Botanizing Along The Pennsylvania Turnpike 

Adam is a 9th level wood elf dual class druid/ranger

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Not only do you have a head chock full of botanical information, you excel at presenting it and are a wonderful videographer. And lastly, I love your enthusiasm!!

Thanks Adam for passing along the wisdom of foraging! Love all your work! 💕

I get horrific anxiety riding down the highway where I live. Since I started learning about plants, it's a bit better. As I'm hurling down the road in a death-trap machine, I see the smiling faces of the flora lining the road. :-) LOL.

I love your excitement about explaining Botany, I do much prefer the forest sounds LOL, thank you for the share.

I grew up in a Pittsburgh suburb right near the turnpike and spent a lot of time in woods and fields. I recognized most of what you identified but I never knew what they were. You opened up a whole new world of knowledge and I find it very interesting and intriquing! Thanks!

Thank you Adam.

Peace and love to you and to all.✌️❤️

Thanks for another video and thanks for sharing your knowledge of the beautiful world around us.

Really enjoy the nature walks. I have learned a lot from you. Thank you!

I just love your channel and learning about PA flora n fauna

I love this guy's passion for plants. Very inspiring. Stay safe on the turn pike.

Adam you knowledge astounds me another great video.

Thank you for all that you share!

I always find it so amazing how nature quickly overcomes any disturbance. Leave your land and house for 2 years and see what happens.

Those highway cuts are pretty loud. But, they can be a natural resource goldmine. I hunted along highways for many years and learned things you talk about, in those days. Thanks Adam.

I was born during the Cambodian genocide! My family escape into Thailand when I was 3yrs. There was a lot of plants and berries that I recognize from Thailand in the USA! I love foraging, thank you for sharing ❤️

10* More of this is great. More people need to get out and know their local flora

I Enjoy Your Enthusiasm

Only read the title and I’m excited to watch more of your very informative videos! Thank you Adam for spreading your wisdom of these amazing wonders!!! 🙏🙏

Hi Adam, thank you again for your time and help. Thumbs up to you.

What a super fun video. Thank u from an eastern Pennsylvanian.

You are always an inspiration, Adam. Thanks for making it easier to learn.

Your enthusiasm is truly inspiring. Thank you for your time and effort.

Areas like that are pretty much people free, leaving the plants to naturally develop, other than some occasional mowing in some parts. Good for diversity.

What can I say that hasn't been said! Great job. God Bless you.

Usually the only time you get to see these plants is when you break down or get a flat and then you're probably too pissed off to appreciate them anyway. I know in NY you can get a fine if you mess with anything on the side of the highway. I saw a beautiful flowering tree I wanted to take a couple of clippings from and try to root them. Lucky I asked first. Thanks for doing this video of someplace most people don't even notice.

Construction sites are another great place to find interesting plants. I do concrete work and i always see cool plants

Pleasurable Adam, Appreciative Plant Natives!

The Indian trumpet is amazing. Only ever seen it once. Good video once again.

Just astounding how you can keep all this information in your head and thanks for sharing it with us.

I really enjoyed that. I drive the PA turnpike 4 - 6 times a year from Breezewood to Ohio, and find it to be a truly satisfying drive. Some have said it's boring. NO WAY! It's so beautiful along the way, even though I can't look around much while I drive. I perceive the different landscapes, and love the challenge of driving on the curvy, mountainous and often crowded roadways. Thanks for sharing.

I found pink indian pipe for the first time the other day, so cool! I also have been finding a lot of immature hazel nuts!

Just kool! So knowledgeable and well spoken. Enjoyed!

Just found some Indian Pipe earlier today and was delighted that I recalled it from an earlier video of yours. Appreciated all the rest also Adam.... Thanks!

I live in pa! I really appreciate seeing plants in my area!

So well done! Thank you for showing us the beauty of Nature and its amazing ability to adapt.

Thanks for another awesome video.

Much different than the other videos, I want more. Loved this. Its nice to learn about native species of plants and the wildlife that they support. We need more of this to help increase habitat and food sources for our furry friends of the forest.

