Adam's ridiculous level of knowledge would be only mildly helpful if he didn't have such a fantastic ability to explain and translate it the way that he does. Seriously brother, absolutely awesome stuff. Keep up the good work.

Dude, you're the man. I've been binging out on all these Learn Your Land videos during the Coronapocalypse. Thanks for all the knowledge. Peace from Boston.

Watching this guy makes me wish I had a friend like him to go foraging for mushroom.....I would feel so safe! Thanks for upload ,this was awesome!

Outstanding video, once again! What I thought was poison sumac is actually staghorn sumac here in New England. Now I know the difference between them and lots more. Thank you!

Years ago, I had such a terrible outbreak from Poison Sumac. I was on a wintertime deer drive on the George Reserve in southern Michigan and my part on the drive line went through a wet area. I got warm and took off my mittens, and casually grabbed the stems of the tall, thin shrubs as I went along. Hoo boy! They were all poison sumac. My hands looked like fat gloves, my fingers and palms swelled up so much. I learned how to notice poison sumac, even without leaves, after that!

always feel like a friend that was invited to walk in the woods with you.. Thank you for another delightful outing.

This one of my favorite channels and I'm always excited to see a new upload 🌿🌱

Great information. I spent 41 years working in the woods and only found T. vernix 7 times, all growing in standing water. Trying to convince the medical doctors that most rashes are from P. Ivy and not poison sumac or poison oak was difficult.

VERY informative, thank you! I was biking where a branch of poison sumac grew into the trail in Texas, I didn't recognize it at the time. It was an awful experience but I learned that the oil has to be cleaned off any objects like clothes, the bike, the seat of my car, because I was having additional reactions after the initial contact. There was so much great additional info here, now I feel more confident out in the woods with the knowledge you gave us. Thanks for all you do! Edit: is the title a play on "looking for love in all the wrong places"? Lol

Don't forget, Cashew also contains urushiol (just not the tiny part that we use as food.) As always, you pack an amazing amount of information into your videos!

Another great video, Adam. I switched careers in the early 2000s from customer service and sales support to environmental science. I work as a land steward for a large land trust in Ohio. I had heard of poison sumac, but had no idea it was a tree until about 10 years ago, when on a visit to a Cleveland of Natural History property with a large bog, with a floating mat of sphagnum moss that you can walk on... Problem is, the bog is surrounded by poison sumac and urushiol floats on the surface water of the bog. So, you need to where hip waders to walk on the moss bed. Since then, we acquired a small wet property in Salem, Ohio. First time there, I was walking into the large wetland to see how far I could get before it was too deep to walk. I was pulling at trees to help pull my waders boots out of the mud and reached for a small tree with very distinctive bark. Kind of chalky with lichen. I pulled my had back, before touching the tree and realized little white petals were raining down on me, from the other poison sumac trees all around me... I slowly backed out, like I'd provoked a snake or a nest of bees and took a moment to collect my breath. No ill effects and I am now much more careful there and in other similar habitats. Thanks for all you do!

Best info yet on trying to determine the plants on our property! Thank you. Very professional video.

That was especially helpful Adam. I have seen the Staghorn Sumac all over the place where I live and I always thought the red spires meant it was poisonous! You are so knowledgeable and thorough. I have no doubts now that I could readily identify this poisonous tree - shrub and I'm VERY glad to know it here in Western Michigan.Thanks so much, Adam!!! You make me wish I'd started much sooner than my 67 years. If I had, I might know one one-thousandth of what you do - about just one species or plant!!!

He is the best teacher! I hope he is going into grade schools and high schools to illuminate nature for children. I even find myself laughing sometimes as he speaks so kindly of poisonous species as Gods innocent creatures just existing and even providing benefits to other species. Live and let live! He has my total respect!

Adam my wife and I love this video! You completely demystified Poison Sumac for us by answering all of our MANY LONG STANDING QUESTIONS about Poison Sumac. We simply didn't know that Poison Sumac and Staghorn Sumac are not the same plant, but relatives with the big difference of only Poison Sumac having the irritant urushiol. I was previously baffled as to how people could make a delicious citrous drink from Sumac and not be irritated by the urushiol. So now we are curious to try some Staghorn Sumac drink ;) Beautifully rendered video presenting very beneficial information, THANK YOU!

This is a wonderful video! When I was young in scouts I brought back a stag horn sumac fruit to melee lemon aid with the troop. Sadly they heard sumac and thought it was poisonous. In all honesty, I didn't know what poison sumac looked like until just now.

good sumac information and gorgeous photography! Thanks a lot

Thanks Adam. So informative. I always wondered what it looked like for sure. My sister got into it when she was young and was miserable and crying for weeks. She broke out all over her hands. Now I'll know what to watch for. Love your videos. :)

Like so many others , I've been binging on LYL videos and thoroughly engrossed in them. Really glad I found this one in particular because I have just had my first and hopefully last encounter with poison Ivy .Made it all he way to 67yrs. before getting snagged by it. Miserable little plant. I am for sure going to be on the lookout for these toxic plants more here in the Lake Michigan area.

