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Dodder
Cuscuta spp.
17.7495, -64.7026
Field Notes
Description:
Tangle of orangish-yellow stringy parasitic vine climbing over tree.
Habitat:
Host plant on tropical island.
Notes:
Dodder sets seeds which fall to the ground and germinate in the soil. The seedling starts life as a non parasitic, free living plant, but when it finds a host to climb, becomes a true parasite, giving up its leaves and chlorophyll. From then on it lives entirely off its host to which it has attached itself by suckers that penetrate the bark.
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Cuscuta
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PublishedJune 27, 2012
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