Mistletoe infestation was not linked to negative health outcomes for the trees the festive favorite was parasitizing.

For many people, mistletoe is a pest, while for others, it is a symbol of Christmas cheer. The origin of mistletoe as a Yuletide symbol came from the Norse and the Druids. Both had traditions that ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – If mistletoe’s status as a nutrient-stealing freeloader has been cooling your holiday ardor, new research led by an Oregon State University scientist may help relight the fire. A ...

Front door of a home decorated with Christmas greenery - Maryna Terletska/Getty Images Hang a bundle of this leafy, white-berried plant from a doorway this December, and it could bring you luck for ...

A seemingly harmless holiday tradition is actually quite damaging to some trees in the Lone Star State, warns the Texas A&M Forest Service. The state agency is cautioning against mistletoe, a plant ...

Every holiday season, millions of people bring a tree-killing parasite into their homes that could potentially make them and their pets sick. Most people who hang mistletoe probably think of it as a ...

Eastern or oak mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum) is a native plant found in the canopies of trees throughout South Carolina. Phoradendron is Greek for “tree thief.” As the name suggests, oak ...

Holidays in general and Christmas in particular are times when we celebrate traditions. Christmas has many traditions that are tied directly or indirectly to plants. We put up a tree in our house to ...

BEREA, Ky. - Few folks even think about mistletoe until Christmas, when we buy a sprig to hang in a doorway so anyone who walks beneath gets a holiday kiss. But Ralph Thompson thinks about it all year ...

The Christmas holiday season would not be complete without a dangling of mistletoe under the doorway. Traditionally, mistletoe is used to decorate the doorway, leading visitors inside to beautiful ...

Episodes of "Monsters Inside Me" on Animal Planet demonstrate how internal parasites can slowly drag a human being down over many years' time. It got me motivated to finally cut the mistletoe out of ...

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