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Bristol Mountains Buckwheat Crawl (Patreon)

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2025-11-16 08:08:14

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in this video we start off at lower elevations in the Mojave Desert, scoping out smoke bush (Psorothamnus spinosus) then slowly ascend past the 80,000 year old Amboy Crater stopping to check out some halophytes along the way. The video ends at the junction of limestone and igneous rock, where a buckwheat species+genus Eriogonum) grows that is new to science and still lacks a formal scientific name since it haant been described yet. A lot of rare plants and some epic scenery are covered in this episode, exploring a few different landscapes of the Mojave Desert, my old stomping grounds where I first learned to fall in love with plants from extreme climates and environmental conditions.

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Bristol Mountains Buckwheat Crawl

In this video we start off at lower elevations in the Mojave Desert, scoping out smoke bush (Psorothamnus spinosus) then slowly ascend past the 80,000 year old Amboy Crater stopping to check out some halophytes along the way. The video ends at the junction of limestone and igneous rock, where a buckwheat species+genus Eriogonum) grows that is new to science and still lacks a formal scientific name since it haant been described yet. A lot of rare plants and some epic scenery are covered in this episode, exploring a few different landscapes of the Mojave Desert, my old stomping grounds where I first learned to fall in love with plants from extreme climates and environmental conditions. Your contributions support this content. It sounds cliché but it's true. Whether it's travel expenses, vehicle repair, or medical costs for urushiol poisoning (or rockfalls, bee-stings, hand slices, toxic sap, etc), your financial support allows this content to continue so the beauty of Earth's flora can be made accessible to the public, accompanied by a small dose of profanity and crude humor. At a time when so much is disappearing beneath the human footprint, CPBBD is willing to do whatever it takes to document these plant species and the ecological communities they are a part of before they're gone for good. Plants make people feel good. Plants quell homicidal (and suicidal!) thoughts. To support Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't, consider donating a few bucks to the venmo account "societyishell" or the PayPal account email crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt@gmail.com... Or consider becoming a patreon supporter @ : https://www.patreon.com/CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Buy some CPBBD merch (shirts, hats, hoodies n' what the shit) available for sale at : https://www.bonfire.com/store/crime-pays-but-botany-doesnt/ To purchase stickers, venmo 16 bucks to "societyishell" and leave your address in the comments. Plants ID questions or reading list suggestions can be sent to crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt@gmail.com Thanks, GFY.