Re: interesting question

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Subject:	Re: interesting question
From:	"Peregrine" <>
Date:	Sun, 4 May 1997 01:44:01 -0400 (EDT)

>
> An interesting question posed by a friend of a friend:
>
> Why is it that the leaves of various species of mistletoe resemble 
those of
> the host tree?
>
> Any answers?
>

are specific mistletoe species only found on certain trees?  I always 
thought they were dispersed by birds, so how would the mistletoe "know" 
that its seeds were deposited on the correct species of tree?
interesting question indeed!

Katie Bertsche

Katie Bertsche .........If you're too busy to go birding, you're too busy.
Sydney, NSW, Australia

http://www.bowdoin.edu/~kbertsch
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