Why America's Native Wild Plums Are All Dying

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America's wild plums populations have been steeply declining over the past 200 years. In this video, I'll show you why and more importantly, how YOU can take part in helping them recover! 📆 Never miss wild plums flowering and fruiting with my Interactive Forager’s Calendar! 👇 https://feralforaging.com/calendar 📝 Don’t forget to download your free wild plum foraging guide! 👇 https://feralforaging.com/wild-plum-guide 🌿 Seasonal updates, guides, and more through my free newsletter, “The Forager’s Digest” 👇 https://feralforaging.com/join Huge thanks to Kyle from @NativeHabitatProject for helping out with this video. He's one of the best educators of native habitats out there. Be sure to check him out! Timestamps: - 00:00 - America’s native wild plums are dying - 01:24 - William Bartram’s account of wild plums from 1791 - 02:55 - The biology and ecology of wild plums - 04:27 - Fire ecology in North America - 05:46 - Ecological benefits of wild plums - 06:34 - Explosion of invasive species - 09:44 - The problem with modern “environmentalism” - 12:36 - How to help wild plums - 13:18 - How to find wild plums the easy way - 14:38 - Identify wild plums in the spring - 16:22 - Wild plum habitat restoration with Kyle Lybarger - 20:31 - The easiest way to help wild plums - 22:39 - Wild plum’s pesky lookalikes #foraging #wildplums #nativeplants