Albino Redwood by beachzz
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A friend and I walked thru the forest to find this most amazing tree. It's well hidden for obvious reasons!!
"The Albino redwood is a Redwood tree (Sequoia sempervirens) which is unable to produce chlorophyll, so has white instead of green needles. In order to survive it must remain attached to the roots of its parent tree from which it obtains nutrition as a parasite.[1] Only about twenty-five examples of the albino redwood are known. These can be found in both the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park and the Humboldt Redwoods State Park, with eight trees in the first. The exact locations however, are not publicized to protect the rare trees." **
**Wikipedia
Comments (13)
blinkings
Wow that's fascinating, and I think it would make a lovely Xmas tree! (in situ obviously). What a find. I'm jealous!
durleybeachbum
Well I never! And you found one!
Feliciti
this is cool !! i don't know about this and never seen this !! great !!
awjay
superb...an exiting find
fallen21
Beautiful capture!
Firesnuffer
Wow what a find... you just never know what you might see off the beaten path! Thanks for sharing this.
bazza
Very interesting find, who would have thought !!!
Faemike55
Strange and fascinating
MrsRatbag
Something I'd never heard of! And how beautiful!
auntietk
Until you showed me this the other night, I'd never heard of such a thing! Absolutely fascinating, and quite beautiful. (The photo looks way better here than it did in the bitty IM window, btw! LOL!)
danapommet
Fantastic find and capture. Learned something new today. Dana
Lashia
Great shot- thanks for sharing! :-)
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wysiwig
And here I thought it was the sunlight hitting the tree. Fascinating discovery. I wonder if the Native Americans looked upon it with similar reverence they gave the white buffalo.