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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Nightshades, Bindweeds, Gooseweeds, and Allies
  6. Morning-glory Family
  7. Dodders
  8. Cuscuta Sect. Cleistogrammica
  9. Field Dodder

species 9,403 observations

Field Dodder

Cuscuta campestris

Status
native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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11 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Brown Elfin 1
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Colletes ciliatus 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 Ivy Aphid, Ruffed Grouse 2
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Dainty Sulphur, Patchwork Leafcutter Bee, Gray Hairstreak, Yellow-faced Bumble Bee 6

Range

United States

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

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