Hi! I'm on the otherside of the border in Ohio. Thank you for this very informative vid. I didn't know much about poison sumac - other than not confuse it with staghorn ( or red ) sumac and avoid it at all cost. Now I know what to look out for and where.

Absolutely loved your video. I am so glad I found this channel. As a botanist myself, it's truly inspiring to watch your videos. Your narration style, taxonomical description and latest scientific updates make it all the more awesome.

Staghorn and Smooth Sumac, the red-berried sumac, make great first steps for new foragers. It was one of the first wild edibles I tried by making the delicious sumac tea. Sumac makes me look forward to mid summer because I love the tea, and I share it with friends. It's tart, clean tasting, and refreshing. I add some crisp sparkling water and created a Sumac Seltzer too!

Interesting video. I have heard of poison sumac but in my life of roaming the wilds and lowland areas hunting I have yet to find it. Now watch me run into a patch this week.

As a kid growing up in southern NY, my grandma used to have me cut sumac for her, every year when it was in full bloom. She liked it because she thought it was pretty. I never even knew it was poisonous until I was grown. I never had any reaction to it.

In Idaho we have Toxicodendron rydbergii, a low growing woody plant. Definitely to be avoided! It doesn't grow very far from a water source, but the ground doesn't have to be wet. Yesterday I noticed a lot of poison hemlock along the river during a bike ride, and also the bright red berries of bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamera, which I allow to grow in my yard because I think it is quite beautiful.

My history with poison ivy is legendary. lmao

Wow, pleasantly impressed, short concise and very informative. 👍

Always informative and helpful. Your passion and insight are appreciated. The basis by which we exist should be studied and applied to benefit all in our daily actions as we pursue this amazing journey. Good Health to all.

Wondering if you might eventually do a video on that non-native poisonous invasive horror: the giant hog weed? Thanks.

A practical and researched look into a single plant or family of plants ... entertaining as it was informative ... very well done.

so i read that lacquerware made of urishiol was found at the bottom of the sea of japan. all the wood had disintegrated inside the lacquerware but the hollow durable lacquer covering still remained! thats so cool! lots of japanese crafts use urushiol! their traditional bows and arrows (my favorite, the YUMI!) included! I really enjoy how you point out all the awesome stuff about plants you might normally avoid. growing up i thought staghorn sumac was like poison ivy. i found out in 2013 that the berries were edible. i was astounded and that was the beginning of my foraging interest! on a side note, i am a landscaper. i often weed out atlantis trees and hate the stench of their bark and woody interior. i was pleasantly surprised that in the late spring i smelled some really delicious flower aroma drifting through the air. I realized it was a huge atlantis tree in bloom! I instantly found respect for the tree and was in awe in it. I will never forget it. I look forward to finding out more about the atlantis tree as well as poison sumac and staghorn sumac!!!

This one gets me every year when blueberry picking. I hate the way it hides amongst the blueberry bushes.

I have a Staghorn Sumac Grove in my backyard. Beautiful canopy.Have my picnic table and have a hammock hanging between two trees under them.

If a food shortage would hit here in America this young man would thrive. Although he seems very nice and helpful he'd probably spend all his time trying to help others.

Thanks for the very informative video. I have wanted to know more about this plant since I saw it labeled on a swamp boardwalk near where it was growing on a Trustee's of Reservation property here in MA. I will be on the lookout for it in more of the swamp areas that we frequent while mt biking. I love your music selection too!

Man I appreciate this video so much..people wouldn't believe me when I said sumac was edible,,,well the staghorn one...lol

I remember my first glass of Rhus Juice... Thanks for the video. It's always amazed me that I've never seen poison sumac living in New Hampshire and Maine. Anytime anyone tells a story about it, I ask "Really? How sure are you?" This video is my 2nd closest experience with the plant, the 1st being a herbarium specimen. Slightly off topic, are there different kinds of poison ivy? I see it grow as a small woodland plant, a vine, and small shrub (usually near the ocean or other high exposure area). I don't know if this is in response to environment or genetics.

You should do a video on finding psilocybin mushrooms

I share these with my daughter. Thanks Adam.

This video is so helpful and informative!!! Your explanations are so detailed and interesting 💙 Thank u so much for educating so many people🙌🏻

Awesome cinematography and information! If you haven't received some sort of award, something's wrong.

the abundance of skunk cabbage is also a good indicator of a wetland biome as well

You are a giving and knowledgeable teacher. Be as Blessed as you bless all with your gifts

Thank you Adam, it's awesome video. I know now if I encounter with them on my walk. it is incredible how you translate their presence to our life😊.

I learn alot from you. Thank you very much Adam.🙏🙏 You are great as always. 💯💯

Thanks for another great video, Doctor L. I enjoy them very much!

