mistletoe "can weaken trees by taking nutrients and water from them. However, some say that mistletoe shares its wealth by dropping nutrients back onto the host plant." For people on the East ...

A parasitic plant with potentially poisonous berries ... Sixteen species of the leafless dwarf mistletoe infect only trees in the pine family and are mostly found along the West Coast.

Some species of mistletoe can only grow on certain host plants, like spruce trees, while others can target a range of different species including other mistletoe. The species most associated with ...

From these sticky seeds, tendrils will quickly emerge to latch onto the host plant. Farmers and landholders have often viewed the parasite as a pest trying to kill their trees. But mistletoe has ...

It turns out the festive plant is actually a parasite ... noticeable in winter once trees have lost their leaves”. The arboreal experts add that mistletoe seems to be spreading across the ...