MISTLETOES

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MISTLETOES

• PARASITIC ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS)
• WITCH WEED AND DODDER
• LEAFY MISTLETOES
• DWARF MISTLETOES

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PHORADENDRON VILLOSUM OAK MISTLETOE
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VISCUM ALBUM European mistletoe
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Phoradendron juniperinum - junipers
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Phoradendron juniperinum
Phoradendron pauciflorum
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DWARF MISTLETOE LIFE CYCLE
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Dwarf mistletoe dispersal
(Figures from Hawksworth and Wiens 1996)
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Mistletoe Infection from Overstory to Understory
Trees
HOST SPECIFICITY
Nancy Boriack
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Ponderosa pine dwarfmistletoe Arceuthobium
campylopodum
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Lodgepole pine dwarfmistletoe Arceuthobium
americanum
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Western larch Arceuthobium laricis
Arceuthobium pusillum Black spruce
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Arceuthobium douglasii Douglas-fir
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Arceuthobium tsugense Western hemlock