Resource Number: 56412
Title: Plant Parasites of Tree Roots
Publisher: Forest Health Protection
Resource Type: Fact sheet
Description:
The impact of parasitic plants on stand and tree growth is not known in detail, except for a few species which attack young trees. Young slash pine in at least one Florida plantation have been killed by the root parasite senna seymeria (Seymeria cassioides). Commandra umbellata can parasitize roots of many species of plants and is also the alternate host for commandra stem rust of pines. Many of these parasitic plants have a wide geographic and host range.
Last Updated: January 16, 2026
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Domain(s)/Area(S):
- Forestry
| Subject |
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| olax |
| Sandalwood |
| krameria |
| Broom-rape |
| Figwort |