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I live in Tucson. We have creosote plenty. When it rains its hard to describe the aromatic scents that linger in the air. You just want to huff the air and breath it in.
If it’s the same smell as railroad cross ties and the creosote used to treat them… It can be a wonderful smell… But it can also feel like it’s killing you if you work with Cutting cross ties and the dust it creates. It feels like it burns your lungs
I love the smell of creosote. And there used to be a cough syrup called Creomulsion that smelled and I think tasted like that smell. Back in the 1950's to 1960's.
Idk how because that was one of the hottest places I’ve ever been and there’s a good amount of crazy people there like above normal from what I can tell... I stayed here there for like 4 days while traveling
Creosote bush, is known by anyone who's driven in the the southwest desert, for never, ever to be driven over twice. It's branches are like, steel spikes, when broken. I was with the man who told me this, when he did it. Puncturing three of four tires. We had to hike out six miles, and over a dam covered in rattle snakes. (Deeply thankful, we weren't deeper in the desert.)
The creosote bush is the indicator plant for the desert I live in (the Chihuahuan) …whenever I am out in the desert, I can’t help but crush a few creosote bush leaves in my hand..the fragrance is heavenly ..🌞
I love plants and botany and everything of the sort.. I did not know this and it's probably one of the most incredibly interesting things I've learned...!
The beginning of Human civilization keeps getting pushed back to older dates. This busht grew during the ice age, although the thick ice was much farther north. The oldest temple(?) at Gobekli Tepe in Turkey is close to the same age. I hope it will survive the damage humans are causing to the environment. It's time we stop doing what we do best- destroying things and start taking care of this big blue marble before it is too late.
The cave paintings in France are 45 thousand years old. Physically modern humans have been walking earth for at least 150 thousand and perhaps as much as 250-300 thousand years…
I used to live in the foothills area east of Folsom CA. The land was basically a desert until irrigation was introduced. I remember clearing part of the property we bought before we built our home. Had to clear the creosote bushes with a machete. We were burning the slash. As soon as a creosote bush was placed on the fire, it exploded into flames. Scary.
Am living in Mojave now, looking forward to cooler day's. Can't wait to get out and explore. I pick up broken branches, roots and rock's anything I might be able to make a grounding pieces or prayer staffs. Use wire wrapping for the stone's. Also a big bag for trash. Hahaha sorry got carried away. Thank You peace and blessings upon you and yours.
Successful mission! I am smarter today now than 20 mins ago. Knew about redwoods and the ashen. The "creosote bush" never even heard about till now thank you.
I just saw an episode of "what on earth" or something... The show was about rings of bushes in africa and they claimed,"science has no idea" or whatever. This guy explained it in five minutes.
@@trashroscow4385 no it was exactly about circles of bushes like this video describes but.... "More mysterious"...;it's tv Whereas this video is educational.
Rhizome plants are super resilient and hard to kill. The black locust tree is an example and it will spread from roots underground just as fast as the seedlings sprout lmao.
In the Sonoran Desert of Arizona the creosote bush is called grease weed, at least by us old-timers. When it rains in the desert, this plant renders a fragrance to the air of a most wonderful freshness.
Who knew. Amazing. They should have a plaque or something bcz most people wouldn't know anything about where they were standing. Maybe even use it for kindling or drive over it.
Well done content. If you look at the concentric circles, with the a bifurcated point you are standing in, it points to the pass on the trail. Looking more closely it appears there were more plantings of this “ Creasote “ bush. We use the oils (I believe), here in the Midwest, to treat telephone poles and fence posts.
The record for oldest living plant was the bristle come pine at about five thousand years. So have the science books now been updated with this new information yet.
In the video I delineate the difference between the bristlecone pine being the oldest individual plant specimen and make sure to describe the difference between that and a clonal organism like the King Clone which is continuously regenerative.
That would be creosote oil, and is a term used for the tar derived from different types of coal production. There are also wood-based tars called creosote but those come from beechwood. I'm not sure how the creosote bush was named, but it may actually be the reverse, where it was named due to something related to the railroad creosote, though I'm not positive about that.
Spent time in the desert when I was younger helping my husband do research I know how important the plants and animals are in the desert and how slowly they recover I'm so worried about what's happening out there with the solar panels and fracking and other things I hope this is this site helps let people know how important they are
The largest Creosote is in 29 Palms. Well, largest I’ve ever seen. It’s absolutely massive. On private property. A significant percentage of those trees in that ring would fit in this on tree. Great video dude
I think I know where you are talking about, I've spent some time around 29 Palms. I believe those are individual bushes, vice the clonal type in the video, but if I'm thinking of the same place as you then yeah, those things are insane. A lot of them too. Though there's a chance they might be mesquite or some other plant.
@@MasonObscura …greetings. One tree/one plant. Located inside a Mobil Home park owned by my family. It’s beautiful. Houses many desert creatures even where it’s located. Cheers
I would say that the area has been able to avoid serious fires throughout its history despite the dry conditions, but the idea seems feasible that a clonal plant could retain the ability to regrow after any sort of destruction.
I believe a clone is a separate plant. The Bush is the same plant unless someone has cut it apart from the remaining plant . I don't think that is the case .
Thank you, very informative video on Cresote plant king clone n its circular evolutionin my back yard. Steadfast investigation by person like you brings out very pioneering stories. Jussojuan surender singal
Great vid great enthusiasm. Not to quibble but there actually was a very advanced human culture (Clovis) in North America prior to the end of the Ice Age. It was destroyed along with the majority of the NA megafauna by comet impact 12800 years ago on the NA glacial ice cap. Another comet strike ( from the same Taurid meteor belt) approximately 1188-11600 years ago in the ocean caused the massive ice sheets to collapse. Torrential rains drenched the earth for a thousand years. This amazing creosote managed to sprout after these incredible environmental catastrophes and flourish.
Lived traveling around the Black Rock, all Utah, Mohave and Sonoran deserts. Knew of creosote but not like this. Thankyou. (My friends here on the Washington Olympic Peninsula think I'm nuts to love the deserts. I was born in one- Eastern Washington. More room for us 😂
The creosote plant is used by the Navajo as a medicinal plant. It’s very sacred to them. They don’t over harvest either. The medicine they make really works. That’s all I can say. It’s a secret.
Its amazing that your mic occasionally picks up the sound of the drone flying. I bet there is an older one but most wont be told where it is to protect it from idiot humans
What would happen if someone took a water truck out there and spinkled it for a while? I guess it would grow further but then die off if too much growth in one area.
Very oily. If I'm not mistaken Indians would take a handful of it a squeeze it and inhale through their nose to help clear their sinuses when having a cold
As a good person I would like to lightly water these bushes. These ancient plants were there before the time of the biblical story of Adam and Eve. Amazing plants. If they could talk they could tell us some amazing stories.
I see a lot of brush, plants like this -grow in rings. the inside dies in the outside Still Remains. I can spot the Rings I look for them all the time the desert looks burnt yes I know it's supposed to be dry but it just looks burnt I also know the soil has been dying for a long time well for the last 20 years keep track of a lot of things
