Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Plants › sandalwood family

Fir Dwarf-Mistletoe

Arceuthobium abietinum

Learn Fir Dwarf-Mistletoe freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) greasewoood, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

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 29, February 25, March 26, April 32, May 32, June 23, July 20, August 20, September 26, October 26, November 34, December 26.
United States553
California319
Nevada111
Oregon97
Arizona16
Utah8
Washington2

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
GenusDwarf-Mistletoes · Arceuthobium

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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

Create a free accountHow it works