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ASGAP - Frequently Asked Questions
... are parasitic plants which attach themselves to other host plants (usually onto the branches, but root parasites are known) and extract most of their growth needs (water, nutrients) from the hosts. They ...
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Top 10 Wildflowers (Page 1)
... World's Most Massive Flower See Minute Stem Parasite On A Desert Shrub See Bizarre Root Parasites That Live On Sand Dunes See Carnivorous Wildflowers That Capture And Eat Insects Go To ...
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Flowering Plants
... -rich molecules from other host plants, but unlike the direct root and stem parasites, their carbohydrates and amino acids are derived from nearby root systems via a conduit of filamentous soil fungi. Using ... World's Most Massive Flower See Minute Stem Parasite On A Desert Shrub See Bizarre Root Parasites That Live On Sand Dunes But of all the marvelously adapted flowering plants, the carnivorous ...
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APSnet Education Center - Introductions to the Major Pathogen Groups - Introduction to Parasitic Flowering Plants
... be distinguished: stem parasites and root parasites. Stem parasites occur in several families, and pathogenic members include some mistletoes (see below) and dodder (Cuscuta). Root parasites are more common and are found in diverse taxonomic groups. Some of the most economically important root pathogens are in the Orobanchaceae ...
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Arnold Arboretum - Molecular Biology and Evolution of phytochrome systems
... to outnumber all other land plants combined; in the flowering plant family Orobanchaceae, which comprises root parasites that are partially or wholly parasitic on their host plants and have responses to light ...
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Parasitic Plants: Literature Useful To The Study Of Florida Plants
... California Press, Berkeley, CA. 246 p. Musselman, Lytton J. and William F. Mann, Jr. 1978. Root parasites of southern forests. General Technical Report SO-20. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service ...
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Pinus OWN Engelm
... cassioides) is one of a number of native root parasites that attack slash pine. Damage of economic importance is well documented but rare. Root rots may be a problem in tree nurseries or ... of full stocking, fire hazard, since ground fuel accumulates when prescribed burning is prohibited, and root rot. Heavy thinning will give more sawtimber quickly, while light thinnings will give more total ...
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NARGS: Plant of the Month: December 2002
... commonly grown genera as they are root parasites, technically "hemiparasites", plants who have chlorophyll and can produce sugars, but who do not have fully functional root systems. Instead they have ... broom rape family, whose other members do not produce chlorophyll, i.e. are full parasites. Pedicularis kanei ssp kanei, sometimes called Pedicularis lanata or Pedicularis lanata ssp kanei, ...
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Parasitic and Epiphytic Plants
... relatively short time into a dense "ball" composed of numerous individual plants. The plants form root-like holdfasts which penetrate into the rough bark of the tree. These holdfasts often completely ...
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Open Directory - Science:Biology:Flora and Fauna:Plantae:Magnoliophyta:Magnoliopsida
... , comprising about 190 genera and 4,000 predominately temperate species, including many which are partial root parasites and a few that are without chlorophyll and are wholly parasitic. Ulmaceae The elm family ...
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