Dodder

== =**Scientific Name**: C//uscuta spp.//=

**Characteristics:**
- contains 16,000 seeds per plant, seeds can remain dormant for 60 years - grows towards the smell of other plants (vegetables, native plants, forage crops, and ornamentals)

- dodder produces haustoria that inserts itself into the victim plants vascular system
- leaves these plants damaged or killed - can attach to multiple plants and spread disease to plants

- Not able to grow in cold climates
- burn or other wise destroy plant material - make sure you clean tools used in order to prevent spreading of its seeds - if dodder hasn`t attached to a plant yet, simply pull it out by its roots - if choking another plant has started, that plant must be pruned lower than the dodder - use pre-emergant herbicides like Dacthal in the spring - import of dodder seeds is prohibited in many nations
 * Control/ eradication recommendations**:

http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/dodder.htm http://www.eflora.bc.ca/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodder http://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/cuscuta-salina
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