Question

Is mistletoe a parasitism

Answer 1

Answer: Mistletoe is a parasite – it steals water and nutrients from trees. ... Most mistletoe seeds are spread by birds, which eat the berries and defecate on tree branches. If attached to a new host tree, the parasitic seed releases a compound called “viscin”, which dries to form a stiff biological cement.

Explanation: Mistletoe is definitely not your typical shrub—it's a parasite that attacks living trees. Technically, mistletoes—there are over 1,000 species found throughout the world to which botanists ascribe the name—are actually hemi-parasites. The mistletoe is dependent on a tiny bird called a flowerpecker to disperse its seeds. ... This makes the mistletoe a partial parasite. This means that it grows on other plants and trees and draws only the raw material from the host.

Answer 2

Mistletoe is a parasite.

It deprives nutrients from other flowering plants. Mistletoe also has a heavy advantage over other plants because it doesn't need to compete in soil for their water and nutrients. By latching onto other plants, they allow the plant they are growing on to do all the work, and then they take the nutrients that plant has collected, for themselves.

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