Participant Info

Species

Arceuthobium americanum Nuttall ex. Engelmann

Family

Santalaceae

CommonName

Lodgepole dwarf mistletoe

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

2015

LatestDate

2015

Ecosystem

foothill

Geobotanical

SSanjuans

Counties

Conejos

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

Despite its common name, the one official observation of Arceuthobium americanum was found on a ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), in Rajadero canyon, 28.5 air miles southwest of Alamosa (Conejos Co, 2015, Pam Regensberg coll). The location lies at the extreme southeast corner of the USA distribution, which ranges up the Rockies to Canada and down the Pacific ranges to southern California—essentially found were grow Pinus contorta. As the common name indicates, this hemiparasitic dwarf mistletoe usually grows on lodgepole pine.

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