species 712 observations
Five Angled Dodder
Cuscuta pentagona
Field notes
Supports All
9
native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Brown Elfin
1
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Colletes ciliatus
1
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Dodder Gall Weevil
1
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Ruffed Grouse, Ivy Aphid
2
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Gray Hairstreak, Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Acmon Blue, Mormon Metalmark
4
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Vines
- Plant type
- Annual Perennial Vine Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.