
Palo Verde tree and mistletoe #2

by Science Photo Library
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Palo Verde tree and mistletoe #2
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Science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Palo Verde tree and mistletoe. Blue Palo Verde (Parkinsonia florida, left) tree with desert mistletoe (Phoradendron californicum, dark) growing in its branches. Mistletoe is a parasitic plant that feeds on the water and nutrients of its host plant but is also able to photosynthesise. Photographed in a desert wash (creek) in Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA, in February.
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March 7th, 2014
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