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Incense Cedar Mistletoe

Phoradendron libocedri

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 14, February 12, March 12, April 15, May 15, June 12, July 9, August 10, September 12, October 12, November 16, December 12.
United States201
California152
Nevada29
Oregon20

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordersandalwoods, mistletoes, and allies · Santalales
Familysandalwood family · Santalaceae
Genusleafy mistletoes · Phoradendron

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Incense Cedar Mistletoe with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.