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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. Pacific Goldenthread

species 3,971 observations

Pacific Goldenthread

Cuscuta pacifica

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Cuscuta pacifica is a species of dodder. Its common name is goldenthread.

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11 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 Ruffed Grouse, Ivy Aphid 2
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Wandering Skipper, Tripartite Sweat Bee, Common Grass Skimmer, Gray Hairstreak 7

Children

  • Large Saltmarsh Dodder

Range

United States

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

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