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.

Mistletoes are a motley group of plants defined more by their lifestyle than their lineage. They all have three features in ...

Sixteen species of the leafless dwarf mistletoe infect only trees in the pine family and ... to put on graves during the ...

Pajor Pawel/Shutterstock Having trees over the winter period is a tradition so old that it actually ... a tree from the family of plants which includes those that gin is made from. The Christmas ...

Indeed the spherical puffs do seem to more closely resemble mistletoe growth ... green clumps on various trees across the UK” and is “especially noticeable in winter once trees have lost ...

From the origins of Christmas carols to romantic mistletoe kisses ... male reindeer are known to lose their antlers during winter. Carols began as dances in Europe thousands of years ago.

Mistletoe is best known for its role in ... species often infest stately trees such as oaks or poplar: In winter, when these trees are leafless, the parasites’ green, Truffula-like clumps ...