What an awesome video Adam! Your plethora of knowledge always amazes me! Keep up the great work. Be well & stay safe............ 👍👍😉😉😷😷😷😷

Thank you Adam. That was great . Really enjoy your vids.

Really great design on the gazebo! Wow

To add on... Another common species to wetlands, Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis), makes a great salve, treating the symptoms of poison ivy/sumac..

can you discuss other toxic plants and their potential benefits or the role they fulfill in the environment? myths and facts, folklore, botanical features of interest, all the good stuff you share with us, it's definitely appreciated! Water Hemlock is one I'd like to know how to identify for starters. It's seems widespread, but I'm not sure if i've encountered it in the wild. (I see a lot of similar looking flower clusters)

I do love your videos Adam.

Fantastic video thank you so much. I've never seen a poison sumac, even growing up in pittsburgh.

Outstanding and well put together video. Thank you sir.

BEST CHANNEL!

Thank you for the best discussion of PS I've ever heard.

🔥🔥🔥 Golden Information, a literal encyclopedic educational video. Thank you.

This was fantastic. The non toxic type is all over the sides of highways here in Milwaukee, very interesting. I was just in a wetland area, I am going to go back and look for it. I don’t react to poison ivy.. I wonder if I will to sumac 🤔

Tanks to your info on poison sumac I found I've been working around it for the past few years.

Very happy I found this. Your knowledge and care of the land and how beautiful and interesting it can be. Please move your interest to Arkansas.

Wow. Fantastic job.

thank you for sharing great video

Much needed information!!!

Thanx Adam, great videos because of presentation and your knowledge.😃

I enjoy your take on this plant, I too enjoy plants that make us learn and keep us humble. One of my favorites is devils club. Many a time have I seen them porcupine a cocky sawyers face despite his chainsaw, I myself have gotten whipped by them several times, I guess I'm a slow learner, LOL :)

Thank you, thank you for this!

You did a great job with the music and editing of this video. Thanks for all the high quality info Brother!

Oh, lol! I am currently covered in poison sumac's rash. I cut some down a few days ago, not knowing it. I actually wondered if I was doing myself a disservice because i didn't know if i should be cutting down a fruiting shrub. My reaction is in fact much worse than poison ivy. I did wash well with soap and water, but evidently not enough.

Thanks man. I enjoyed watching this

Great information. Thank you for this video 🙏👍🏽👍🏻👍🏻👍👍🏿

Great info. Thanks for sharing.

Another great video!

Great video. Thanks!

Yes very interesting, I'm happy to learn more about that!

Love your videos you are extremely knowledgeable about plants fungi. Aloha from Pittsburgh 😃🌈🤙

Wow i love your videos so interesting learn so much...keep up the great work

Awesome video, thank you, stay well.

Thanks for the info, living in cacalifornia we are looking out for poison oak.... Toxicodendron diversilobum which can grow in thickets, or climbing up on trees. Thanks for sharing your passion.... and plant more trees, maybe not toxic ones :)

I love every video you decide to make. I am a regenerative farmer in southeast Missouri, farming a moderate amount of both animal and vegetable. Using them in symbiotic relationships, like years of old closing the loops on the farms outside dependencies. I'm asking for perhaps a little guidance concerning the environment of my 3/4 acre irrigation pond. I would like to introduce some aquatic plant species to naturally filter and maintain a good water quality. I know that for everything introduced to an environment can have a broad spectrum of consequences and benefits. The species and efforts will be managed consciously and responsibly as being a good steward is critical in regenerative agriculture. If you may have any suggestions I would greatly value your opinion and knowledge as I do with all your content. Thank you for being a great educator of environmental diversity and relationships.

Thanks for sharing

STAY AWESOME

Love your knowledge!

Soft ground is an indicator of soils that percolate better due to the organic matter that assists in absorbing water rather, than allowing it to run laterally across the surface. Even sandy soil can develop a 'crust' of very fine soil. This surface layer reduces porosity prevents water from going into the soil. The reduced porosity also contributes greatly to flooding, and drought.

awesome info , i learned something new ,

Great video, keep em coming!

Thank you again. Now I have to see just how many poison sumac trees are on my property. I must have a pretty good immunity because I encounter this stuff alot.

Well done!

Thanks for the video very helpful ❤

Thank You !!!

One other plus to poison sumac: like its relatives poison ivy and stag horn sumac, T. vernix fall foliage is some of the most brilliant in the autumn landscape. So beautiful you just have to pick a few. Resist the temptation, though, and admire it from afar.

You are the best at explaining and comparing of the Sumacs: in South Korea people consumes poison sumac to enhance health issues. I have been searching for poison sumac from the South Jersey area😂

great info to be aware of 👍👍👍

great content!

Love your channel so much

You are right about the warnings given about this plant and they are none so common

We also have this in East Texas.

Very informative!

You're awesome!

Another masterpiece.

Poison sumac def on my driveway road with the fruits right now lots of it . Glad to know. Just moved here had no idea