Species Interaction

I found some plants and animals interacting with each other.

1) This turkey tail fungus is growing on a dead oak tree trunk.

2) These bumble bees are pollinating a ceanothus.

3) This dodder, a parasite, is deriving its sustenance directly from the plant it is wrapped around. The dodder is not green because it has no chlorophyll, which is not necessary for the plant because the plant does not undergo photosynthesis.

4) This mistletoe is growing intertwined with oak tree trunks. Mistletoe is a parasite that also undergoes photosynthesis.

5) This wild turkey is aggressively charging a canis lupus familiaris.

Posted on February 28, 2013 03:45 AM by ericandersen