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Limber Pine Dwarf-Mistletoe

Arceuthobium cyanocarpum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 4, February 3, March 4, April 8, May 22, June 7, July 7, August 6, September 5, October 4, November 3, December 3.
United States275
Colorado64
California58
Idaho43
Utah29
Nevada29
Oregon21
Wyoming19
New Mexico1
Arizona1

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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

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