Naturenotes With Rudy Mancke
Mistletoe
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:01:20
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Synopsis
Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemiparasitic plants in the order Santalales. They are attached to their host tree or shrub by a structure called the haustorium, through which they extract water and nutrients from the host plant.The eastern mistletoe native to North America, Phoradendron leucarpum, belongs to a distinct genus of the family Santalaceae.