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Arceuthobium littorum
Coastal dwarf mistletoe is a small leafless-looking parasitic plant that grows on Bishop pine and Monterey pine along the northern California coast. It is not grown as a garden or houseplant, so care is about its host trees rather than the plant itself.
Arceuthobium littorum is a species of dwarf mistletoe known as coastal dwarf mistletoe. It is endemic to the coastline of northern California, where it lives as a parasite on Bishop pine and Monterey pine trees, and occasionally on Bolander's pine. This species significantly impacts the ecology of coastal pine forests, negatively affecting the health of host trees but providing important habitat and food for other organisms.
Infection by A. littorum negatively impacts the health of host trees. For example, hosts display decreased longevity, lower reproductive rates, and increased susceptibility to infection by fungal pathogens compared to uninfected trees.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arceuthobium littorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
