Cleveland Botany on the Little Rocky River

The Rocky River just West of Cleveland Ohio afgords us a look at the 320 million year old sediments that format he bedrock beneath the soil, while a am oxbow lake gives us a glimpse of some giant Hibiscus and some other cool native plants growing in the area, like the native St. John's Wort (Hypericum punctatum) in the area.

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[FrugalGarden]

I've been wanting an Ohio episode forever!!! hope you weren't too bored while visiting.

[WhiteToothedRat]

This is the river system that made me fall in love with botany and especially mycology as a hobby. It's amazing to see you walk the exact same places I used to and talk about the same plants I've identified as well as some I never noticed. Thanks so much, what a wonderful crossover.

[RyanFerreri]

Nice to see an Ohio episode! I've been botanizing in my NE Ohio wetland property and there's always something new every time I go up there. Love it!

[SweetSunrising]

I seriously hope you don’t ever stop teaching geology and botany’s relationship with geology! I’d have no clue where else to get my fill of those subjects combined with each other.

[tricia]

You should check out Mentor marsh east of Cleveland. They've been restoring it since 2004.

[ellium]

The Sisyphus task of blowing the leaves.. Seriously! I never understood why people were so dedicated to doing that! Thanks for explaining the false sense of purpose 😂

[venisontron]

I love how all the Cleveland folks are streaming into the comment section apologizing for their town. Very true to form.

[Marysthirddaughter]

"Miserable" or "Very angry" in Cleveland ? Well certainly, but hey, you'll feel much better once you get home. go on the back porch where it's cool, have some lemonade and talk to the dog. Nobody else is home but you. You can also see the Tithonia diversifolia covered with Buckeyes and Admirals. You know, over by the remains of the old umbrella clothes dryer Uncle Rolf put in for your Aunt Daphne in 1980. Notice the morning glories are climbing up the flower stalks.

[corvo]

7:47 - The self heal plant you found actually looks to be the native subspecies Prunella vulgaris subsp. lanceolata. You can tell it apart from the European subspecies Prunella vulgaris subsp. vulgaris by its lance shaped leaves and cuneate base compared to the more oval shaped leaves with a rounded base of the European subspecies.

[DZ-cfsj]

you're in my backyard man, awesome. hope you don't hate it too much while you're here

[AlexisLee]

OMG I can't believe one of my fave youtubers was in my backyard! I hope you had an awesome time in CLE

[bok..]

Please please possibly do a video on great lakes area botany and geography. Like the Canadian Shield and all that stuff. Would be so awesome to see it from your prospective. One place in particular I think you would find interesting is Sunbury, Ontario. Interesting geology with anthropogenic influences on the whole area. Botanically it's been recovering quite well despite the destruction. Sudbury is in the middle of nowhere though.

[deadvelveteer]

I had a go at planting Solanum dulcamara earlier today! I live somewhere where they are native, so don't worry. I aim to make my back yard into a meadow so I've been going mad collecting native seeds. I've also been giving some seeds to the wardens at my local nature reserve and helping them plant stuff on site. It's really rewarding work, and the difference just a few volunteers have made there in the last few months is really impressive. This channel definitely helped motivate me to chip in like that: I hope to have a career in conservation and rewilding soon

[aurora_dawn]

I didn't even know there was ohio native hibiscus, I'm going to have to grow some

[lyudmillawasright.]

You should do a video in UV light, it would be interesting to see those flowers from the pollinators point of view. 😁👍

[c.j.taylor]

I love all your videos but especially love when you're in the north east. Your videos out west are fascinating too though, its like a glimpse into another world. Anyway, if you're around Buffalo I hope you check out some of the sites that Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper has been working on restoring. I'm doing my part as well in my little piece of heaven.

[CaptainMonarda]

I am studying Horticulture in college and your videos are immeasurably helpful for learning plant morphology and systematics.

[LiseFracalossi]

I believe there is a native (at least to the Northeast) variety of Prunella vulgaris, var. lanceolata. The one you saw does look like it has lanceolate leaves, but I don’t know enough about the distinguishing features to say for sure which variety it is. I imagine they probably hybridize, as well.

[bill]

I had success scarifying my Hibiscus seeds on a bit of sandpaper and then just put em in some soil under a grow light.

[AdeleHawkins-yhtj]

Around metro detroit I'm actually seeing more people grow hibiscus moscheutos. They're common addition to rain gardens too. That's where I got my seeds from. I did your suggestion of a hot water treatment for seeds, and I got great germination results.