If known, indicate if variegated appearance results from mutation ("true" variegation), virus, chlorosis from nutrient deficiency or other stressor, or "blister" type variegation from leaf layer separation (often due to physical/environmental effects).
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Photos / SoundsWhatAstrotricha floccosaObserverray_robinsonDescriptionOne of a handful of variegated individuals |
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Photos / SoundsWhatAstrotricha floccosaObserverray_robinsonDescriptionVariegated leaves. Plant where there were other variegated plants last year |
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Photos / SoundsWhatCoast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)Observeraparrot1DescriptionAlbino Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) A handful of these rare albino redwoods grow in this Sequoia sempervirens forest. The tree is unable to produce chlorophyll and has white needles instead of the normal green. It survives by obtaining sugar through the connections between its roots and those of neighboring normal redwoods, usually the parent tree from whose base it sprouted. Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) This magnificent tree has less girth than the Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron gigantea) in the Sierra Nevada, but it is taller. Coast Redwood is long-lived (1200–1800 years or more), and the tallest of all trees. Short (10–25 mm) bright green leaves are alternate and flat. Cones are tiny for a tree of its size, no more than 35 mm in length. The thick, fibrous, reddish bark provides effective protection against forest fires. The trunks frequently have burls, repositories of dormant buds which enable the tree to regenerate asexually. Although wildfires will rarely destroy a Coast Redwood, it may hollow out the base of the trunk to form what are sometimes called “goosepens” (places where settlers in earlier times were able to corral their livestock). Monterey County is the southern end of this tree’s range. Further south, there isn’t enough damp summer fog.
Plants of Monterey County: an Illustrated Field Key, 2nd edition, Matthews and Mitchell, 2015, pp. 12-13. Jepson eFlora https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=44175 Monterey County Wildflowers https://montereywildflowers.com/tree-cupressaceae/ Elfin or Pygmy Redwood forest at Andrew Molera State Park near Big Sur, CA: https://blog.bigsurtrailmap.net/elfin-redwood-forest-andrew-molera-sp/ For people who love big trees:
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Photos / SoundsWhatCommon Cat's-Ear (Hypochaeris radicata)Observerjohann_kuntzDescriptionA naturally variegated wild specimen. I did pluck some surrounding leaves to make it more visible. |
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Photos / SoundsWhatCoast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)ObserveradderstongueDescriptionAlbino? It’s parent tree had green foliage but this new growth (all the way around base) was the “newest addition “ to a 100 year old or more parent tree of typical coloring. |
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Photos / SoundsWhatCoast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)ObserverkeeshkidPlacePrivateDescriptionalbino redwood |
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Photos / SoundsWhatBermuda Buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae)ObservercentaurDescriptionWhite pigmentation |
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