The winter holiday season typically involves several types of decorative plants, like Christmas trees, holly, poinsettias, and mistletoe. You may have heard that some of these plants are dangerous ...

For example, European mistletoe (Viscum album) has been recorded parasitizing over 400 different species of woody plants but grows best on apple trees (Malus sp.), European lindens (Tilia × ...

Mistletoe may symbolize love and prompt a kiss this time of year, but what if it’s killing your trees? Nancy Miller of Canyon Country wrote to the SoCal Garden Clinic about her problem: Ten ...

For many people, mistletoe is a pest, while for others, it is a symbol of Christmas cheer. The origin of mistletoe as a Yuletide symbol came from the Norse and the Druids. Both had traditions that ...

Oftentimes, homeowners do not realize that they have mistletoe in their trees until the winter when deciduous trees lose their leaves. It is then that the mistletoe clumps are easily recognized.

Perhaps people notice mistletoe more often during winter. This may be because clumps of green mistletoe stand out in leafless, dormant trees this time of year. In Florida, mistletoe is most common ...

STAR-LEDGER FILE PHOTOMistletoe may contribute to tree mortality with weakened trees, but some ecologists consider it beneficial in providing winter cover and nesting sites for some birds. Q. Is ...

Mistletoe can be found in tree canopies across the world and absorbs nutrients from the trees, sometimes killing them. This time of the year, finding a mistletoe can be as easy as looking up.

Out of roughly 1,400 species of mistletoe, most are hemiparasites, meaning they depend on host trees for minerals and water but still harvest energy from the sun in their leaves.

But high on the western rim the trees along the national park boundary were still catching the late light. They stood clearly etched along the crest and seemed, as objects so often do in winter ...

Oftentimes, homeowners do not realize that they have mistletoe in their trees until the winter when deciduous trees lose their leaves. It is then that the mistletoe clumps are easily recognized.