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Cuscuta salina (saltmarsh dodder; goldenthread)

Synonyms: Cuscuta californica var. squamigera; Cuscuta salina var. salina; Cuscuta salina var. squamigera; Cuscuta squamigera; Grammica salina (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Cuscuta salina is a species of dodder known by the common name salt marsh dodder. It is native to western North America, where it lives in seasonal alkaline or saline habitats such as vernal pools and salt flats. It is a parasitic plant, wrapping itself around wetland vegetation and tapping them for nutrients with its haustoria.
View Wikipedia Record: Cuscuta salina

Infraspecies

Cuscuta salina var. major (Goldenthread)

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve 293047 British Columbia, Canada  

Ecosystems

Providers

Parasite of 
Distichlis spicata (marsh spikegrass)[3]
Jaumea carnosa (marsh jaumea)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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