SC - Mistletoe (OT)

[Jeff Gedney]

Mistletoe is parasitic rather than epiphytic, as it uses its host for
nourishment as well as support.  Epiphytic plants use a host for support,
but take their nourishment from the air.  Both Viscum album (European
mistletoe) and Phoradendron flavescens (the most common U.S. mistletoe) are
classed as parasites.  

Here in Oklahoma, mistletoe is the state plant and can not be taken from
state land, where it is protected.  This may or may not say something about
our state legislature.

Bear

> Not being near any books, I can't confirm this, but as mistletoe is
> epiphytic (I
> hope that's the word; I mean "floating" plants that don't need soil),
> dung-on-a-twig might be a good name. <clipped> 
> 
> Sandra Kisner (who's second e-mail address is a function of the remote
> access)
> sjk3 at cornell.edu
> 
> 
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