Cuscuta compacta A.L. de Jussieu ex Choisy. Subgenus: Grammica. Compact Dodder. Phen: Late Jul-Nov. Hab: Bottomland forests, stream banks, marshes, swamps, pine savannas, calcareous seeps and streambanks, wet fields, other wet habitats, on herbaceous and especially on woody hosts. Dist: VT, QC, and NE south to s. FL and TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = Ar, C, F, Fl6, FNA14, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, NcTx, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, WH3, Gandhi, Thomas, & Hatch (1987), Spaulding (2013a); > Cuscuta compacta Juss. ex Choisy var. compacta – K3, K4, NE, W, Musselman (1986), Yuncker (1965); > Cuscuta compacta Juss. ex Choisy var. efimbriata Yunck. – K3, K4, Musselman (1986), Yuncker (1965)

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Heliophily: 5