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Dodder

Cuscuta

Photo by MickGrant
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Field Notes

Description:

More than 100 species of dodder (Cuscuta) are widely distributed and called such names as strangleweed, devil’s-hair, pull down, hell-bind, love vine, and goldthread. The leafless, yellow-orange, threadlike stems twine around a number of field and garden host plants. By extending to nearby plants, it may draw them together and downward until a tangled yellowish orange patch is formed

Habitat:

Lake and moist marshy environment.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)

I saw this first at one of our Beaches and then saw it again in the Bahamas. Thanks for the further information. I think it frequently kills the host plant.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2011

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