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EarthX Website: https://earthxmedia.com/   When in Texas, keep your eyes on the ground, or you could accidentally walk right over North America's rarest cactus, the star cactus.   About Kill Your Lawn:  Best friends Joey and Al set out across America to accomplish their mission: carry out a turficidal killing spree and leave a trail of pollinator-friendly, native plant gardens in their wake. It’s time to laugh our way to a lawn-less future!    This clip comes from Season 2, Episode 6: "Kill Off the Run Off"    EarthX  Love Our Planet.  The Official Network of Earth Day.    About Us:  At EarthX, we believe our planet is a pretty special place. The people, landscapes, and critters are likely unique to the entire universe, so we consider ourselves lucky to be here. We are committed to protecting the environment by inspiring conservation and sustainability, and our programming along with our range of expert hosts support this mission. We’re glad you’re with us.     EarthX is a media company dedicated to inspiring people to care about the planet. We take an omni channel approach to reach audiences of every age through its robust 24/7 linear channel distributed across cable and FAST outlets, along with dynamic, solution oriented short form content on social and digital platforms. EarthX is home to original series, documentaries and snackable content that offer sustainable solutions to environmental challenges. EarthX is the only network that delivers entertaining and inspiring topics that impact and inspire our lives on climate and sustainability.       EarthX Website: https://earthxmedia.com/    Follow Us:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthxmedia/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earthxmedia  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EarthXMedia/  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@earthxmedia  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EarthXMedia    How to watch:   United States:   - Spectrum  - AT&T U-verse (1267)  - DIRECTV (267)  - Philo  - FuboTV  - Plex  - Fire TV    #EarthDay #Environment #Sustainability #Eco-friendly #Conservation #EarthxTV #EarthX

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00:00We're down here, we're at an undisclosed location in beautiful Starr County, Texas.

00:09This habitat type is becoming endangered.

00:10A lot of the land here is underappreciated.

00:12So that's why it gets bulldozed so easily, which makes it all the more tragic.

00:16So that's why what we're trying to do here is get more people aware of these plants,

00:19how cool they can be.

00:21Been spending most my life living in a botanical paradise.

00:27So here we go.

00:28The rarest cactus in North America here, Astrophytum asterius, aka the star cactus.

00:35Only known from South Texas and a few places in Northern Mexico.

00:38It is heavily poached.

00:40You can see what this cactus is doing.

00:42It sinks into the ground, basically recesses into the soil.

00:45You step right over it, all right?

00:46It's flush with the ground.

00:47I'm going to give it a little kiss.

00:49See that?

00:50Look at that.

00:51We got a couple of these that a friend of mine grew from seed, so we're going to plant

00:54some of these.

00:55So Al, what would you remark about this little cactus right here, Lophophora williamsii out

01:00of peyote?

01:01You know, I think it's, you know, I think it's a rather unauspicious.

01:04It's unassuming.

01:05You know, you hear so much about it, it's got a bigger profile.

01:08And when you're really meeting a person, you say, hey, you're bigger on TV than I thought

01:13you were.

01:14You're just a little guy.

01:15Right, a little guy, but they can form large clumps that get upwards of two feet across.

01:18So it's a whole village of little guys who happen to be psychedelic cactus that is a

01:22very sacred to the indigenous people down here.

01:25Right.

01:26Seeing that so much land is being cleared down here, we feel it important to plant not

01:30only peyote, but many of the surrounding tamalipan thorn scrub, endemic shrubs and other perennials.

01:38You know, like a star cactus, for instance, it produces what looks like a small fruit,

01:41but it's got, you know, 200 seeds in it.

01:44It's 200 individual plants.

01:45So it doesn't take much to just have a whole bunch of new plants and then be able to go

01:51put them back in habitat or give them to people in their gardens.

01:53Oh, absolutely right.

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