The mistletoe on my apple trees tends to produce the best berries now, a bit late for Christmas.
The seeds are spread by birds, who enjoy the berries but wipe the sticky seeds off on the branches of various trees. The Mistle Thrush is even named for it.
Actually it is apparently Blackcaps who are the more important spreaders of mistletoe seeds.
Bird images: RSPB
Mistletoe in lime trees near St Mary's Church
And on a Robinia (false acacia) tree in the cemetery
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