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Rope Dodder

Cuscuta glomerata

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 10, February 11, March 17, April 33, May 63, June 30, July 22, August 20, September 21, October 17, November 11, December 10.
United States939
Canada266
Ontario266
Michigan219
Illinois204
Missouri89
Wisconsin82
Minnesota69
Kansas63
Indiana44

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

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordernightshades, bindweeds, gooseweeds, and allies · Solanales
Familybindweed family · Convolvulaceae
Genusdodders · Cuscuta

Sources

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

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