parasitic plants
Host-dependent flora
Parasitic plants are plants that obtain some or all of their nutrients from other plants rather than through photosynthesis alone.
They attach to host plants and draw water, minerals, or sugars directly from them.
Some, like mistletoe, still photosynthesize but supplement their diet parasitically.
Others, like dodder, lack chlorophyll entirely and depend completely on their hosts: The dodder had wrapped itself around the tomato plant, slowly strangling it.
- hemiparasiteOrganism partially dependent on host
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- OrobanchaceaeParasitic flowering plant family
- forest floorGround beneath trees
- tropical rainforestHumid equatorial biome with dense vegetation
witchweed · host · coevolution · mistletoes · dodder · seed dispersal · leaf · twining · leech · invasive species · fungus · clinging · strangler · draining · epiphyte · vampire · yellowed · attachment
- plantstree, plants, leaves, bluebonnet, trees
- parasitic plantsmistletoe, dodder, broomrape, witchweed, rafflesia
- ecologyhabitat, ecosystem, balance, niche, food webs
- plant formstree, shrub, vine, herb, grass
- plant taxonomykingdom, phylum, class, genus, species
- dispersal ecologyseed dispersal, colonization, pioneer species, establishment, recolonization