And what's more, if you find that it's growing in your yard, it can kill your other shrubs and trees. "All parts of American mistletoe contain a toxic protein called phoratoxin," according to WebMD.

But, botanically speaking, that’s what mistletoe is. There are some 1,300 species of this evergreen plant worldwide. They’re all parasitic or semiparasitic, meaning they can survive only on a ...

Indeed the spherical puffs do seem to more closely resemble mistletoe growth. It turns out the festive plant is actually a parasite, which The Tree Council says “grows in green clumps on various ...

There is no one mistletoe plant, as its name is given to a variety of different plant species with a parasitic lifestyle. Some species of mistletoe can only grow on certain host plants, like spruce ...

Mistletoe is a hemiparasite, meaning it carries out photosynthesis of its own while latching onto the roots and shoots of another plant. There are nearly 100 varieties of mistletoe across ...