- Arceuthobium divaricatum
Taxobox
name = "Arceuthobium divaricatum"
image_width = 230px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Santalales
familia =Santalaceae
genus = "Arceuthobium "
species = "A. divaricatum"
binomial = "Arceuthobium divaricatum"
binomial_authority = Engelm.
synonyms ="Arceuthobium divaricatum" is a species of dwarf mistletoe known as pinyon dwarf mistletoe. It is native to the southwestern United States and
Baja California , where it lives in woodlands as a parasite on various species ofpine , particularlyColorado Pinyon andSingle-leaf Pinyon . This is a smallshrub which is visible as a network of scaly brown or greenish stems no more than 12 centimeters long extending above the bark of its host tree. Most of the mistletoe is located inside the host tree, attached to it via haustoria, which tap the tree for water and nutrients. The leaves of the mistletoe are reduced to thin scales on its surface. It is dioecious, with male and female mistletoe plants producing spikes of staminate and pistillate flowers, respectively. The fruit is a sticky berry a few millimeters long which explodes to disperse the seeds it contains several meters away from the parent plant and its host tree.External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7836,7837,7843 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARDI3 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Arceuthobium+divaricatum Photo gallery]
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