Index / Search / Cuscuta compacta
§1 Plant
Cuscuta compacta Juss. ex Choisy
vernacular compact dodder — species · Cuscutaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Cuscutaceae Dumort.
- Genus
- Cuscuta
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 267 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 267 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Columbia 05027
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hot Spring 05059
- Johnson 05071
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Scott 05127
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Sabine 22085
- St. Tammany 22103
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Cumberland 37051
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CUCO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2927489 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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