Dwarf Mistletoe Species [DLN Coll. No.] |
Host Species |
Locality |
Comments |
A.
americanum |
Pinus contorta |
Buckhorn Mt., Larimer Co., CO |
Infection has killed most of the
crown of the tree |
A.
americanum |
Pinus contorta |
Myers Gulch, Saguache Co.,
CO |
Large, pendulous, "birds
nest" type brooms |
A.
americanum [1911] |
Pinus contorta |
Upper Sky Ranch Rd., CA |
Large broom constituting most
of the middle portion of this tree |
A.
douglasii |
Pseudotsuga menziesii |
Mt. Herman, El Paso Co., CO |
A conspicous "clump" |
A.
douglasii |
Pseudotsuga menziesii |
Santa Fe Co., NM |
View upward through a fan-like,
systemic broom |
A.
douglasii |
Pseudotsuga menziesii |
Santa Fe Co., NM |
View downward through a fan-like,
systemic broom. Shoots of the mistletoe visible in the center |
A.
pusillum [1956] |
Picea glauca |
Emmet Co., MI |
Dead and heavily broomed spruce
trees |
A.
pusillum [1956] |
Picea glauca |
Emmet Co., MI |
Large clumpy brooms |
A.
campylopodum ssp. tsugense |
Tsuga mertensiana |
Alpine Co., CA |
Hemlock showing active and
dead nonsystemic brooms |
A.
campylopodum ssp. tsugense |
Tsuga mertensiana |
Mosquito Lake, Alpine Co.,
CA |
Dense, pendulous brooms |
A.
campylopodum ssp. tsugense [2677] |
Pinus albicaulis |
Crater Lake, OR |
A dead broom at the bottom
of the tree that really looks like *A BROOM* !! |
A.
campylopodum ssp. tsugense [2684-86] |
Tsuga mertensiana, Abies lasiocarpa,
& Pinus albicaulis |
Lane Co., OR |
Three different host genera,
all being broomed by mountain hemlock dwarf mistletoe |
A.
campylopodum ssp. tsugense [2686] |
Pinus albicaulis |
Lane Co., OR |
A white bark pine with dense,
dead broom near base |
A.
vaginatum ssp. vaginatum [1981] |
Pinus ponderosa var. arizonica |
Cerro Potosi, Nuevo Leon, Mexico |
Huge clump of mistletoe causing
a nonsystemic broom. Note also the persistence and diameter of
the branch bearing the DM. Other noninfected branches on the
trunk have already self-pruned. Shows hormonal influence of DM
on the host tree morphology. |
A.
verticilliflorum [1843] |
Pinus engelmanii |
Durango, Mexico |
Similar to above - persistent branch with
DM |