Alfalfa dodder vs Mountain Goat

Cuscuta approximata compared with Oreamnos americanus

Key Differences

• Alfalfa dodder is Not Evaluated while Mountain Goat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alfalfa dodder	Mountain Goat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Cuscuta	Oreamnos
Species	Cuscuta approximata	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

Alfalfa dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alfalfa dodder	Mountain Goat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alfalfa dodder

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, Tajikistan), Europe (Hungary, Sweden), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alfalfa dodder

The Alfalfa dodder (Cuscuta approximata) is a species in the genus Cuscuta. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.