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Small yellow to orange "beginning" plants growing from the sand in the pine needles.
Desert area, pine forest in the layer of pine needles.
These were just starting to come up it seemed. You can see by the pic, it appeared they had been in the same place the year before by the dead looking stalk pieces nearby.
Cool. Since we have almost no pine around here, that makes sense. The one's I've seen are parasites on manzanita and fir
These are pine drops, just starting to peak out of the ground, they are very common in the pine forests of Central & Eastern Oregon. They are a parasitic plant that lives under pine trees, getting their nutrients from a fungus that lives on or around the roots of the pine trees. In the fall & winter they dry out & usually the old red stems will be still standing when the new growth comes in in the spring. Deer will occassionally eat the tops when they're fresh
It is definitely different from mine! I don't think I've ever seen that one before
Spotted on Jun 12, 2011
Submitted on Oct 6, 2011
