The plant is evergreen and keeps its leaves all year long. Oftentimes, homeowners do not realize that they have mistletoe in their trees until the winter when deciduous trees lose their leaves.

but why do I see trees with no mistletoe next to trees that have been so thoroughly invaded by this parasitic plant that they almost look like evergreens? Susan Shackelford Louisville, Kentucky ...

These invading structures can live for many years inside a tree even if the mistletoe plant itself is removed. Mistletoes are ...

Different dodders prefer different host plants. Hosts include alfalfa, asparagus, bindweed, pigweed, lambsquarters, Russian ...

A seed of the Alphitonia mistletoe (Amyema conspicua) begins to grow on the branch of a host tree in the Bunya Mountains area of Queensland, Australia. Although parasites, mistletoes do make ...

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 ...

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 ...