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Coastal Dwarf-Mistletoe

Arceuthobium littorum

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) lilithohlson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 16, February 14, March 15, April 18, May 18, June 13, July 11, August 33, September 25, October 26, November 19, December 15.
United States179
California179

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