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Cuscuta pentagona

Engelm.
Tracheophyta » Solanales » Convolvulaceae » Cuscuta pentagona
Common name (English)
Field dodder
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
Global distribution

USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington State, Wisconsin, West Virginia), Canada (British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan), Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Belize, Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Zacatecas), Trinidad, Albania (I), Austria (I), Belgium (I), England (I), Bulgaria (I), Czech Republic (I), Slovakia (I), France (I), Germany (I), Greece (I), Crete (I), Switzerland (I), Netherlands (I), Hungary (I), Italy (I), Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Bosnia & Hercegovina (I), Macedonia (I), Portugal (I), Poland (I), Romania (I), Spain (I), Baleares (I), Estonia (I), Latvia (I), Lithuania (I), Crimea (I), C-European Russia (I), Belarus (I), Ukraine (I), ?Sardinia (I), Siberia (I) (C-Siberia (I)), Kyrgyzstan (I), Kazakhstan (I), Uzbekistan (I), Tajikistan (I), Turkmenistan (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Morocco (I), Australia (I) (S-Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I)), South Africa (I) (widespread), Sao Tome (I), Namibia (I), Swaziland (I), Lesotho (I), Botswana (I), Uganda (I), Kenya (I), Chad (I), Zambia (I), Zimbabwe (I), Burkina Faso (I), Sudan (I), Tanzania (I), Ethiopia (I), Eritrea (I), Togo (I), Guinea (I), Madagascar (I), Java (I), Bhutan (I), India (I), China (I) (Fujian (I), Xinjiang (I)), Fiji (I), Venezuela (I), Aruba (I), Bonaire (I), Curacao (I), Lesser Antilles (I) (Guadeloupe (I), Marie Galante (I), Martinique (I)), Bahamas (I), New Caledonia (I), Micronesia (I) (Yap (I)), Niue (I), N-Line Isl. (I) (Christmas Isl. - Kiritimati (I)), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Turkey (I) (E-Anatolia (I), Inner Anatolia (I), NE-Anatolia (I), NW-Anatolia: Bithynia (I), SSW-Anatolia (I), SW-Anatolia (I)), Cyprus (I) (E-Cyprus (I)), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), Egypt (I) (Desert Oases (I), Nile Delta (I)), European Turkey (I), Iraq (I) (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia (I)), Israel (I) (coastal W-Israel (I), Rift Valley (I)), Lebanon (I) (Antilebanon (I), C-Lebanon (I)), Yemen (I) (Tihama (I), W-Yemen (I)), Qatar (I), Afghanistan (I), Hawaii (I) (Oahu (I), West Maui (I) (Wailuku (I)), Hawaii Isl. (I)), Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I)), Japan (I) (Hokkaido (I), Honshu (I), Shikoku (I), Kyushu (I)), Ryukyu Isl. (I), Korea (I), Vietnam (I), Thailand (I), Bangladesh (I), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I)), Micronesia (I) (Pohnpei (I)), Rotuma Isl. (I) 86751 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized invasive. Parasitic on a wide variety of herbs, from sea-level to 500'.

Impacts
Negative
References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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