Your enthusiasm is so refreshing. When I come up to our mountain house at raystown lake the first thing I do on Saturday morning is go out and pick the wild flowers that grow at the edge of the woods and put a small vase of them on my table. I wish I had the memory to forage the mushrooms you talk about in your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙂

I thought that was jopie weed! One of the first wild plants I learned to identify. Thanks for showing nature showing her strength in spite of our disruptions.

My 8 year old planted a silky dogwood near a swamp at our house, too

oooh can i come? i'm in NJ by new hope, pa i see Indian pipe alll over my area, the mycellium must be strong :D

I love your videos! I had a local conservancy come out and show me the invasives and recommend natives. I'm glad that you're pointing out the native species (I'm in Central PA). It helps so much with identification.

Yet another informative video. Pennsylvania is fantastic. Anyone who hasn't been there, put a few of their national forests on your bucket list. Hello from Buffalo!

I've been on that highway a few times.Cool stuff...

Thank you! Love your videos!

thanks adam.

I'm in Ontario Canada, today I was visiting our local pioneer village and I met a young man that I think was from Australia, with his young daughter, dipping candles and he recommended your channel -- he was very impressed -- so here I am and so am I.

So wonderfully enjoyable, thank you!

Adam you're awesome👍👍👍

Not only a pharmacological botanist, but an english teacher as well. Whorl is so much more correct than whirl. I did not know that until today.

Thanks so much Boy very nice video 🙏💟

Nice educational adventure just off the turnpike

Revisiting one of your older episodes. Always good to watch your content.

I like to guess what the plant is out loud before you say it. Most of the time, I'm not right, but when I am, I get excited

because of this video I am now able to identify the type of berries I saw last year. It was a group of pagoda dogwoods. I tasted a berry and it was sweet and herbal. slightly bitter. I wasn't sure if they were safe, but they were so beautiful and inviting. I've been trying to figure out what it was for a year. thanks Adam. I know the one you were looking at isn't the same, but it gave me enough clues to finish the research.

Good information Adam

Nice to see the Indian pipe growing there! WOW! great video as usual!

Watching your channel has given me a new perspective. I used to see many of the plants you discuss as "weeds" or something to be ignored. What I learned, however, is that the even most unassuming and common roadside flora can have tremendous medicinal and/or ecological importance. Thank you for all that you do, keep up the good work!

Very interesting video Adam! Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge.

You are a smart fella

Very informative! As a fellow herbalist I appreciate your attention to detail with the botanical names!

Hello dear friend! So happy to see a video from you. I just noticed I missed one a couple weeks ago and am watching it now. I am officially moving to your beautiful state Oct. 5/6th. That weekend. We’re going to the Denver area. Very excited for the move though a little nervous. I guess change does that to most of us. Thanks so much for the BRILLIANT information. You amaze me every video! Have a wonderful week. Blessings always ~Lisa

The butterflies here absolutely LOVE the Joe Pye Weed!

I've seen the Indian pipe up in the Poconos in NE Pa. But they were pure white with no black blemishes. Really special! Thanks

Really Enjoy the content, would like more of this, probably could have your own nature show on network tv 😃

Interesting! We have silky dogwood here.. I didn't realize it was part of the dogwoods though. Interesting on the difference in germination between white and red oak.. I didn't know that either. Thanks for detailing the leaf difference between the 2 also. I am planning on some mushroom cultivation soon and have white and red oak here. I am planning on using the white as I understand that to be one of the best mediums for Lion's Maine and Shitake mushroom. We have a TON of the Indian Piper here! Excellent info as always! Ours are in Pine Forest.. but there are beech and oak nearby among others. Thank you!

...Along the road again. The life i love is identifying species in biodiverse habitats with my friends...

I was looking at these plants on my drive home from Wexford today. Cool video.

Thank you from SW Ohio. We have many the same plants!

Excellent content as always, my friend!

I dont know u personally but you seem like a really good dude. Thanks for all the fun videos. Zaaaaaaaaaaa dude

I wish I knew as much about plants as you.

I have ironweed and now know it's name. Thanks. Adding to my #PlantsandNature playlist.

