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[trees4ever]

Thanks for posting the albino redwood, Mario.

I've heard about them but never seen one.
I was told that since the albino lacks chlorophyll to generate photosynthesis it is actually parasitizing the parent tree's root system for food.
Due to this physiology the albino trees tend to have a very limited age and height. Often one will die and another will regenerate over and over again in the same place.

What have you heard about it, Mario or Jerry or anyone else?

-Diane-

 

[Oxman]

There is a 1980 book by Davis & Holderman called "The White Redwoods, Ghosts of thye Forest".

Jepson's 1910 book, "The Silva of California" notes a study that shows there are many stomata on the upper surface of albino redwood leaves. The palisade parenchyma is absent from the leaves.

 

[Gerald_Beranek]

Diane,

You pretty much nailed it down with the facts of the albino redwood, even without having seen one up close and personal.

Mario's pic is about the finest example a person will ever chance to see. Most are just scrawny shoots off the base of the tree and lack any true form.

 

[trees4ever]

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Most are just scrawny shoots off the base of the tree and lack any true form.

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That's what I thought. Thanks, Jerry.


Also, there's suppose to be a large one down along the Russian River - inland a bit from Jenner.

I aim to set 'me' eyes on one yet!


-Diane-