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It's great that you're educating people about flowers and insects. We killed off so many of them in the last decades, that many children ( especially if they have helicopter parents) almost never see insects because Monsanto and companies like these and our new kind of farming either killed them or took their life spaces. Monocultures and less and less hecks took also their homes. When I was a child and we had to drive somewhere in the night, we had so many of these little buggers on our carlights and windshields that we had to wash the car afterwards. But most cars I see today are clean and this shyte is scary because insects are the ones who pollinate most of our food. You're also lucky to have an own yard...
Im more of a metalcore guy but anything fast and heavy is good for me. Killswitch Engage, August Burns Red and After the Burial are my favorite bands. 🤘
I never had problem with poison ivy. Could pull it out of the yard wearing shorts and short sleeve shirt and using only gloves like one would pulling out plants and shrubs. Then I started thinking I had bed bugs biting my ankles. Low grade annoying itch. Then one day that all changed!
And what about those Butterfly Moths!?!? How amazing are they!? Talk about lookalikes!?!? Great video! Very informative and interesting to watch! You're a really good teacher! I think I can identify bogbane more confidently now!! I subscribed! ATB!✊
It will depend on what else is growing in the area and what you can legally apply as a landowner (it can vary by state). Contact your local extension agent for specific herbicide recommendations for your area.
We had th second wettest Spring in N. Texas history, and a coupla these things popped up in my yard of 30 yrs. I'm super allergic to poison ivy and I was about to drop a nuclear bomb on em... but somethin didn't seem right. I shoulda been scratchin my azz off just lookin at em. I wanna transplant to a better spot... maybe for th next 30. Any suggestions?
Boxelder can get spread quickly once it starts producing seed so be aware of that. It also likes moist soil. Wait until the trees are dormant in the winter to dig and move them.
The wild poke salad plant supplies alot of food for songbirds, Eastern Bluebirds, Mockingbirds, here in Middle Tennessee. I noticed it comes up in the same place every spring, some are 8-10ft tall in my backyard.
Pokeweed is a super plant for both birds and pollinators. Great plant for many applications but can be a bit aggressive in certain conditions - especially areas with disturbed soil.
I planted the Butterfly milk weed from seed in full sun a few years ago,and it's doing great. Bought 2 plants of 1ft swamp this year and it's doing great.
@@marjorie_rosebud4170 The Asteraceae is a giant family so it isn't a huge surprise, but still cool. I may do a video on the best non-Asteraceae flowers for pollen specialist.
Those are the leaflets that make up the compound leaf of poison ivy. All three of the leaflets are part of the same leaf. Check out this video to learn all about leaf types: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yr1xK89iTNg.html
I typically look at the stem to see if it has any "hairs" on it which would signify an ivy plant. These hairs allow it to grab on to other plants or objects and stick to it. If it has no hairs, I conclude it to be box elder. If it does, it's poison ivy. Is this correct?
When it is growing as a vine it may have adventitious roots (the things that look like hair along the vine) but when growing like a herbaceous ground cover or a small shrub they may be absent.
I came for the thumbnail and stayed for the leaves. We have a mature horse chestnut that is producing many seeds. This spring I potted a bunch of seeds that had overwintered and germinated around the tree. This gives me a different perspective as to when the second pair of true leaves appeared; much later than I had thought.
Black walnut. Great video. This video helped me i.d. a fairly young tree that I need to remove (about 15' or so tall, with a 4" trunk, that is showing small fruit). I wanted to identify it for knowledge about the wood, as an artist/ sculptor. I spent some good time looking at various tree i.d. resources & could not gain certainty until I watched this video. Now I'm sure. Double reason to remove it due to the juglone.
Glad the video was helpful to you! Juglone is not much of a problem for native plants, it can effect plants that aren't native to North America including some garden vegetables.
@@BackyardEcology Any tips for removing a 6" trunk young sugar maple, that grew while I was busy in college, ignoring the yard? Any tips on dealing with maple syrup spilling everywhere?? LOL. Seriously I am concerned, & see ants as well
Definitely would love to see more morphology type videos like this…very clear and easy to digest I would actually be ok with a bit of a longer form video. 15-25 minutes or so…just my thoughts. Very cool thank you.
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