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StarMan - Jul 2, 2010 9:12 am - Voted 10/10

Wow... very alien looking!

I have never seen anything like it either. Best regards.

mountaingazelle - Jul 2, 2010 11:32 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Wow... very alien looking!

Thanks! I thought the same thing. Snow plants can be seen in California, Oregon, and Nevada. They prefer to grow in coniferous forest. I had seen them before but this was a large amount in one area.

lcarreau - Jul 3, 2010 12:13 am - Voted 10/10

I had been to Kings Canyon,

but had never noticed them till now.

Suppose it'd be hard to miss them, due to
their intense "blood-red" color.

mountaingazelle - Jul 3, 2010 12:30 am - Hasn't voted

Re: I had been to Kings Canyon,

Actually, I have seen them in several other areas in California. It’s just that I happened to visit Kings Canyon when all of the snow was melting in early June. These plants are easy to spot during that time.

RobSC - Jul 6, 2010 2:08 pm - Voted 10/10

Nice!

I like unusual stuff like this!

mountaingazelle - Jul 6, 2010 7:54 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Nice!

Thank you! I like unusual stuff too and these snow plants are also pretty in a weird kind of way.

rpc - Jul 22, 2010 2:04 pm - Voted 10/10

never seen those

before (at least not exactly like that)! pretty wild looking!

mountaingazelle - Jul 23, 2010 2:41 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: never seen those

Thanks! I had seen them before but not so many growing together. They are strange looking and easily noticeable!

CheesySciFi - Jul 25, 2010 10:50 pm - Voted 10/10

That's pretty cool

Sort of like the Indian Pipe we have in the east. I didn't know that any plants were parasites of fungi until a couple days ago. Really interesting stuff.

mountaingazelle - Aug 1, 2010 3:03 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: That's pretty cool

Thank you! It is similar to Indian Pipe since they both lack chlorophyll. I found out about these plants after seeing them on many hikes in the Sierra Nevada and other ranges in California.

Tomek Lodowy - Nov 18, 2010 5:45 pm - Voted 10/10

colours

are simply shocking, awesome!

mountaingazelle - Nov 18, 2010 9:53 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: colours

Thanks Tomek! These plants can be a bright red colour. They grow right after the snow melts and stand out very much.

TimB - Jan 13, 2011 2:46 pm - Voted 10/10

mountaingazelle,

very interesting plant. Never seen anything like that before.

mountaingazelle - Jan 13, 2011 4:57 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: mountaingazelle,

Thanks Tim! This plant is common in California. They only grow in a certain type of environment and that's why we don't see them in Utah or Idaho.

gimpilator - Mar 5, 2011 1:19 pm - Voted 10/10

This is great

It's a wonderful shot to start with but I really like your description as well.

mountaingazelle - Mar 6, 2011 12:24 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: This is great

Thank you! I thought a description would be nice and I didn't expect to receive so many comments. These plants are strange but I like seeing them in the mountains as much as I like seeing wildflowers.

Kate Ogden - Nov 2, 2014 10:00 am - Hasn't voted

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