There was some folks that didn't know what the Sand Food was, and it is Slappy's fault that they did not. So, Slap is gonna be putting up info on Mother G's inhabitants now and again, cuz there ain't nothing better than the wildlife that flourishes on her beautimous ripples.
The Sand Food
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The Sand Food is a strange and interesting plant that grows in the Algodones Sand Dunes. It lives below the surface of the sand, attaches its scaly stem to the root of a nearby shrub, and uses the host’s nutrients for itself. The flower head pushes above the surface during spring and looks very similar to mushrooms. The heads can stand 5 inches above the sand. On top of the heads bloom tiny lavender flowers. The texture of the heads feels silky, unlike its appearance.
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seen those a few times, thanks for the pics
Thanks Slappy, I always wondered what that stuff lookede like... 
Very cool.
and I though the dune just had a woody from getting ridden all day
and I though the dune just had a woody from getting ridden all day
Wow! I've never seen thoose before.. next time I'm there I'm keeping a look out.. thoose things are pretty cool..
^^^ I have never seen/heard of those either, they do look exactly like mushrooms! That is so cool thanks Slappy!
QUOTE(Brown_Eyed_Girl @ Feb 8 2007, 10:02 AM) [snapback]2124586[/snapback]
Wow! I've never seen thoose before.. next time I'm there I'm keeping a look out.. thoose things are pretty cool..
You have to leave camp to see things like this......
I was just reading up on the plant a bit and found this....WOW!! 3600%
I tried to find a pic...but then it was from 1953
I tried to find a pic...but then it was from 1953
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and in the early 1930s, Franklin A. Thackery discovered 106 sand food plants arising from a single arrowweed plant near an irrigation canal in Imperial County, California (north of Calipatria).
The host plant weighed just over one pound, while the 106 sand food plants weighed 46 pounds. In this remarkable case, the parasite outweighed its host by more than 3600 percent! Of course, most of the sand food's combined weight was water stored in its fleshy tissues. Thackery concluded that the parasite was not overtaxing its host, and was absorbing water on its own to supplement that which was provided by the host. Because sand food is so brittle, Thackery had to suspend each of the 106 stems with separate strings in order to take his photograph. His remarkable photograph in Desert Magazine (Vol. 16, 1953) looks like a sand food puppet show!
The host plant weighed just over one pound, while the 106 sand food plants weighed 46 pounds. In this remarkable case, the parasite outweighed its host by more than 3600 percent! Of course, most of the sand food's combined weight was water stored in its fleshy tissues. Thackery concluded that the parasite was not overtaxing its host, and was absorbing water on its own to supplement that which was provided by the host. Because sand food is so brittle, Thackery had to suspend each of the 106 stems with separate strings in order to take his photograph. His remarkable photograph in Desert Magazine (Vol. 16, 1953) looks like a sand food puppet show!
Can you get a killer buz of these? lol
If not, most people on here dont care about it, haha just messing.
I've never seen it before, if i do ill snap a pic
If not, most people on here dont care about it, haha just messing.
I've never seen it before, if i do ill snap a pic
Slap, are you chitting us on this? I've never seen these before...
Those are cool looking plants!
Interesting looking 'rooms. I would never imagine anything like that would grow in the desert. Nature has many surprises. Thanks for sharing.
QUOTE(madweazl @ May 19 2007, 06:08 PM) [snapback]2294812[/snapback]
Slap, are you chitting us on this? I've never seen these before...
Nope Weaz, this be the truth. The Sand Food is downright slapptacious, and Slap has found quite a few of them; you just gotta look real hard. They will pop up in the strangest places, and usually close to the Buckwheat.
Here's another that popped up to say hi to Slap.
I'll have to keep my eyes peeled.
QUOTE(madweazl @ Jun 4 2007, 10:22 AM) [snapback]2316306[/snapback]
I'll have to keep my eyes peeled.
Please do. I look forward to seeing you and everyone else that respects Mother G and her inhabitants.
Thanks for the description Mr 'Food 
Crazy stuff out there in them dunes 
Crazy stuff out there in them dunes
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