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Fir Mistletoe

Phoradendron pauciflorum

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 23, February 20, March 21, April 26, May 25, June 27, July 41, August 25, September 21, October 21, November 27, December 21.
United States289
California257
Mexico43
Baja California43
Nevada23
Arizona9

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