[MAIPC] Id Please?

[Mike Van Clef]

I may or may not just be adding confusion, but Erik Kiviat found an
interesting dodder in the New Jersey Meadowlands about a decade ago.  I do
not think it was persistent?

Cuscuta umbrosa

The NJ Strike Team lists C. japonica as a "Watch" species.

-Mike


Michael Van Clef, Ph.D.
Stewardship Director, Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space
Program Director, New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team
Principal, Ecological Solutions, LLC

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On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 12:14 PM Sylvan Kaufman <sylvan.kaufman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I don't think Japanese dodder has been reported further north than South
> Carolina on the east coast so far (see
> https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/17116).  If you look at photos of it
> in CA, it covers entire shrubs and trees unlike the native dodders.
> Otherwise it is hard to tell it apart from the native dodders as it
> sometimes doesn't flower and can only be distinguished using DNA analysis.
>
> Sylvan
>
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 10:03 AM Marian Orlousky <
> morlousky at appalachiantrail.org> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know much about the distribution of Japanese dodder?  When in
>> NJ a few years back, with a field biologist from the NYNJ Trail Conference,
>> she indicated the Cuscuta we were seeing in a wetland area was invasive. I
>> don't see this very often but I did just spot it in Harriman State Park in
>> NY this past week. Wishing I had taken a closer look.
>>
>>
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>> *From:* MAIPC <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org> on behalf of Rohrbaugh,
>> Andrew <anrohrbaug at pa.gov>
>> *Sent:* Friday, July 27, 2018 11:11:33 AM
>> *To:* Rod Simmons; Jonathan Duffy
>> *Cc:* <maipc at lists.maipc.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [MAIPC] Id Please?
>>
>> Agreed, they're very, very difficult to identify to species (you need
>> fruits and flowers and a very fine ruler!)
>>
>> Andrew Rohrbaugh | Botanist
>> Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
>> Bureau of Forestry | Ecological Services Section
>> PO Box 8552, 400 Market St, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8552
>> Phone: 717.705.2823 | Fax: 717.772.0271
>> anrohrbaug at pa.gov
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>> <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org>] On Behalf Of Rod Simmons
>> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 11:07 AM
>> To: Jonathan Duffy <jrd at kinlochfarm.com>
>> Cc: <maipc at lists.maipc.org> <maipc at lists.maipc.org>
>> Subject: Re: [MAIPC] Id Please?
>>
>> It’s Cuscuta - a valuable native species.  Probably C. campestre.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Jul 27, 2018, at 11:05 AM, Jonathan Duffy <jrd at kinlochfarm.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Any idea what this might be? It is very localized and along a drainage
>> ditch.
>> >
>> > Thanks, Jonathan Duffy
>> >
>> >
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