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Fun fact: Mistletoe is commonly confused with holly (Ilex sp.), a similar plant with evergreen leaves and berries, although the berries are commonly red. Mistletoe species native to Europe often have red berries rather than white, which adds to the confusion with holly.


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The mistletoe's sticky red berries are an enticing food source for Phainopeplas and other birds like Northern Mockingbirds and American Robins. When birds eat the berries, they poop out more desert mistletoe seeds, helping this plant spread to different trees. Because Phainopeplas and desert mistletoe are so intertwined, they teach us a lot.


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News Mistletoe: What's It to the Birds? Next time you steal a kiss under the mistletoe, make sure to thank the berry lovers (and their poop). By Purbita Saha December 21, 2015 Birds in This Story Phainopepla Latin: Phainopepla nitens A Mistletoebird munching on its favorite meal of mistletoe fruit. Photo: James Peake/Alamy


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All have small, inconspicuous flowers. There are 60-70 species of Viscum, mainly in the warm regions of the Old World. The oak mistletoe that was venerated by the Celts and Germans is European mistletoe ( Viscum album) which produces yellow flowers and white sticky berries.


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Mistletoe is a parasitic plant that grows on trees, particularly hardwood trees like oak and apple. A parasite is a plant or animal that needs another plant or animal to survive. As mistletoe grows on a tree it uses its roots to invade a tree's bark, which allows mistletoe to absorb the tree's nutrients.


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4. The Significance of White Berries: Explore the symbolism associated with white mistletoe berries. Explain that their white color represents purity, innocence, and the magic of the holiday season. 5. Rare Red Mistletoe Berries: Mention the existence of rare red mistletoe berries, which can occasionally be found.


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The ripe white berries of dwarf mistletoe, native to the western United States and Canada, also can explode, ejecting seeds at an initial average speed of 60 miles per hour and scattering them as far as 50 feet. When a mistletoe seed lands on a suitable host, it sends out roots that penetrate the tree and draw on its nutrients and water.


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What is mistletoe? Where do mistletoes grow? Are mistletoe berries poisonous? Does mistletoe kill trees? How are mistletoe seeds dispersed?


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A dwarf mistletoe seed is disseminated by an explosive mechanism regulated by the buildup of water pressure inside a mistletoe berry as it ripens. The seeds, coated with a sticky substance, cling to any surface they hit, including birds, other animals, or tree branches. (Credit: U.S. Forest Service, USDA. Public domain.)


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Red-berried mistletoe is fairly widespread and grows a variety of hosts, commonly on olives and Crataegus species in the mountains, particularly around Grazalema and in the Sierra de las Nieves, where it shows up well in the deciduous trees, sometimes completely covering them.


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Mistletoe ( Viscum album) is an evergreen plant that is smothered in white berries from winter to spring. It grows in the branches of trees, such as hawthorn, apple, poplar, lime and conifers. Mistletoe in flower Quick facts Common name: Mistletoe Botanical name: Viscum album Group: Parasitic evergreen shrub Sowing time: March or April


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Mistletoe ( Viscum album ) is a type of parasitic plant. It grows on various types of trees, such as apple, oak, and pine. Viscum album, in particular, is also called European mistletoe and differs from American mistletoe, which is commonly used as a decoration.


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Mistletoe is an evergreen plant that produces berries in winter. It is maybe most well-known for having snow white berries, but there are actually more than 1,500 varieties of mistletoe around the world and the berries can be white, pink, or red.


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A juniper dwarf mistletoe ( Arceuthobium oxycedri) growing on a juniper tree in Pakistan's Ziarat Forest. William M. Ciesla, Forest Health Management International, Bugwood.org They don't grow.


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Lots of birds rely on mistletoe berries as a food source, as do elk, deer, squirrels, chipmunks and even porcupines, which will also eat the leaves when other fresh foliage is scarce. Tangled.