1. The traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plant
   - Phoradendron serotinum, Phoradendron flavescens
    
2. Small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees
   - Arceuthobium pusillum

Type of: false mistletoe, mistletoe, parasitic plant

Part of: Arceuthobium, genus Arceuthobium

Encyclopedia: American mistletoe