Plants Profile for Cuscuta epithymum (clover dodder)

General Information
Symbol:	CUEP
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Cuscutaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb Vine
Native Status:	CAN I L48 I
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 49. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Cuscutaceae – Dodder family
Genus	Cuscuta L. – dodder
Species	Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L. – clover dodder

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
United States: Cuscuta dodder Noxious weed ¹
Alabama Cuscuta dodder Class A noxious weed ¹
Arizona Cuscuta dodder Prohibited noxious weed dodder Restricted noxious weed
Arkansas Cuscuta dodder Noxious weed
California Cuscuta dodder C list (noxious weeds) dodder Quarantine ¹
Florida Cuscuta dodder Noxious weed ²
Massachusetts Cuscuta dodder Prohibited
Michigan Cuscuta dodder Noxious weed
Minnesota Cuscuta dodder Prohibited noxious weed ¹
North Carolina Cuscuta dodder Class A noxious weed ¹
Oregon Cuscuta dodder "B" designated weed dodder Quarantine
South Carolina Cuscuta dodder Plant pest ¹
South Dakota Cuscuta dodder Regulated non-native plant species
Vermont Cuscuta dodder Class A noxious weed ¹
¹other than native or widely distributed species ²Only the native Florida species are excluded from this list. These include: C. americana, C. compacta, C. exaltata, C. gronovii, C. indecora, C. obtusiflora, C. pentagona, C. umbellata

U.S. Weed Information
Cuscuta Cuscuta epithymum clover dodder This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
US	USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ). 2012. Federal noxious weed list (1 February 2012). USDA, APHIS, PPQ. Washington, DC.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
N'EAST	Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal,and J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.

Wetland Status

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