AlisonH
Sunday September 11th 2016, 10:47 pm
Filed under: Life
Filed under: Life
The friendly ghosts.
Albino redwoods, pictures here. (Wikipedia)
The why of them, and another picture, here. (San Jose Mercury News) The white needles concentrate heavy metals and leach them away from the host tree, keeping it healthy even while living off its nutrients, given that they themselves are unable to photosynthesize.
Livers for the trees, it says. Who knew.
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