TIL albino redwood trees are unable to produce chlorophyll, however, they can survive because they are able to fuse their roots with the roots of other redwood trees and live as parasites.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albino_redwood



Submitted January 25, 2015 at 08:48AM by garglemymarbles http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2tkw6g/til_albino_redwood_trees_are_unable_to_produce/