Viscum album L.
(Mistletoe)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesViscum album (Mistletoe)
FamilySANTALACEAE (sandalwoods and mistletoes)
OrderSANTALALES (sandalwoods and mistletoes)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Viscum album (Mistletoe) :
1: Viscum album (Mistletoe)
30 Mar 2014 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
in limes
Image 1: Plant in lime treeImage 2: Plants in lime tree
2: Viscum album (Mistletoe)
21 Oct 2004 OSGR: SO71 51° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: West Glos (VC 34) England
on Apple
Image 1: Berries - close-upImage 2: Fruiting plant - against skyImage 3: Fruiting plant - against sky (2)Image 4: Fruiting plant - against sky (3)Image 5: Fruiting plant - close-upImage 6: Fruiting plant - detailImage 7: Plant against skyImage 8: Plants against skyImage 9: Plants against sky (2)Image 10: Plants against sky (3)Image 11: Shoot with berries - dark backgroundImage 12: Shoot with berries - greenish backgroundImage 13: Shoot with berries - grey background
3: Viscum album (Mistletoe)
22 Sep 2004 OSGR: SO71 51° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: West Glos (VC 34) England
on Apple
Image 1: Shoot with unripe berriesImage 2: Unripe berries - close-upImage 3: Unripe berries - close-up (2)Image 4: Unripe berries - close-up (3)Image 5: Unripe berries - close-up (4)Image 6: Unripe berries - close-up (5)Image 7: Flowers - enlargedImage 8: Flowers - enlarged (2)
4: Viscum album (Mistletoe)
22 Sep 2004 OSGR: SO71 51° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: West Glos (VC 34) England
Small plant on Apple trunk
Image 1: Three young Mistletoe shoots growing out of trunk
5: Viscum album (Mistletoe)
29 May 2004 OSGR: SO71 51° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: West Glos (VC 34) England
on Apple tree
Image 1: Apple tree with two Mistletoe plantsImage 2: MistletoeImage 3: Mistletoe (2)Image 4: Mistletoe plants on Apple treeImage 5: Mistletoe plants on Apple tree (2)Image 6: Two Mistletoe plants on Apple tree
6: Viscum album (Mistletoe)
29 Apr 2001 OSGR: ST74 51° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
on Bramley apple tree
Image 1: BerriesImage 2: Berries - close-up
7: Viscum album (Mistletoe)
13 Feb 2000 OSGR: SU78 51° 40’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
on galled limbs of Field Maple
Image 1: Mistletoe growing from galls on limbs of Field Maple
8: Viscum album (Mistletoe)
13 Feb 2000 OSGR: SU78 51° 40’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
on Large-Leaved Lime
Image 1: Mistletoe clump on branchImage 2: Mistletoe in crown of treeImage 3: Mistletoe on branchImage 4: Mistletoe on branch (2)
9: Viscum album (Mistletoe)
27 Mar 1976 OSGR: SU93 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
on Apple
Image 1: PlantImage 2: Plant at foot of Apple tree
10: Viscum album (Mistletoe)
11 Apr 1970 OSGR: TQ15 51° 20’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
on Poplar
Image 1: Mistletoe growing on riverside Poplar

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Briggs, J. 2011 Mistletoe - a review of its distribution, conservation and insect associates British Wildlife Vol 23 (1): 23-31.

Viscum album (Mistletoe) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Viscum album (Mistletoe)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 41 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Viscum album (Mistletoe)
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