Adam, as always a fantastic video where I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. Speaking of disturbed areas, it would be fascinating if you could consider doing a similar video, but this time in the vicinity of electric utility pole corridors. These are also permanently disturbed areas and depending on how the utilities control the plant growth, are fascinating habitats, especially where they cross extensive wooded areas, such as national forests. Thanks again.

What a treat! Thank you. We have really short Joe Pye Weed, it likes to be upland of wetlands or closer to the edge of wetland, they like fens too.

So enjoyable, thank you for the information.

How cool is this, a plant nerd. This should be a state job. Every state should have at least one. I wish we had one in washington dc.

Hey Adam~thanks for getting back to me~know you are busy~ *be well* regena

You are awesome Adam! Your videos are super informative and I love your enthusiasm and energy! I also LOVE how you explain the etymology of the names of the plants you are explaining. You have taught me alot about the environment that I live and I "see" alot more when I go for nature walks with my kids. THANK YOU SIR! Don't stop being you.

I love learning from you... great channel!💜 were in PA as well, near our hometown of Reading right now, but nomadic... I love to forage, so I’m going to look 👀

Fantastic video.. I'd love to see more of this series. There are pipelines all over Pennsylvania to explore

This is fantastic! I really enjoyed this.

Brilliant.

I see Indian Pipe everywhere also.... glad to hear it is plentiful in other areas. Near North Ontario Canada...

Great presentation, Adam! I was looking for info on native plants for western PA and came across this. Excellent work!

Very interesting specially with the network of fungi is supplying nutrition to the other vegetation and mushrooms.

Thanks for teaching a old dog the plant life of pa whish I knew all you do I appreciate your help showing me what is in my neighborhood

Thanks for the tour Adam. So many of your videos translate directly to here in E. Tennessee. Your enthusiasm is amazing. I always learn something new. Keep them coming. R.

Boy do I remember.,,Got my 1st ticket on that pike🥴. Totally enjoy your vids. Your a wealth of info. Please keep the vids rolling.. Blessings to you and yours

Thank you for this presentation. I have seen Indian Pipe in Oklahoma a few times. I didn't know it's name. Now that I do, I can share the name if I encounter it while I'm out with the youngsters. I appreciate your diligence.

Since I've moved to the east coast, I'm finding more of a holistic understanding of the natural world from local sites and naturalists. That is to say, as your brand is named, I am learning more than just mushroom ID but also about the web of life, the health and history of where I live. Coming from southern California, my education was more urban and, though much more of a desert, I was still able to enjoy edible/medicinal flora while watching the fauna. I appreciate every time you remind us that nature is right outside our door, ready to teach us new things every day. Thank you for giving us a technicolor window that pulls those heartstrings of curiosity drawing and inspiring us to get out and figure it out. All we need is time and effort. Can't wait to see what's next.

Great video man, I like how you did this on the side of the road. Tons of great stuff to find in unique places

In Maine Monitropa Uniflora associates with eastern hemlock trees in addition to russula and lactarius mushrooms. I harvest and tincture this flower. It is a potent wild nervine. In Maine it has made it onto the threatened species list and any who wish to harvest this plant are encouraged to harvest aerial portions of the plant leaving the roots behind ensuring the plant can come back next year. My home is located in the eastern hemlock forest and M. Uniflora is everywhere I look. The tincture is this beautiful deep purple color. Charming and it works really well as an anti anxiety. Of course medicine is in the dose and at higher doses this plant is toxic. Caution is imperative.

Great video, thanks for sharing!

good info, good video ...

Great stuff.

I always feel like I'm back home in NJ whenever I watch your enjoyable, informative videos! Next time I'm driving back to the east coast, I'll have to explore around some of the rest stop areas! Thanks, Adam! 😃

Great video, Adam! Awesome video, and you have some great native species. I grew up on a farm in western central Illinois, and we have most of what you presented. The one I've not seen was the last one, Indian pipe. Thanks for that introduction - I'd always heard (and read) of it, but never have encountered it. Keep doing what you do -- making it fun!