Some Common Plants of Upper Newport Bay

Dodder  (Cuscuta salina)

Bud and Stem: The leafless Dodder plants have slender, thread-like waxy, orange stems which coil about and get their energy from the host plant.

Bud: Big Canyon - 1-Jun-02

Stem: San Joaquin Hills Dr. - 6-Jun-02

Date: 10/27/2003