Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Cuscuta exaltata
Cuscuta exaltata Engelm.
Tree Dodder, Tall Dodder
Cuscutaceae (Dodder Family)
USDA Symbol: CUEXUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Cuscuta exaltata
Tree Dodder
Cuscutaceae
Location: On bank of San Geronimo Creek at Bexar County line, just N of FM 47.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Growing on oaks, cedar elms and Texas Mountain Laurel.
Description: Parasitic vine, stems fleshy, to 3 mm thick. Capsule obovoid, to 1 cm long.
County: Bexar
Collector: Joyce MacDonald
Collection Date: Nov 6, 1997
Specimen number: 1
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1136
Accession Date: Mar 26, 1998
Accession Number: 107
Annotations: SXFXB (In fruit)