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Mistletoe is a parasitic evergreen plant that lives on trees such as oaks, elms, firs, pines, apples, and elms. Native to Europe and North America, mistletoe is also found in Australia and Korea.
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What is the Latin name of the mistletoe plant?
Viscum album (European mistletoe) and Phoradendron leucarpum (American mistletoe) are used for medicinal purposes.
What is the scientific name for mistletoe?
Mistletoe is a plant belonging to the order Santalales.There are over 900 species of mistletoe but the mistletoe that is commonly sold for Christmas is the species Phoradendron flavescens.
What is the common name for the plant viscum?
Mistletoe
What is the symbiotic relationship between mistletoe and spruce plants?
Mistletoe is a parasitic plant that needs food from plants like the spruce to survive.
Why do mistletoe's absorb water from the host plant?
Because mistletoe is a parasite - it needs a 'host' plant in order to grow. Once it attaches to the host plant, it sends out roots into the host's stem in order to absorb water. Mistletoe is not a total parasite. It is called a hemi-parasite. It makes its' own food through photosynthesis but takes water and soil nutrients through the host it lives on.
hang this plant to kiss under?
The answer is mistletoe!
Which plant do you exchange kisses under at Christmas?
mistletoe!!!!!!!!!!!!
At Christmas it is traditional to exchange kisses beneath which plant -?
Mistletoe.
Is mistletoe a flowering plant?
no
Is a mistletoe a flowering plant?
no
Is mistletoe a fungi?
No it is a plant
Which family of plants does mistletoe belong to?
Mistletoe is in the Viscacea and Loranthacea plant families.
What is the symbiosis type of mistletoe and a tree?
Parasitic. The mistletoe plant attaches to the host plant and penetrates its branches, from where it absorbs nutrients.
Is an insectivorous plant carnivorous?
mistletoe
A Christ mas plant?
mistletoe
What are the berries of the mistletoe plant?
white!!!!! :)
What Christmas plant is also known as viscum?
Viscum is a certain species of a mistletoe.
