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The eastern mistletoe native to North America, Phoradendron leucarpum, belongs to a distinct genus of the family Santalaceae. European mistletoe has smooth-edged, oval, evergreen leaves borne in pairs along the woody stem, and waxy, white berries that it bears in clusters of two to six. The eastern mistletoe of North America is similar, but has ...
Viscum rotundifolium, the red-berry mistletoe, is a variable, wide-ranging and monoecious mistletoe of southern Africa. [1] It is a hardy, evergreen hemiparasite with a catholic variety of host plants, [2] including other mistletoes. [3] It may be found from near sea level to 1,950 m. [1]
Phainopepla are closely associated with desert mistletoe, and are the most effective dispersers of its seeds. [4] As a mistletoe specialist, phainopepla have a specialized digestive system, and process berries very quickly without the gizzard crushing the seeds; berries are defecated 12–45 minutes after being eaten.
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Phoradendron leucarpum is a species of mistletoe in the Viscaceae family which is native to the United States and Mexico. Its common names include American mistletoe, eastern mistletoe, hairy mistletoe and oak mistletoe. It is native to Mexico and the continental United States. [3] It is hemiparasitic, living in the branches of trees. The ...
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The mistletoe berries may attract frugivorous birds (e.g. thrushes) to eat the host juniper's seeds and disperse them. The net benefit on the hosts is difficult to quantify, however. The birds dispersing the host's seeds and benefiting the host, while at the same time dispersing the mistletoe's seeds and spreading the Phoradendron infection.
If you have yet to buy a Christmas tree this year, take cheer — prices are roughly the same as in 2023. Growers weren't expecting to raise wholesale prices, according to an annual survey by the ...