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Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona
fiveangled dodder
Symbol: CUPEP2
Group: Dicot
Family: Cuscutaceae
Growth Habit: Vine
Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Native
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Plant Synonyms:
 

CUAR2

Cuscuta arvensis Bey. ex Engelm.

 

CUCA2

Cuscuta campestris Yuncker

 

CUPEC2

Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. calycina Engelm.

 

GRCA3

Grammica campestris (Yuncker) Hadac & Chrtek

 

GRPE

Grammica pentagona (Engelm.) W.A. Weber

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State Distributional Map for CUPEP2
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Plant Distribution by State


Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona

CUPEP2

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Related Taxa:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona

View 1 genus in Cuscutaceae, 50 species in Cuscuta, 3 varieties in Cuscuta pentagona

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Classification:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona

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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 pentagona Engelm. – fiveangled dodder
                                  Variety Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona – fiveangled dodder

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Threatened and Endangered Plant Information:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona
The related entities 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.
New Hampshire:
   Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.
       five-angled dodder     Endangered
Ohio:
   Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.
       five-angled dodder     Endangered

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Noxious Weed Information:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona
The related entities 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 noxious weed list for that location.
United States:
    Cuscuta L.
        dodder     Noxious weed
Alabama:
    Cuscuta L.
        dodder     Class A noxious weed
Arizona:
    Cuscuta L.
        dodder     Prohibited noxious weed
        dodder     Restricted noxious weed
Arkansas:
    Cuscuta L.
        dodder     Noxious weed
California:
    Cuscuta L.
        dodder     C list (noxious weeds)
        dodder     Quarantine
Florida:
    Cuscuta L.
        dodder     Noxious weed
Massachusetts:
    Cuscuta L.
        dodder     Noxious weed
Michigan:
    Cuscuta L.
        dodder     Noxious weed
Minnesota:
    Cuscuta L.
        dodder     Prohibited noxious weed
North Carolina:
    Cuscuta L.
        dodder     Class A noxious weed
Oregon:
    Cuscuta L.
        dodder     "B" designated weed
        dodder     Quarantine
South Carolina:
    Cuscuta L.
        dodder     Plant pest
South Dakota:
    Cuscuta L.
        dodder     Regulated non-native plant species
Vermont:
    Cuscuta L.
        dodder     Class A noxious weed

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Invasive Information:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona
        fiveangled dodder
        field dodder
    Cuscuta L.
        dodder
    Cuscuta campestris Yuncker
        field dodder
    Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.
        fiveangled dodder
        field dodder
        lespedeza dodder
This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above are considered invasive by 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 invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
US   Plant Protection and Quarantine. 2002. Federal Noxious Weed List (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/bats/noxweed.html, October 20, 2003). USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Washington, DC. 2pp.
 
STATE   Assorted authors. 200_. State Noxious Weed Lists for 45 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.
 
NE&GP;   Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.. 589pp.
 
WSWS   Whitson, T.D. (Ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.. 630pp.
 

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527603.

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Related Web Sites:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona

    Arizona: abstract & image
    Arizona: abstract & image
    British Columbia Ag. & Food, Crop Protection Program
    British Columbia Ag. & Food, Crop Protection Program
    Colorado State University Cooperative Extension: abstract & image
    Colorado State University Cooperative Extension: abstract & image
    Ontario Noxious Weeds
    Ontario Noxious Weeds
    UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images
    UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

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