PLANTS Profile for Phoradendron leucarpum (oak mistletoe)

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Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnst.
oak mistletoe

Symbol:

PHLE14

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Viscaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnst.

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Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnst.

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Synonyms:
Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnst.

	PHEA	Phoradendron eatonii Trel.
	PHFL2	Phoradendron flavescens (Pursh) Nutt. ex A. Gray.
	PHFLO	Phoradendron flavescens (Pursh) Nutt. ex A. Gray. var. orbiculatum (Engelm.) Engelm.
	PHMA15	Phoradendron macrotomum Trel.
	PHSE9	Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M.C. Johnst.
	PHSEM	Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M.C. Johnst. var. macrotomum (Trel.) M.C. Johnst.
	VIFL5	Viscum flavescens sensu Pursh p.p., non Viscum flavens Sw.

Distribution:
Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnst.


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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnst.

View 5 genera in Viscaceae, 24 species in Phoradendron

Classification:
Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnst.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Santalales
Family	Viscaceae – Christmas Mistletoe family
Genus	Phoradendron Nutt. – mistletoe
Species	Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnst. – oak mistletoe

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnst.

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Pennsylvania:
Phoradendron serotinum
Christmas mistletoe		Extirpated

More Accounts and Images:
Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnst.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504341.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

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Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnst.

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Time Generated: 10/27/2008 09:35 PM MDT