survive as one of the poetic names to describe our current age even if it doesn't correspond to a geological time period.
@@lionscircle4700 I think Californians should focus on planting more natives to help the butterflies. The eucalyptus are part of the fire problem too.
@@Aldo-Pilled Glad to see someone realising that Eucalyptus trees are in the fire mix. The "everything is out to get you in Oz" meme leaves out the most dangerous of all, Eucalyptus trees.
One of the side effects of the 19th century gold rushes was that Eucalyptus trees escaped their containment in Oz. Very dense hard wood made good railway sleepers I believe.
They are not bit players, once they get hold they will dominate, everything will burn, including them, but, they like it, some have to burn to complete their life cycle. Also, anything that doesn't have a bushfire survival strategy is doomed.
I don't know what your future holds, but, I hope you like the smell of eucalyptus oil.
Bonus "fun" feature, Eucalypts like to drop widowmakers (branches), don't camp under them.
Of course, the Anglo-Saxon etymology of mistletoe is basically "shit stick" because the birds shit them out onto sticks. But they can also stick to a bird's bill, and the bird will wipe that off onto sticks.
Thanks for that bit of knowledge. Never knew where the name for mistletoe came from. Now I can spread that around, so to speak.
And it doesn't even matter whether it's true. This will be my belief from now on.
The Chilean desert area is beautiful! Joey also came to see the parasites. The burrowing owls are adorably cute.
It sucks to how many invasives there are in the world!!
3:25 god the divide between what should be and the irrigated area was shocking
Hermoso paisaje de cactus y ni qué decir de los búhos con esos ojos.
Hi from Oregon. Blackberry is awful, but butterfly bushes, dumped improperly and/or illegally, is choking streams and other aquatic areas. Terrible for native plants and animals here in the PNW.
Are you shiting me? Buddleja is invasive in Oregon? I guess a couple of spots just opened up in my yard.
It's a huge problem in N W Washington. First noticed around parks and hiking trails. Thanks for your concern.
I’m so glad I clicked my subscriber tab, love your videos, blessings.
jumpin jezuz on a pogo stick everybody knows that a burrow owl lives. in a hole. in the ground.
I like you!
@@Dcvmnaturalist. I never heard of one cool 🦉
he was a DAREDEVIL just like his old man!
Those owls are super cute.
I bet they’d eat mice, with the field there.
the aphyllus mistletoe hijacking those key innovations cactus possess; cortical bundles are not even phased so the host plant gets around having a parasite growing in it
As if I didn’t have enough trouble getting to sleep at night.
Howdy Joey and anyone else here reading this! Just wanted to share a lil plant fact I recently learned and tested. Ya know English Ivy, that really invasive plant present throughout the US? Turns out the leaves can be used to make laundry detergent just by boiling a bunch (50-60ish) for about 10-15 minutes and letting it sit for half a day or so. Little neat factoid of how to turn an invasive species into something useful for anyone who wants to try!
Thanks for sharing both the Trichocereus and the Tristerix. I remember first seeing T. aphyllus in David Attenborough's "Green Planet", and thought it was a very strange but interesting plant. It's surprising to see that the cacti that are heavily infected with this parasite are still able to grow, flower and produce fruit (albeit a lot less when compared to the individuals nearby that aren't infected). The Loranthaceae that I'm familiar with are the mistletoes that grow on the Eucalypts in Australia, and plants that are heavily infected by those seem to struggle to grow and be in very poor health. The pictures of the flowers you showed with the floral tube that is partly fused do also resemble the Loranthaceae mistletoes we have in Australia. Thanks again for uploading this video as it's always great to see examples of plants in their natural habitat 😀. (Those owls were also a nice inclusion at the end too).
lol those owls . thanks for the upload!
What I want to know is are the owls ableists for their excavatory prowess? If so they have something in
common with pronghorns, maybe it's a conspiracy. Should have yelled at them some more. Good cactus
jazz.
