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Cuscuta campestris

Yuncker

Field Dodder

G5Secure Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.795686

Element CodePDCUS011S0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusProvisional

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderSolanales

FamilyConvolvulaceae

GenusCuscuta

Other Common Names

Cuscute des champs (FR)

Concept Reference

Costea, M., G. L. Nesom, and S. Stefanovic. 2006. Taxonomy of the Cuscuta pentagona complex (Convolvulaceae) complex in North America. SIDA 22(1): 151-175.

Taxonomic Comments

Kartesz (1999) lumps Cuscuta campestris into C. pentagona var. pentagona, and also recognizes C. pentagona var. glabior, and C. pentagona var. pubescens. In contrast, Costea et al. 2006, recognize C. campestris and C. pentagona as distinct species and lump C. pentagona var. glabior and C. pentagona var. pubescens into C. glabior.

Conservation Status

Review Date2007-06-28

Change Date2007-06-28

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
New York	S1	Yes
District of Columbia	SNR	Yes
Colorado	S3	Yes
North Carolina	S5	Yes
Kentucky	S4	Yes
Illinois	SNR	Yes
Florida	SNR	Yes
Delaware	SU	Yes
Michigan	S1	Yes
Pennsylvania	S5	Yes
South Carolina	SNR	Yes

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	S4	Yes
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
New Brunswick	S1	Yes
Quebec	S2	Yes
Ontario	S2	Yes
Alberta	SU	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Horton	Inyo National Forest	5,717

North Carolina (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Graveyard Ridge (addition)	Pisgah National Forest	1,958
Sam Knob (addition)	Pisgah National Forest	2,576

References (3)

Costea, M., G. L. Nesom, and S. Stefanovic. 2006. Taxonomy of the <i>Cuscuta pentagona</i> complex (Convolvulaceae) complex in North America. SIDA 22(1): 151-175.
Kartesz, J.T., and R. Kartesz. 1980. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada and Greenland. Vol. 2. The biota of North America. Univ. of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. 500 pp.
NatureServe. Unpublished. Concept reference for taxa which have not yet been described; to be used as a placeholder until a citation is available which describes the circumscription of the taxon.