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Cuscuta indecora Choisy
bigseed alfalfa dodder

       
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Cuscuta indecora Choisy

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Distribution:
Cuscuta indecora Choisy

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OK, OR, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV, WY), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Cuscuta indecora Choisy

View 1 genera in Cuscutaceae, 50 species in Cuscuta or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Cuscuta indecora Choisy var. bifida Yunck.. .
Cuscuta indecora var. bifida
bigseed alfalfa dodder
Distribution of Cuscuta indecora Choisy var. indecora. .
Cuscuta indecora var. indecora
bigseed alfalfa dodder
Distribution of Cuscuta indecora Choisy var. longisepala Yunck.. .
Cuscuta indecora var. longisepala
bigseed dodder
Distribution of Cuscuta indecora Choisy var. neuropetala (Engelm.) Hitchc.. .
Cuscuta indecora var. neuropetala
bigseed dodder
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Cuscuta indecora Choisy

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Solanales
Family Cuscutaceae – Dodder family
Genus Cuscuta L. – dodder
Species Cuscuta indecora Choisy – bigseed alfalfa dodder
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cuscuta indecora Choisy

This plant is 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.

New Jersey:
collared dodder              Endangered
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Cuscuta indecora Choisy

The related entities italicized and indented above 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 noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

United States:
Cuscuta
dodder              Noxious weed1
Alabama:
Cuscuta
dodder              Class A noxious weed1
Arizona:
Cuscuta
dodder              Prohibited noxious weed
dodder              Restricted noxious weed
Arkansas:
Cuscuta
dodder              Noxious weed
California:
Cuscuta
dodder              C list (noxious weeds)
dodder              Quarantine1
Florida:
Cuscuta
dodder              Noxious weed2
Massachusetts:
Cuscuta
dodder              Prohibited
Michigan:
Cuscuta
dodder              Noxious weed
Minnesota:
Cuscuta
dodder              Prohibited noxious weed1
North Carolina:
Cuscuta
dodder              Class A noxious weed1
Oregon:
Cuscuta
dodder              "B" designated weed
dodder              Quarantine
South Carolina:
Cuscuta
dodder              Plant pest1
South Dakota:
Cuscuta
dodder              Regulated non-native plant species
Vermont:
Cuscuta
dodder              Class A noxious weed1
 
1 other than native or widely distributed species
2 Only the native Florida species are excluded from this list. These include: C. americana, C. compacta, C. exaltata, C. gronovii, C. indecora, C. obtusiflora, C. pentagona, C. umbellata
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Cuscuta indecora Choisy

bigseed alfalfa dodder
Cuscuta
dodder
Cuscuta indecora var. bifida
bigseed alfalfa dodder
Cuscuta indecora var. indecora
bigseed alfalfa dodder
Cuscuta indecora var. longisepala
bigseed dodder
Cuscuta indecora var. neuropetala
bigseed dodder

This plant and the related entities italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

US        Plant Protection and Quarantine. 2006. Federal noxious weed list (24 May 2006). USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Washington, DC. 2pp.
STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Cuscuta indecora Choisy

View species account 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 501849.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Cuscuta indecora Choisy

Canada-Ontario Noxious Weeds

Colorado State University Cooperative Extension: abstract & image

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

 
 
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