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Cory's Mistletoe

Phoradendron coryae

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 41, February 40, March 49, April 65, May 60, June 29, July 36, August 49, September 32, October 31, November 33, December 35.
United States969
Arizona653
New Mexico248
Texas218
Nevada7
Mexico2
Chihuahua2

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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
Genusleafy mistletoes · Phoradendron

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