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| General Information | |
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| Symbol: | CUIN |
| Group: | Dicot |
| Family: | Cuscutaceae |
| Duration: |
Perennial |
| Growth Habit: |
Forb/herb Vine |
| Native Status: |
CAN N L48 N PR N VI N |
| Data Source and Documentation | |
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Native |  |
Introduced |  |
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Absent/Unreported |
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Both, No County Data |
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Synonyms
Classification
| Rank | Scientific Name and Common Name |
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| 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 indecora Choisy – bigseed alfalfa dodder |
Subordinate Taxa
The Plants Database includes the following 4 subspecies of Cuscuta indecora . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.
Legal Status
| Threatened and Endangered Information: | |
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| 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 protected plant list for that location. | |
| New Jersey
collared dodder
Endangered
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| Noxious Weed Information | ||
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| 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:
dodder
Noxious weed
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| Alabama | ||
| Arizona
dodder
Restricted noxious weed
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| Arkansas | ||
| California
dodder
Quarantine
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| Florida | ||
| Massachusetts | ||
| Michigan | ||
| Minnesota | ||
| North Carolina | ||
| Oregon
dodder
Quarantine
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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
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| U.S. Weed Information | |
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Cuscuta indecora
bigseed alfalfa 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.
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| 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. |
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Wildlife
Food
| Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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Cover
| Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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Description of Values
| Value Class | Food | Cover |
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