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§1 Plant — species · Viscaceae

Arceuthobium americanum Nutt. ex Engelm.

vernacular American dwarf mistletoe


USDA
ARAM
GBIF
8428083
Rank
species
American dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium americanum)
Platephotograph · Caleb CattoCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Subshrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Viscaceae Batsch
Genus
Arceuthobium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 5 of 56 Montana counties.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ARAM ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/8428083 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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