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Question: Found this vine strangling a stand of Joe-Pye weed by a man-made pond in my garden in Concord...Can you ID …

  • Question

    Found this vine strangling a stand of Joe-Pye weed by a man-made pond in my garden in Concord...Can you ID it? Thanks

    Answer

    Dear Marshat, good afternoon. You've photographed a species of dodder (genus Cuscuata), a parasitic vine in the morning-glory family. Most of the time people encounter Cuscuta gronovii. These are mostly native species.