What is dwarf mistletoe?

Dwarf mistletoe is not the same plant as the holiday Merryker hangs over his head with the hope that he will steal a kiss from a person who is caught with him under the hanging transport. The tradition of kissing is not tied to a dwarf variety that has green berries. The habit of kissing under mistletoe is reserved for a variety with white berries. The dwarf type is remarkable in the way it is reproduced, a method that uses water under pressure to distract its seeds. This method allows you to shoot dwarf mistletoe is more than 60 feet (18.28 meters).

cells Arceuthobium Americanum or dwarf mistletoe are designed to violently exclude the water that is stored there. This forced expulsion acts as a kind of praku for seeds. The method is quite successful and allowed the dwarf mistletoe to reproduce. Its unique method of reproduction ensures its survival in the forest, but it is harmful to many types of wood. In Sommísta, dwarf mistletoe is considered invasive and particularly harmful. All of the mistletoe plantsThey take minerals and water from their host trees, but the dwarf variety leads this parasitic relationship one step further by taking the host tree sugar and weakening hosts.

also known as Witches' broom, dwarf mistletoe is particularly invasive in North America, where they attack various hemlock trees, several types of pine, western larch and fir Douglas. The plant is also found in Central America, Africa and Asia. The devastation it causes leads to the weakening of the host trees and finally to the death of trees. In some dwarf species, the plant can cast up to 100 feet (30.48 meters) with high winds. Smaller and younger trees, less than ten years old, generally escape the devastation parasite because it tends to attack higher and older trees.

Relative, European mistletoe, connects mainly to oaks and apple trees. View of its green leaves and white berries in winter, inWhen most of the plants in the countryside, most of the plants in the country, led to its connection with strength and fertility. Various parts of European mistletoe were used for their healing properties. There is no clinical evidence that the plant can fight cancer in humans, although they attack some cancer cells in laboratory test tubes, and some people have relied on cancer treatment since the beginning of the 20th century. The use of mistletoe in medicine includes high blood pressure, certain cardiac conditions, hemorrhoids, DNA, epilepsy, depression, menopause, headaches and some other conditions.