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Sierra Nevada - Ebbets Pass area


Folder: Sierra Nevada, California

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Pine drop

18 Jul 2009 1 5 153
Pterospora andromeda . A curious higher plant related to blueberry that is native to the coniferous or mixed forests of North America. It has lost all its chlorophyll and lives in a parasitic relationship with a fungus. Here's the Wikipedia writeup: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_drop . This specimen is in the Sierra Nevada, California, near Ebbets Pass.

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