OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 13 taxa in the family Cuscutaceae, Dodder family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon Common Name: Compact Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta compacta   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta compacta var. compacta   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta compacta 158-01-002   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomland forests, stream banks, marshes, swamps, pine savannas, calcareous seeps and streambanks, wet fields, other wet habitats, on herbaceous and especially on woody hosts

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Hazel Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta coryli   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta coryli   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta corylii 158-01-003   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Open woodlands and woodland borders, on a wide variety of woody and herbaceous hosts

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Five-angled Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta pentagona   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta pentagona 158-01-004   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, open disturbed areas, on a wide variety of (mostly herbaceous) hosts, especially Fabaceae

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Field Dodder, Prairie Dodder, Golden Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta campestris   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta campestris 158-01-005   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, open disturbed areas, especially (but not only) on herbaceous Fabaceae

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia - the original distribution unclear (nearly cosmopolitan because o

 


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Common Name: Buttonbush Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta cephalanthi   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta cephalanthi   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta cephalanthii 158-01-006   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Primarily on woody hosts

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Appalachian Dodder, Beaked Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta rostrata   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta rostrata   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta rostrata 158-01-007   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: High elevation hardwood forests and thickets, especially on Asteraceae (Rudbeckia, Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Eurybia)

Common in NC Mountains, rare in GA & SC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Dodder, Swamp Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta gronovii   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta gronovii   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta gronovii 158-01-008   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Stream banks, bottomland forests, bogs, marshes, swamps, wet fields, wet disturbed areas, on a very wide variety of herbaceous and woody plants

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Harper's Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta harperi   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta harperi   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

 

Habitat: Outcrops of granite (Piedmont), sandstone (Cumberland Plateau, Ridge and Valley), and Altamaha grit (Coastal Plain), typically on plants such as Liatris microcephala, Bigelowia nuttallii, Hypericum gentianoides, Helianthus longifolius, and Croton willdenowii

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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Common Name: Bigseed Alfalfa Dodder, Pretty Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta indecora   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta indecora +   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

 

Habitat: Salt marshes (on Iva frutescens), pine savannahs, bogs, roadsides, disturbed areas

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Glandular Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

 

Habitat: In calcareous glades, swampy thickets, and other habitats

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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Common Name: Smartweed Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta polygonorum   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta polygonorum   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

 

Habitat: On Polygonum and other hosts

Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Japanese Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta japonica   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta japonica   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, especially on Fabaceae (especially Pueraria) and woody plants

Rare

Non-native: east Asia

 


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Common Name: Fringed Dodder, Lucerne Dodder, Alfalfa Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta suaveolens   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta suaveolens   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, especially on herbaceous Fabaceae

Non-native: South America

 


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