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SFV105391
ed81a1ab-bfad-4531-8830-f4418ce6c225
SFV-21096
Cuscuta campestris Yuncker
Convolvulaceae
L. Gross
253
2000-08-08
8 Aug 2000
W. Law
United States, California, Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley; Big Tujunga Wash east of Hansen Dam. East of Orcas Park along river (just north of Wentworth Street but not as far as Tujunga ponds.
34.26716667 -118.3522222
34° 16m 1.8s N; 118° 21m 8s W
325 meters
1066 ft.
Large sandy wash of perennial river with lots of Salix spp., both tree and shrub forms. Associated plants included: Salix gooddingii, S. exigua, S. lasiolepis, S. lucida ssp. lasiandra, Populus fremontii, Platanus racemosa (not many trees, but some seedlings along river), Alnus rhombifolia, Cyperus involucratus, Juncus rugulosus, Eleocharis parishii, Baccharis salicifolia, Bidens laevis, Polygonum hydropiperoides, Rumex sp., Veronica anagallis-aquatica, Melilotus alba, Typha sp.,, Agrostis viridis, Mimulus cardinalis, M. guttatus, Xanthium strumarium, Ageratina adenophora, Piptatherum miliaceum, Arundo donax, and Polypogon monspeliensis.
Host: Ageratina adenophora, seen growing on Bidens laevis too.