{"id":1130,"date":"2010-02-16T15:04:12","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T20:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/?page_id=1130"},"modified":"2019-01-30T18:57:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T18:57:32","slug":"dodder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/grower-services\/weeds\/dodder\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1136 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/2dodder00.jpg\" alt=\"Parasitic weed called dodder wrapped and coiled around a stalk of Saint Johnswort\" width=\"290\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/2dodder00.jpg 290w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/2dodder00-105x72.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,290px\" \/>Family: <\/strong>Cuscutaceae (Dodder Family)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genus:<\/strong> <em>Cuscuta<\/em> | <strong>Species:<\/strong> <em>At least 15 are found in the eastern U. S. and all are difficult to distinguish from one another.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description: [Rare on Maine cranberry beds but it still shows up now and then] <\/strong>Also called golden-thread or love vine; A climbing, parasitic, yellow or orange vine that produces small, dense clusters of tiny white, bell-shaped flowers; Leaves are reduced to a few very tiny scales; Vines tightly wrap around the stems of cranberry (and other) plants and absorb their liquid contents through tiny suckers; it needs other plants to serve as a host before it can attach to cranberry vines.<strong> [annual]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Control:<\/strong> <em>Pull and destroy plants infested by the dodder prior to the dodder setting its seeds because the seeds are so numerous and can spread so easily<\/em> &#8211; It is best to pull the dodder-infected upright(s) out of the bed, or else the dodder may sprout again from inside the upright(s). In addition, it is advised to &#8220;flag&#8221; the area(s) where the dodder is found in order to monitor for additional dodder plants from day-to-day. Seeds may spread via wind or floodwaters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> On a variety of plants in moist, low ground;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Bloom:<\/strong> July &#8211; October<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1130 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/12\/Dodder-080114c-Maine.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/12\/Dodder-080114c-Maine-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Several tangled Dodder stems visible against the backdrop of a person&#039;s hand; found in Maine on August 1st 2014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/12\/Dodder-080114c-Maine-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/12\/Dodder-080114c-Maine-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/12\/Dodder-080114b-Maine.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/12\/Dodder-080114b-Maine-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Close view of a strand of dodder branching off from a weed it has attached itself to, in central Maine on August 1st 2014\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/12\/Dodder-080114b-Maine-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/12\/Dodder-080114b-Maine-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4268'>\n\t\t\t\tDodder\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/12\/Dodder-080114-Maine.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/12\/Dodder-080114-Maine-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Some strands of dodder shown beside a U.S. dime for scale purposes.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/12\/Dodder-080114-Maine-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/12\/Dodder-080114-Maine-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/2dodder.gif'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/2dodder-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Some cranberry uprights with strands of dodder attached to them.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/2dodder-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/2dodder-32x32.gif 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/3dodder.gif'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/3dodder-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Some strands of dodder branching off from the cranberry upright to which they are attached.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/3dodder-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/3dodder-32x32.gif 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family: Cuscutaceae (Dodder Family) Genus: Cuscuta | Species: At least 15 are found in the eastern U. 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