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Arceuthobium apachecum
Arceuthobium apachecum, commonly known as Apache dwarf mistletoe and as Arceuthobium campylopodum subsp. apachecum, is a species of dwarf mistletoe. It is a parasitic plant that grows as a shrub on the branches and trunks of Southwestern white pine (Pinus strobiformis, sometimes treated as Pinus reflexa) trees in Arizona, New Mexico and Coahuila. In turn, it is often parasitized by species of fungi. Like with many dwarf mistletoe species, populations of A. apachecum impact the ecology of their environments significantly, degrading the health of host trees but providing food and creating habitat for various animals.
The geographic distribution of A. apachecum is narrow compared to other species in its genus. In the United States, it ranges from southeastern Arizona to southwestern and central New Mexico, primarily at high elevations from 2000 to 3000 meters. In Arizona, populations have been documented in the White Mountains, Pinaleño Mountains, Santa Catalina Mountains, Chiricahua Mountains, and Santa Rita Mountains, and in New Mexico, populations have been documented in the Mogollon Mountains, Mangas mountains, Magdalena Mountains, San Mateo Mountains, and Capitan Mountains. A disjunct population also exists in northern Mexico, in the Sierra del Carmen.
Fir dwarf mistletoe · American dwarf mistletoe · Azores Dwarf Mistletoe · Southwestern white pine dwarf mistletoe · Sugar pine dwarf mistletoe · Western dwarf mistletoe · Limber pine dwarf mistletoe · Pinyon dwarf mistletoe · Douglas-fir dwarf mistletoe · Huachuca Mountain dwarf mistletoe · Larch dwarf mistletoe · Coastal dwarf mistletoe
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arceuthobium apachecum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
