alternia-and-beforus: “jumpingjacktrash: “coolthingoftheday: “Trees, like animals, can also experience albinism, though it is extremely rare. ” the reason it’s rare is because without chlorophyll, the plant can’t get energy, and dies shortly after...
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jumpingjacktrash:

coolthingoftheday:

Trees, like animals, can also experience albinism, though it is extremely rare.

the reason it’s rare is because without chlorophyll, the plant can’t get energy, and dies shortly after sprouting unless it has some other source of food. so if you see a plant as big as the one in the picture that doesn’t have any green in its leaves, it’s getting its nutrition from the roots of a neighboring plant of the same species, feeding on the sugars created by the other plant’s photosynthesis.

albino plants are basically vampires.

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Source: coolthingoftheday