Comment by randycupertino

His youtube channel is great! I love his Bay Area hikes and plant explanations.

There's a nice article about him, he is a full-time train engineer who drives train shipments all around the west coast and while he was traveling he got curious about all the plants he would see from the train so he started going to the libraries on his breaks from work to learn about plants.

https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/books-media/botany-joe...

Interesting chilean high-elevation rare carrot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdodZcrFIPM&t=2s

old growth redwoods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbma869jMQY&t=4s