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Arceuthobium vaginatum (pine dwarf mistletoe; pineland dwarf mistletoe)

Synonyms: Arceuthobium vaginatum vaginatum; Razoumofskya vaginata (homotypic); Razoumowskia mexicana; Viscum vaginatum (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Arceuthobium vaginatum, called the "sheathed dwarf mistletoe" or "Southwestern dwarf mistletoe" is a parasitic plant found in the southwestern United States and northwestern and central Mexico. It generally is found on pine (Pinus spp) trees.
View Wikipedia Record: Arceuthobium vaginatum

Infraspecies

Arceuthobium vaginatum var. cryptopodum (Pineland dwarf mistletoe)
Arceuthobium vaginatum var. durangense
Arceuthobium vaginatum var. vaginatum

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States
Rocky Mountain Biosphere Reserve II 239938 Colorado, United States
Zion National Park II 135667 Utah, United States

Predators

Dasypyga alternosquamella[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0