Cuscuta europaea on Solidago gigantea subsp. serotina (4810' N 1629' E)

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2011-10-09 Vienna XXII. district, Lobau - Danube National Park (155 msm Quadrant 7864/2).German name: Nessel-Teufelszwirn, Nessel-Seide; Riesen-GoldruteSolidago is a new-found host of Cuscuta which prefers native Urtica (and a few other species); last year I found that Cuscuta is not as vital on Solidago as it is on Urtica (it only bore few fruit on the former), and the same was true this year - only that this year's growth of Cuscuta was much richer, and it reached fruiting stage on many Soldiago plants too - like on this one here.For more photos from the same habitat click here!