Like other " Castilleja ", this " Castilleja mollis " is hemiparasitic, attaching its roots to those of other plants to tap nutrients and water.
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The species of this genus are mostly hemiparasitic, meaning although they can survive and grow by themselves, they also opportunistically tap into the root systems of nearby plants and parasitize them.
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In the early stages of development, especially, the plants are hemiparasitic on the roots of other trees, particularly Eucalyptus hence the usefulness of shallow soils to establish this parasitism.
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Other marine parasites, deemed endozoic, are parasites of marine invertebrates ( molluscs, flatworms, sponges ) and can be either holoparasitic or hemiparasitic, some retaining the ability to photosynthesize after infection.
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In natural settings " Nuytsia " withdraws relatively little from each individual host, but is attached to so many other plants that the benefit to this hemiparasitic tree is likely to be considerable.
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Occasionally a freak condition can arise where the ( strictly speaking " hemiparasitic " ) plant can supply sufficient photosynthetic power to support the root system of a small host tree for several years after the live host shoots have effectively disappeared.
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As a result of numerous molecular phylogenetic studies based on various chloroplast DNA ( cpDNA ) loci, it was shown to be more closely related to members of the Orobanchaceae . " Agalinis " spp . are hemiparasitic, which is a character that in part describes the Orobanchaceae.
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Although painted honeyeaters build nests in a variety of tree species including " Eucalyptus spp . " many also favour yarran ( " Acacia homalophylla " ) and white cyprus pine ( " Callitris glaucophylla " ), both of which are hosts of the hemiparasitic grey mistletoe ( " Amyema quandang " ).
