Carnivorous Plants, Silver Ferns, and Marble Mountains

In this episode we take a trip to the high elevations of Querétaro State, Mexico to check out a mountain that’s composed entirely of marble (metamorphosed limestone). Some of the plants we encounter are : The Carnivorous Plant Pinguicula moranensis Stevia pyrolifolia Nolina parviflora Stevia viscida Agave montana Quercus rugosaAgave salmiana ssp crassispina 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, beestings, 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. At a time when so much is disappearing beneath the human footprint, CPBBD exists 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 homicida