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Mistletoe
Mistletoe lives as a parasite on trees and shrubs. Although a detriment to the host, it has an important positive effect on the biodiversity of the area. Mistletoe also has medicinal uses. It is most commonly known as a Christmas decoration, and the tradition goes that couples standing under it should kiss.
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What is the symbiotic relationship of the mistletoe and the spruce?
The symbiotic relationship between the mistletoe and the spruce is parasitism.
How did mistletoe become popular around Christmas?
It was popular thousands of years before Christmas because it has pretty berries and it is a strange, parasitic plant.
What is the recommended dosage of mistletoe?
Tea: 1 tsp (5 g) of finely cut herb with 1 cup cold water. Steep for 12 hours. Up to 12 cups of tea daily. Tincture or wine: 8 tsp (40 g) of herb with 34 oz (1 L) of wine. Mascerate for 3 days. 3 - 4 glasses daily.
Where do you find mistletoe tea?
I am really not sure where you get mistle toe tea. I do know that in Europe it's usually used for cancer treatment. Anyway i think i know someone who is looking for it too. That's all i know. Maybe if u go to Europe you can find it but im not sure if i would. Look on the internet. Hopefully this helped!!
What kind of license do you need to sell herbs and fresh produce?
Depend of your location. Some countries don't need any license and some does.
Mistletoe if eating by goats what home treatment?
Mistletoe is poisonous to goats. There are no safe home remedies to treat mistletoe poisoning. If there is reason to believe a goat has ingested mistletoe, it is always best to immediately get him or her to the vet.
Why did Oklahoma name Mistletoe their state flower?
Technically, the mistletoe is now the state emblem since then Governor Brad Henry signed a bill making the Oklahoma Rose the official state flower.
The mistletoe was chosen as the territorial state flower and then state flower back in 1890 when the state had a very hard winter and mistletoe was one of the few flowers that did not suffer that year.
"Mistletoe a controversial choice for Oklahoma state flower" News Oklahoma.
http://newsok.com/article/3683115
Which Norse god was killed with a dart made of mistletoe?
Baldr (also Balder, Baldur) the Norse god associated with light, beauty, love and happiness.
How do you say mistletoe in Austrian?
There is no such language as Austrian. German is the main language spoken in Austria. Mistel is the German for Mistletoe.
What fruit tree produces mistletoe?
Mistletoe is not from a tree. It is a parasite that grows on trees.
Where can you find Marshall Fields' 1948-49 Aunt Holly and Uncle Mistletoe Christmas tree ornaments?
I have Uncle Mistletoe. My mother (who died in 1986) broke Aunt Holly about 1984. They were her favorite ornaments, so it's a good thing she was the one who broke it. Uncle Mistletoe has now been retired to a curio cabinet and is not for sale. It is a treasured family heirloom. P.S. My mother also loved Marshall Fields. Xmas trips there were a highlight of my childhood.
Why is the mistletoe Oklahoma's state flower?
The State Flower is the Oklahoma Rose.
Misteletoe is the State's Floral Emblem.
It also has the Indian Blanket as the State's wildflower.
Where can you find mistletoe in California?
It depends where you look sometimes if you look in cold places you'll find them on tree's a lot if you look in warm places there's a 50 50 % of you finding them
What Christmas song has the words please have snow and mistletoe?
In the song: Al i want for Christmas is you.
Ecologically, mistletoe plays an important role in enhancing diversity in an ecosystem as well as provide a means for distribution of pollen.
Culturally, mistletoe has significance in Christmas as well as Druidic and Nordic mythology. The former is the custom of kissing under the mistletoe, the origin of which is from Druidic customs of using mistletoe to ward off evil. It was also said that Loki killed Balder with an arrow made of mistletoe, because that was the one plant Frigga had not asked to never harm her son.
What kind of a plant is a mistletoe?
Mistletoe is a parasite that grows on trees. Viscum album as it is known grows mostly on apple trees and can be a useful second crop in a orchard.
Possibly. I mean they are normal humans, aren't they?
Kissing under mistletoe good luck or bad luck?
Kissing under the misseltoe obviosly good luck and absolutly romantic for some girls -Y3AH.iHTS qOOD LUCK;& iHTS SUPEr ROMANTiC.;♥
In Harry Potter books what was attracted by mistletoe?
Luna Lovegood thought that nargles hide in mistletoe.
