TABLE 5.11–Establishment of Arceuthobium species outside their natural range
 
Arceuthobium Host Location Distance to closest
known naturally
infested stands
Reference

A. cyanocarpum Pinus flexilis Fort Collins, CO 35 km First report
 
A. divaricatum Pinus edulis Fort Collins, CO 200 km First report
Albuquerque, NM 20 km Hawksworth and Wiens 1972
 
A. littorum Pinus radiata Berkeley, CA 130 km Offord 1964
Stanford, CA 85 km Peirce 1905
Hillsborough, CA 100 km Butler 1992
 
A. microcarpum Picea pungens Alpine, AZ 10 km Hawksworth and Wiens 1972
Springerville, AZ 10 km First report
 
A. pusillum Picea glauca Fort Gary, MB 10 km Thomas 1954
Canada
 
A. vaginatum
  subsp. cryptopodum
Pinus ponderosa Denver, CO 15 km Hawksworth and Wiens 1972
Pueblo, CO 30 km J. Hoffman
(personal communication)

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