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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Nightshades, Bindweeds, Gooseweeds, and Allies
  6. Morning-glory Family
  7. Dodders
  8. Cuscuta Sect. Californicae
  9. California Dodder

species 7,277 observations

California Dodder

Cuscuta californica

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

10 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Brown Elfin 1
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Dodder Gall Weevil 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Hunter's Little Paper Wasp, Ruffed Grouse, Ivy Aphid 3
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Crazy Pyramid Ant, Gray Hairstreak, Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Acmon Blue 5

Children

  • Cuscuta californica californica
  • Cuscuta californica papillosa
  • Cuscuta californica apiculata

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Vines
Plant type
Perennial Vine Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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