The Nondenominational Holiday Botanical Celebration
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Welcome to The Nondenominational Holiday Botanical Celebration! AKA: What You Might Not Know About Popular Seasonal Evergreens. When you think of "parasite" I'm sure something really lovely comes to mind, like tapeworms or bot fly larva, but I would have been surprised if you would have said mistletoe. We've all seen it dangling ominously above doorways come the holiday season— —those little leafy branches, tied together with an adorable bow. But did you know that mistletoe is actually an obligate hemiparasitic plant? That means it can't finish its life cycle without first latching onto a tree host and then sucking out all of its water and mineral nutrients. Just to clarify, there are two common types of mistletoe. You have the American...
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Welcome to The Nondenominational Holiday Botanical Celebration! AKA: What You Might Not Know About Popular Seasonal Evergreens. When you think of "parasite" I'm sure something really lovely comes to mind, like tapeworms or bot fly larva, but I would have been surprised if you would have said mistletoe. We've all seen it dangling ominously above doorways come the holiday season— —those little leafy branches, tied together with an adorable bow. But did you know that mistletoe is actually an obligate hemiparasitic plant? That means it can't finish its life cycle without first latching onto a tree host and then sucking out all of its water and mineral nutrients. Just to clarify, there are two common types of mistletoe. You have the American...
