Assertion: dwarf mistletoe | /r/HasProperty | arceuthobium
Facets:
value: viscaceae
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: It is interesting that the dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium) that are serious pathogens on conifers in the western United States have not spread to any pine species in the southeastern U.S.
text: Although there are several species of dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium) in the European, Asian, and African continents, their most extensive development occurred in Central and North America, where there are over 3 dozen species of dwarf mistletoes (7).
text: Dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium)
text: Frank Hawksworth and Delbert Wiens, USDA Forest Service: "Biology and Classification of Dwarf Mistletoe (Arceuthobium)
text: Adult plants of dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium, Viscaceae)
text: P ine or dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium) is especially interesting because sap within the white berries develops considerable hydrostatic pressure causing the berries to literally explode when they are ripe.
text: For example, the dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium, Viscaceae) parasitizes pines (Pinaceae), junipers and cypresses (Cupressaceae) exclusively.
text: Other parasitic seed plants that do not have chlorophyll, such as dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium) or dodder (Cuscuta), derive all of their nutrition, water, minerals, and carbohydrates from the host plant (holoparasite).