




Cuscuta campestris
Field Dodder is a unique plant that doesn't have leaves or roots like most plants. Instead, it wraps around other plants to get nutrients and water. It has thin, yellow-orange stems that look like spaghetti!
Hábitat: Grasslands
The Field Dodder is a thin, thread-like plant with distinct yellowish-orange or reddish stems that intricately twine around other plants. It famously lacks noticeable leaves and appears as a tangled mass, often compared to spaghetti or yarn. Its tiny, white to cream-colored flowers bloom in dense clusters along the stems, making it visually distinct from most green-leaved plants.





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Field Dodder's seeds can stay alive in the soil for over ten years, patiently waiting to sprout!
It hardly has any green! It mostly relies on other plants for almost all of its food.
Its tiny seedlings can wiggle around for days, searching for a host plant to grow on!
Many people call it 'Witch's Hair' or 'Devil's Guts' because of its tangled, stringy look!
Field Dodder can detect chemical signals from nearby plants, helping it find and attach to a suitable host.
Field Dodder has special suckers called haustoria that pierce host plants to steal their nutrients and water.
Field Dodder cuts off its connection to the ground once it has successfully latched onto a host plant.

Medicago sativa
Steals nutrients from this crop

Trifolium pratense
Often found wrapping around clover

Solanum lycopersicum
A common host plant in gardens
Apis mellifera
Honey bees visit its tiny flowers
Las plantas con flores son cualquier planta que produce flores como parte de su ciclo reproductivo.
Las plantas de crecimiento rápido exhiben tasas de crecimiento aceleradas, aumentando rápidamente de tamaño y biomasa en un corto período de tiempo.
Los hábitats de pastizales son biomas terrestres dominados por pastos y plantas herbáceas, que sustentan a una variedad de animales de pastoreo.
Describe una relación entre dos especies diferentes en la que viven estrechamente asociadas, a menudo beneficiando a una o a ambas.
Este rasgo describe organismos que viven sobre o dentro de un organismo huésped, obteniendo nutrientes a expensas de este.
Los organismos vampíricos son aquellos que obtienen nutrientes alimentándose de la sangre o los fluidos corporales de otros animales.
Las especies invasoras son organismos no nativos que causan daños al medio ambiente, la economía o la salud humana.
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Do not touch or eat any plants without asking an adult first.
50-300 cm
100-500 cm
0.2-0.4 cm
Summer to fall
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