Cuscuta californica  H. & A.

Ubiquity:  Very(?) uncommon

Distritution:  N1/2

Plant Communities:  Regular Chaparral, Annual Grassland

Habitats:  Many herbs & shrubs

Elevations:  300-600'

Comments:  Parasite

Updated:  1/22/98

Cuscuta californica  H. & A.  var. breviflora  Engelm

Ubiquity:  Very(?) uncommon

Distritution:  Las Pasadas Rd., Conn Valley

Plant Communities:  Annual Grassland

Habitats:  Herbs & shrubs like Eriogonum & Composits

Elevations:  300-?'

Comments:  Parisite.  = C. brachycalyx.  Collection needed

Updated:  1/22/98

Cuscuta howelliana  Rubtzoff

Ubiquity:  Very uncommon

Distritution:  Known only at two places along Atlas Peak Rd.

Plant Communities:  Regular Chaparral

Habitats:  On Eryngium aristulatum; in wet, sunny, rocky swales/vernal pools; in volcanic areas

Elevations:  

Comments:  Parasitic.  Collection needed

Updated:  2/3/98

Cuscuta indecora  Choisy

Ubiquity:  Uncommon

Distritution:  E1/2 & SW1/4

Plant Communities:  Annual Grassland

Habitats:  Herbs like Asclepias, Artemisis, Medicago

Elevations:  10-?'

Comments:  Parasitic.  Includes C. ceanothi

Updated:  1/22/98

Cuscuta pentagona  Engelm.

Ubiquity:  Very uncommon

Distritution:  Known only on the Napa River 1/2 mile N of Trancas St.

Plant Communities:  Valley Oak Riparian

Habitats:  On Foeniculum vulgare growing on a gravel bar

Elevations:  10'

Comments:  Parasitic.  Collection needed

Updated:  2/3/98

Cuscuta salina Engelm.  var. major  Yunck.

Ubiquity:  Very uncommon

Distritution:  Known only for the Napa Marsh

Plant Communities:  Coastal Salt Marsh

Habitats:  Herbs like Cressa, Chenopodiaceae, Salicornia

Elevations:  4-10'

Comments:  Parasitic.  Collection needed

Updated:  1/22/98