Giant Coast Redwoods ~ a Must-See ~ 2015

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

I spent some time over there in 1999. I would love to visit again sometime.

[mdvaden]

I spent some time over there in 1999. I would love to visit again sometime.

 

In just a few years, that will be 20 years. You can remember how they look, but the scents and feel may need some revival.

 

The maples just started turning yellow and will keep going for about another month or month and a half.

[mdvaden]

Autumn in Prairie Creek redwood park ... some Sulfur Shelf ... think it's also called Chicken of the Woods.

[David Humphries]

That's cool Mario

 

Is the chicken growing on a redwood or other species?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[mdvaden]

That's cool Mario

 

Is the chicken growing on a redwood or other species?.

 

That's a dead hemlock if I recall. I haven't seen any on living or dead redwood yet.

 

It seems to grow on dead trunks or decaying areas like wounds near the base, etc..

[Steve Bullman]

That's a dead hemlock if I recall. I haven't seen any on living or dead redwood yet.

 

It seems to grow on dead trunks or decaying areas like wounds near the base, etc..

Theres not much that does attack redwood is there?

[mdvaden]

Theres not much that does attack redwood is there?

 

Even wind has trouble knocking them down. Some blow over, but plenty just break and regrow height again.

 

Edited October 12, 2016 by mdvaden

[jomoco]

Have you heard of Ghost Redwoods Mario?

 

Little albino sequoias with no chlorophyll?

 

WaPo has a fascinating science article on them.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/10/07/the-mystery-of-the-ghost-trees-may-be-solved/

 

Such underground socialistic rooting characteristics are not that surprising IMO.

 

But the sequoia genome containing 10X more complexity than our human genome?

 

Has me somewhat flabbergasted!

 

Any pics of a ghost to round out your collection mate?

 

Jomoco

[mdvaden]

Have you heard of Ghost Redwoods Mario?

 

Little albino sequoias with no chlorophyll?

 

WaPo has a fascinating science article on them.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/10/07/the-mystery-of-the-ghost-trees-may-be-solved/

 

Such underground socialistic rooting characteristics are not that surprising IMO.

 

But the sequoia genome containing 10X more complexity than our human genome?

 

Has me somewhat flabbergasted!

 

Any pics of a ghost to round out your collection mate?

 

Jomoco

 

That article has a little extra than some of it's albino information which has trickled out in a couple publications the past year or two. In the link you provided, the albino information is actually very interesting, although the story and facts tend to get stretched to the point of religion on a couple of points.

 

From my redwood blog, connected to my redwood page which is always in my signature, I wrote a blog post about this the past couple of weeks:

 

http://mdvaden.com/photoblog/2016/10/01/albino-redwood-is-not-a-messiah/

 

The blog post has a needle photo. Here's a photo of an albino from my redwood albums.

 

Edited October 12, 2016 by mdvaden

[jomoco]

Thanks Mario!

 

I rather like the religious analogy of these ghosts being sin eaters, full of heavy metals.

 

Mighta known you'd already be well aware of these ghosts in our midst!

 

Great stuff mate!

 

Jomoco