Top native dodders
30 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Scaldweed
Cuscuta gronovii
caterpillars
2
bees
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
2
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Sessile Dodder
Cuscuta compacta
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
1
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Buttonbush Dodder
Cuscuta cephalanthi
caterpillars
1
bees
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
13
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Field Dodder
Cuscuta campestris
caterpillars
1
bees
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
6
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Five Angled Dodder
Cuscuta pentagona
caterpillars
1
bees
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
4
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Rope Dodder
Cuscuta glomerata
caterpillars
1
bees
1
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
22
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California Dodder
Cuscuta californica
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
5
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Pacific Goldenthread
Cuscuta pacifica
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
7
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Canyon Dodder
Cuscuta subinclusa
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
6
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Pretty Dodder
Cuscuta indecora
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
4
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Small-tooth Dodder
Cuscuta denticulata
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
4
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Smartweed Dodder
Cuscuta polygonorum
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
1
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Peruvian Dodder
Cuscuta obtusiflora
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
1
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Indigo Bush Dodder
Cuscuta psorothamnensis
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
4
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Western Dodder
Cuscuta occidentalis
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
4
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Hazel Dodder
Cuscuta coryli
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
1
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Flatglobe Dodder
Cuscuta umbellata
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
flowers
2
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Boggs Lake Dodder
Cuscuta howelliana
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
4
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Salt Flats Dodder
Cuscuta salina
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
4
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Mountain Dodder
Cuscuta suksdorfii
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
4
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San Joaquin Dodder
Cuscuta brachycalyx
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
4
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Appalachian Dodder
Cuscuta rostrata
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
1
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Desert Dodder Cuscuta nevadensis caterpillars 1 flowers 4
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Runyon's Dodder
Cuscuta runyonii
food
2
flowers
1
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Tall Dodder
Cuscuta exaltata
flowers
1
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Cusp Dodder Cuscuta cuspidata flowers 1
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Boldingh's Dodder
Cuscuta boldinghii
flowers
1
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Hawaiian Dodder
Cuscuta sandwichiana
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Jepson's Dodder
Cuscuta jepsonii
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Cuscuta chinensis