Some flowers release a pleasing fragrance. Other plants smell. And then there's the parasitic dodder vine, which has the remarkable ability to sniff out its victims. Farmers have placed the dodder - ...

Fred from Boardman submitted this photo to the OSU Extension Plant and Pest Clinic of a vine growing around his petunias. Master Gardeners identified it as a dodder vine, a parasitic plant also known ...

As much as I love the color orange, when I see stringy orange masses along the roadways, I am not happy. The vine in question is dodder, an annual parasitic vine related to morning glory. Its thin, ...

Dodder is a fairly common native leafless parasitic vine. This fast-growing slender vine sprouts from a small seed and must quickly climb into or onto a host plant. If it does not reach into a host ...

I wasn’t sure if I should write about a plant that few people are aware of or ever notice. But watching a short YouTube video convinced me. In the video, scientists placed a small wheat plant and a ...

The parasitic dodder vine "sniffs" out plants from which it can draw nutrients. Unable to produce its own food, the dodder vine must live entirely off a host plant. In a series of experiments, ...

The parasitic vine known as dodder really sucks. It pierces the tissue of other plants — some of which are important crops — extracting water and nutrients needed for its own growth. But it also ...

That strange mass of stringy yellow stuff growing across the ground and up onto your trees? It's not something from a 1950s horror movie, but it is a parasite that can damage your landscaping. It is ...

A dodder plant begins its life looking like a tapeworm. The tiny plant, which will never grow leaves or roots, elongates in a spindly spiral. Round and round it swirls, searching for a host plant.

Ever heard of a dodder vine? I hadn’t – until I read “What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses” by Daniel Chamovitz. Turns out this widespread vine, all gawky and gangly, has what you might ...

Q: I have a vitex bush that I purchased from a local nursery about a year ago. It keeps getting covered with a vine that doesn’t have any leaves. Branches are dying; it is as if it is strangling the ...

Q:I have a lot of dodder (haven't kept after it) in one of the raised beds in which I am growing vegetables. Had a little last year, but this is a mess. Is the only way to get rid of it to replace the ...