Arceuthobium abietinum
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Arceuthobium abietinum, commonly known as fir dwarf mistletoe, is a species of dwarf mistletoe. It is native to western North America from Washington to New Mexico to northern Mexico, where it lives i
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male flowers in full bloom
female flowers at the tips of the fruit
larva of a hairstreak butterfly feeding on Arceuthobium abietinum var. grandae shoots
Arceuthobium campylopodum
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Arceuthobium campylopodum, commonly known as western dwarf mistletoe, is a species of flowering plant in the family Santalaceae. It is native to the low to moderate elevation coniferous forests of wes
Arceuthobium abietinum
…between putative taxa in Campylopoda, leading Daniel Nickrent to propose treating A. abietinum as a subspecies of a more broadly-circumscribed A. campylopodum. Owing to the lack of consensus about the taxonomy of Campylopoda, authorities disagree in their treatments of A. abietinum. Some regional taxonomic…
Arceuthobium campylopodum
A pistillate plant growing on Pinus ponderosa in the Wallowa Mountains of northeastern Oregon, bearing fruit
A sticky coating helps seeds of A. campylopodum attach to the foliage and branches of a potential host
A stand of Pinus ponderosa in Washington heavily infected by A. campylopodum show dieback, reduced foliage, and witch's brooms.