Bonus Owls
Dude I am so jealous of you right now
You got to see and video record burling owls
We got em at the train yard I used to work in too
@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt
You are extremely lucky person
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Me too at the carwash but they were blue
They took over Seattle too.
Very interesting part about the owls!
mimosoid... I am way too brain rotted for this.
It's a subfamily of the pea family...most are trees. They are defined by a distinct flower morphology and inflorescence structure. Mesquite is a mimosoid, so are Acacia
The mimosas species also have high amounts of DMT in them. Theres no MAO inhibitors to activate it tho.
@@dru4670 a select few do. Not most
@@dru4670Some acacia also have it
I hate the blackberry so much, I (irrationally) get angry just watching people eating the berries or picking them, like they're enabling the friggin monsters.
I had to look up that Verbascum virgatum right away, that's a new one for me. Wiki didn't have much I'll have to look deeper, but it appears similar to Verbascum blateria aka Moth Mullein.
Wiki says the flowers are 3-4 centimeters which is larger than V. thapsus. I wonder what other major differences there is? 🤔
If anyone is interested in the Verbascum genus, check out Dr Beal's seed germination experiment in Michigan. It's one of the oldest, longest ongoing scientific experiment in existence, 100+ years now. A really interesting read on seed viability. Makes sense how mulleins seem to come from nowhere whenever ground is disturbed.
Yes ! I just got set down for this. 😊
You got a thanks from “make thing with hand”
my parasocial love for you is strong
and i said that even before i got to the burrowing owls
@@madgepickles of all my internet obsessions, i am the fondest of Joey
what a legend :3
Omg the flowers look just like our peraxilla mistletoe in New Zealand.
I was thinking exactly the same! Peraxilla, Alepis,... All gorgeous plants.
@johann4817 yeah, such a shame they're all declining.
It seems like it wouldn't take much for you to just be fluent in Latin
This is a very interesting and enjoyable video, the only thing wrong with it is it’s to short. The little owl had me laughing.👍👍👏👏
off topic but would love to see you do a video on types of sea plants and seaweeds if you can. I'd love to know how they relate to land plants, etc.
Those owls!! Completely adorable, and those cactus and their parasites were amazing. Thank you for sharing them with us.
I adore how this video ends with Joey making small talk with a burrowing owl.
Fantastic. I've always been interested in cacti, never knew about this endoparasite. Very intetesting.
Btw here in Europe we have to deal with some american and other invasive "bullshit" too.There are dumb idiots everywhere...
Those owls! 😍
😂always funny...how the parasite is getting the water, sugars from the cacti🤔...how are the "tubes" ( xilem, phloem)of the parasite of the cacti🤔
Surely he's a fan of " The Best Thanksgiving Ever"!
Always loved the vibe of cacti. Just tall spiky green pillars.
Didn't know there was a mistletoe that grows on cacti, I only knew about the one that grows on apple trees.
Nature never ceases to amaze me. I wonder if the stickiness of the fruit makes birds wipe their beaks on other plants, hence spreading the parasite.
The tiny mistletoe Viscum minimum is an interesting example of convergent evolution. It lives inside some succulent Euphorbia species in South Africa. It is even possible to cultivate Euphorbias parasitized by this Viscum species in pots, which is how I first got to know them in the Marburg Botanical Garden.
4:44 lmao
Those owls are upset because you're swearing in front of their impressionable young children! How uncouth!
Espinillos💪
Wualaguala, Washington.
Is this cerro lonquen in Chile? may I ask where was this recorded?
We've got some torreya taxifolia on this little piece of my neighborhood which also happens to be torreya formation. Anyway, I got into geology thanks to you. I would not have known about this incredibly rare tree if I hadn't watched your channel (and one other channel - Benn Jordan).
I don't think the Himalayan blackberry has blue stems,
hello
Hello to you too! 😊
I dare say the botanists had fun when "discovering" the cacti with 2 different flowers, 1 not from the host lol
The sides of the highways in Seattle are basically just walls of Himalayan blackberry.
"I like you, Stewart. You're not like the other people here at the trailer park..."
