Figure 3.

Cultivation of parasitic plants with high economic values promotes ecological services. A–B, A sandalwood (S. album) resort area in southern China, photos by Guohua Ma. C, Reforestation using Malania oleifera in karst regions of southwestern China. D, Grassland restoration using Rhinanthus alectorolophus in Czech Republic, photo by Stanislav Hejduk. E, Desert revegetation with root holoparasitic Cistanche tubulosa and its host Tamarix chinensis in northwestern China, photo by Pengfei Tu. F, Desert revegetation with root holoparasitic Cistanche deserticola and its host Haloxylon ammodendron in northeastern China, photo by Pengfei Tu. G, Santalum acuminatum in fruit in Southern Australia, photo by Richard McLellan