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Snow Plants in the Sierra Spring

Snow Plants in the Sierra Spring

Snow plants (Sarcodes sanguinea) lack chlorophyll and are unable to photosynthesize. They are parasitic plants that get sustenance and nutrients from fungi that...
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Snow plants (Sarcodes sanguinea) lack chlorophyll and are unable to photosynthesize. They are parasitic plants that get sustenance and nutrients from fungi that attach to roots of trees. An unusual plant, it isn't a flower at all.
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NIKON D40X

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Aperture f/7.1 ISO 100 Shutter 10/2000 Focal Length 550/10

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Apr, 2017

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