(I passed this on to the missus, who's in the San Francisco Cactus and Succulent Society. I think she'll get a kick out of it.)
Not even Joe Genaro knows.
why does botany not pay 🤔?
So cool!
HFP, a lot of things fit that. . .
Sure enough... good 'ol planet earth!
Are you AvE's biological botanical brother?! Your speech patterns are nigh identiclays~
Loved the video by the way
You never skimp on the language. For some reason, my GF doesn't appreciate it the way I do.
Lots of people don't!
@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt I'm comin' around, since I tried GFY and liked it
so IF you smoke or eat the Parasitic Flowers do you see Jaguars and giant Serpents ❓ 😸 🐍🌵
Never hand anything to a borrowing owl...
Liked and commented.✔️☺️
Puya? Booyah! A nice video ya got here.
Great video!
Those Himalayan blackberries weren't planted like you think.
Most introductions are a result of people (and animals) eating a bunch of berries, then defecating in the wild !
The seeds love to go through a digestive system
Yes, They're an invasive species, but to get here in the first place, originally a few were planted. Why? Because people are idiots I suppose
11:26 BLINK., MF!
Maaa, there's a weird bird outside!
Who does it get in the plant in first place. What transfers the seed.
@@charleswieand4445 pretty spectacular way I’ve heard. We saw crime pays transfer a seed. It’s as easy as sticking it to the surface of the cactus which birds could likely accomplish. The seeds contain enough nutrients in that the parasite can survive in the outside of the cactus. Then the seedling will grow out across the surface of the cactus and those roots will slowly spread. As the seedling runs out of energy and its roots dry out, these also contract and this forces the surface of the cactus so much that if it’s successful, the parasite can rip open its way into the cactus
HR Giger thing going.
jumping jesus on a pogostick
i may be weird but i like to grow parasites and i'd love to get a cactus with tristerix some day. sadly most people don't share my point of view so they aren't sold. managed to get a euphorbia which is supposed to have viscum minimum but that's about it, else i have to collect seed myself.
Lets go!
Stewart, I like you. You're not like the other people, here, in the trailer park.
do you know what the queers are doing to our soil?
Great stuff!
Owl ❤
The blackberry looks more like Rubus ulmifolius, especially the pruinose stem, and smaller leaves than R. armeniacus.
lol that owl is like ಠ_ಠ
Himalayan blackberry might be bad but trust me the himalayan raspberry is much worse no joke 😢
banger video as always
I never knew all that 😊👏👏👏
He was decapitated
Cute bird
Takin’ Tony to the zoo
It's whole eu buldhit,😂yea,your vocabulaire prove it exelent😂
. There was nesting pair with chicks near an Albertson store parking lot I used watch from distance until it was filled up by the idiots, the city , I dug out it in case the young were still alive but I was too late due to high Arizona temps. I can't remember why they did that. Humans suck.
🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵
too bad the owls arent big enough to fly off with a cat? lol wtf kind of cat hater comment
feral cats are an ecological plague
Cats are an invasive species when they escape into the wild.
I really dislike your presentation style, though the content of your videos is compelling. Your presentation style really makes it difficult to enjoy your videos. Maybe you could consider hiring a voice actor to do the presentation more professionally? Thanks in advance.
Burrowing Owls.
The animals are already under enough stress. Try not to harass the wildlife It's not funny.
I'm going to make you hate me and like me at the same time.
I appreciate your knowledge of species. Yet how intimately do you know of them? Do you know what they're good for? Do you know their genetic makeup, do you literally have the capacity to know everything about them? When I was in school I was able to remember about 70% of all Flora on this planet. And I studied them intimately as aforementioned.
Can't stand your language however. You seem to have a pretty bad mouth, no self-control. No I take that back otherwise you wouldn't be able to produce a video. You just don't give a crap.
Freedom of speech is freedom of speech.
So for the sake of honesty I spoke my mind. For the respect of the work I'm going to piss/expletive right off, as they say.