The branching holdfast of a mistletoe bush beneath a side branch on an old apple tree drawing food nutrients from its host
Mistletoe plants attach to and penetrate the branches of a tree or shrub by a structure called the haustorium and it is through this they absorb water and nutrients from the host plant.
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