http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albino_redwood
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The*Albino redwood*is a*redwood tree*(Sequoia sempervirens) which is unable to produce chlorophyll, so has white needles instead of the normal green. 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.[2]
Biologists studying the phenomena. http://science.kqed.org/quest/2011/...ience-on-the-spot-revisiting-albino-redwoods/
the rare and unusual*albino redwood trees. We already know the facts about trees, right? We can usually answer the preschooler's question about why trees are green. But what if the tree is anything but green?We don't actually have all the answers to that one. We can hypothesize that these ghosts of the forest must be mutants, and lack chlorophyll. But that’s the easy part. What we don't know, is WHY they lack chlorophyll, and survive. That's a trick that few trees anywhere in the world — if any– can pull off. So right now, we're guessing. And we can do better.That’s what the research scientists at Stanford and UC Santa Cruz are out to discover. Believe it or not, until now the Redwood genome has never been sequenced. Stanford geneticists want to pinpoint the mutation or mutations that cause these trees to be albino. Plant biologists from UC Santa Cruz seek to determine how these trees survive and grow without chlorophyll and its instrumental role in providing energy for the plant.In the*QUEST Science on the SPOT story*"Revisiting Albino Redwoods, Cracking the Code,"*we follow Stanford geneticists Ghia Euskirchen and Barry Starr from the redwood forests to the lab as they work to uncover the root of the mutation that causes albinism in redwood trees. In another*Science on the SPOT*installment,*"Revisiting Albino Redwoods, Biological Mystery,"*we meet UC Santa Cruz plant biologist Jarmila Pitterman and tag along as she and her students study the inner workings of the unusual albino redwoods. This story is just beginning. They’re only in step 3 in the process; experimentation. But in time, the redwood genome will be sequenced. We will know where the mutation is. We will know how these albino trees survive and grow. And in the process we may learn things about the genetic heritage of redwood trees. We may learn more about how all redwood trees live and grow. We may learn how redwood trees adapt to things such as disease or climate change. The answers are endless. They are just waiting for someone to ask: why?
Still can't upload pics... Just go to the link its right their. Copy and pasted the text though. AWESOME,RIGHT?!!
Since I can't upload pics, here's a google images link. Click it for hundreds of pics. http://www.google.com/search?tbm=is...b=wi&q=albin redwood&sa=N&biw=320&bih=450#p=0
The*Albino redwood*is a*redwood tree*(Sequoia sempervirens) which is unable to produce chlorophyll, so has white needles instead of the normal green. 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.[2]
Biologists studying the phenomena. http://science.kqed.org/quest/2011/...ience-on-the-spot-revisiting-albino-redwoods/
the rare and unusual*albino redwood trees. We already know the facts about trees, right? We can usually answer the preschooler's question about why trees are green. But what if the tree is anything but green?We don't actually have all the answers to that one. We can hypothesize that these ghosts of the forest must be mutants, and lack chlorophyll. But that’s the easy part. What we don't know, is WHY they lack chlorophyll, and survive. That's a trick that few trees anywhere in the world — if any– can pull off. So right now, we're guessing. And we can do better.That’s what the research scientists at Stanford and UC Santa Cruz are out to discover. Believe it or not, until now the Redwood genome has never been sequenced. Stanford geneticists want to pinpoint the mutation or mutations that cause these trees to be albino. Plant biologists from UC Santa Cruz seek to determine how these trees survive and grow without chlorophyll and its instrumental role in providing energy for the plant.In the*QUEST Science on the SPOT story*"Revisiting Albino Redwoods, Cracking the Code,"*we follow Stanford geneticists Ghia Euskirchen and Barry Starr from the redwood forests to the lab as they work to uncover the root of the mutation that causes albinism in redwood trees. In another*Science on the SPOT*installment,*"Revisiting Albino Redwoods, Biological Mystery,"*we meet UC Santa Cruz plant biologist Jarmila Pitterman and tag along as she and her students study the inner workings of the unusual albino redwoods. This story is just beginning. They’re only in step 3 in the process; experimentation. But in time, the redwood genome will be sequenced. We will know where the mutation is. We will know how these albino trees survive and grow. And in the process we may learn things about the genetic heritage of redwood trees. We may learn more about how all redwood trees live and grow. We may learn how redwood trees adapt to things such as disease or climate change. The answers are endless. They are just waiting for someone to ask: why?
