Fallen mistletoe leaves release nutrients into the forest floor that would otherwise remain locked within trees, and this generosity ripples through the food chain. “Yes, ecologically ...

Surround the affected area with several layers of ... Conveniently, the best time to rid your trees of mistletoe is winter; that's doubly useful if you want to try this easy mistletoe DIY that ...

Indeed the spherical puffs do seem to more closely resemble mistletoe growth. It turns out the festive plant is actually a parasite, which The Tree Council says “grows in green clumps on various ...

Mistletoe, a parasitic plant, is actually accustomed to the suspension: In nature, it grows only on other trees’ branches. And it’s long been associated with mystical power: In Norse myth ...

In Australia, mistletoe varieties have often been overlooked or treated as burdensome parasites leeching off native trees. But Tiffany Mason, a senior ecologist with the NSW Biodiversity ...