September 5, 2026
A Young Peregrine on the Ascent
Yesterday in the Mohonk Preserve near New Paltz, N.Y., Chris Nadareski of the NYC DEP released four young rehabbed peregrines,…
It looks like some sort of organic spaghetti, and it is growing strong at a few places at the Celery Farm. A friend of the blog wondered just what that weird stuff is, and I’m not sure I can be very helpful.
It’s dodder.
The good news is that it appears to be native and not horrendous, bit the operative word is "appears."
This is the best description I found on the Web: "Dodder, a parasitic plant that lacks chlorophyll."
If anybody else can provide more info, please do.
Thanks so much for the info!
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Alice
Thanks so much for the info!