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NZ mistletoes are parasites but not villains – they’re vital for birds and insects during winter

  • Written by Janice Lord, Associate Professor in Botany, University of Otago
NZ mistletoes are parasites but not villains – they’re vital for birds and insects during winterJanice Lord, CC BY-SA

Mistletoes are the stuff of myth and legend, vilified for providing the arrow that shot Norse god Balder, but venerated in Celtic and Roman mythology as protection against dark forces.

It is no wonder – mistletoes are unlike any other plant. All species in the mistletoe family, Loranthaceae, are parasites.

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