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Cuscuta salina Engelm.
saltmarsh dodder

       
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Photo of Cuscuta salina Engelm.
Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Images:
Cuscuta salina Engelm.

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Distribution:
Cuscuta salina Engelm.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AZ, CA, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA), CAN (BC)
 

Related Taxa:
Cuscuta salina Engelm.

View 1 genera in Cuscutaceae, 50 species in Cuscuta or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Cuscuta salina Engelm. var. major Yunck.. .
Cuscuta salina var. major
goldenthread
Distribution of Cuscuta salina Engelm. var. papillata Yunck.. .
Cuscuta salina var. papillata
goldenthread
Distribution of Cuscuta salina Engelm. var. salina. .
Cuscuta salina var. salina
saltmarsh dodder
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Cuscuta salina Engelm.

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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 salina Engelm. – saltmarsh dodder
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Cuscuta salina Engelm.

The related entities italicized and indented above are 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 weed1
Alabama:
Cuscuta
dodder              Class A noxious weed1
Arizona:
Cuscuta
dodder              Prohibited noxious weed
dodder              Restricted noxious weed
Arkansas:
Cuscuta
dodder              Noxious weed
California:
Cuscuta
dodder              C list (noxious weeds)
dodder              Quarantine1
Florida:
Cuscuta
dodder              Noxious weed2
Massachusetts:
Cuscuta
dodder              Prohibited
Michigan:
Cuscuta
dodder              Noxious weed
Minnesota:
Cuscuta
dodder              Prohibited noxious weed1
North Carolina:
Cuscuta
dodder              Class A noxious weed1
Oregon:
Cuscuta
dodder              "B" designated weed
dodder              Quarantine
South Carolina:
Cuscuta
dodder              Plant pest1
South Dakota:
Cuscuta
dodder              Regulated non-native plant species
Vermont:
Cuscuta
dodder              Class A noxious weed1
 
1 other than native or widely distributed species
2 Only 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 salina Engelm.

Cuscuta
dodder

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. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Cuscuta salina Engelm.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30750.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 

Related Web Sites:
Cuscuta salina Engelm.

Canada-Ontario Noxious Weeds

Colorado State University Cooperative Extension: abstract & image

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

Worldwide-Digital Atlas of Cuscuta (Wilfrid Laurier University)

 
 
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