PLANTS Profile for Arceuthobium pusillum (eastern dwarf mistletoe)

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PLANTS Profile

Arceuthobium pusillum Peck
eastern dwarf mistletoe

Symbol:

ARPU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Viscaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Arceuthobium pusillum Peck

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Synonyms:
Arceuthobium pusillum Peck

RAPU4

Razoumofskya pusilla (Peck) Kuntze

Distribution:
Arceuthobium pusillum Peck


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WI), CAN (MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Arceuthobium pusillum Peck

View 5 genera in Viscaceae, 19 species in Arceuthobium

Classification:
Arceuthobium pusillum Peck

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Santalales
Family	Viscaceae – Christmas Mistletoe family
Genus	Arceuthobium M. Bieb. – dwarf mistletoe
Species	Arceuthobium pusillum Peck – eastern dwarf mistletoe

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Arceuthobium pusillum Peck

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
dwarf mistletoe		Endangered
New Jersey:
dwarf mistletoe		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
dwarf mistletoe		Threatened
Rhode Island:
dwarf mistletoe		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Arceuthobium pusillum Peck

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27895.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 02/15/2009 12:28 PM MST