Albino Redwoods

[Tr33Climb3r]

Very interesting...didn't read the article yet have to get to class but I thought I would post it quick.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/12/ultra-rare-albino-redwoods-are-an-everwhite-mystery.php

 

[Starlet]

thanks casey, i did see the video on Arbtalk, but i did not get a chance to read the article, great information.

 

[mdvaden]

Here is one of the taller ones near avenue of the giants.

Best I can tell, they are more or less basal sprouts of a parent tree. So technically, they may really be part of a tree, rather than a separate tree. It looks like they emerge from older established trees.

One thing that may be worth scratching heads over, is why there are none known to exist anywhere in the 3 northern parks. Not one. All of them are basically from the Avenue of the Giants, or close by, and southward.

Because the biger ones are so small, and glare from light obscures even those sometimes, I suspect that quite a few more could potentially exist, but little, like 2 inches to 12 inches tall. Little bitty ones could go without noticing for decades.

The one below is 40.35 feet or 12.29 meters tall.