I am finally feeling a little bit better and went out for a
short time this morning just to get out of the house. With it being so close to
Christmas (hard to believe in 14 days), a little themed post seems appropriate.
I had noticed in one particular area, that mistletoe was beginning on several
trees in that area. Curious as most of the time you see bunches high in the
tree where this was only head high.
In Old English, mistiltan, current day mistletoe, is of possible German origins
from Mist for dung and Tang for branch. Mistletoe is generally spread by birds eating
and excreting the seeds then sprouting on the host tree from which it absorbs
nutrients. The North American variety, Phoradendron flavescens is native and
grows in trees from New Jersey to Florida.
There is much legend,
lore and history associated with mistletoe in many countries.
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