Knobcone Pine Dwarf Mistletoe

Description

Arceuthobium siskiyouense-is a species of-dwarf mistletoe-known as-knobcone pine dwarf mistletoe. It is-endemic-to the-Klamath Mountains-of northern-California-and southern-Oregon, where it lives as a-parasite-on-knobcone pine-trees. This is a brownish-shrub-which is visible as a network of scaly stems extending above the bark of its host tree. Most of the mistletoe is located inside the host tree, attached to it via-haustoria, which tap the tree for water and nutrients. The leaves of the mistletoe are reduced to scales on its surface.