Hold off putting up your usual variety of mistletoe – the dwarf mistletoe could soon eclipse its better-known Christmas cousins as the green fertility symbol of choice for holiday party goers. In fact ...

The dwarf mistletoe, a kissin' cousin to the variety hung from doorways at Christmas-time, is unique in its family both for its sexual habits and the level of destruction it causes within the forests ...

Stroll with your sweetie into almost any stand of ponderosa pines in the Inland Northwest and – who knows? – maybe you’ll get lucky. You may be standing beneath a sprig of local, native mistletoe.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American mistletoe's genus *Phoradendron* means 'thief of trees' in Greek. Joe Decruyenaere/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA A ...

My husband and I noticed some mistletoe-looking stuff on our pinyon. It's very unattractive and did not inspire any kissing. I know it's too dry here for regular mistletoe, but it has that same ...

Dwarf mistletoe is a problem in Colorado forests. It is rarely transmitted through nursery stock, but can be difficult to manage in naturally forested areas of the Pikes Peak region. Affected trees ...

Certain specific features accent every holiday season. Easter has eggs and Fourth of July has fireworks. Halloween has pumpkins and Thanksgiving has turkeys. Christmas has many iconic features and ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Breezy Gardens owner Kim Miczek, right, and her sister, Darlene Lappala, who manages Breezy Gardens, stand amidst their wreaths ...