The message
from "Jeff Layman" contains these words:

A cold-climate plant can "choose" to be either frozen and survive, or have
some sort of anti-freeze which might allow some movement of nutrients/fluid
around it and survive. If the host plant is frozen solid, what is the
point
in mistletoe having anti-freeze if it cannot make use of the host plant's
fluids/minerals? I assume that mistletoe keeps its leaves in winter so it
can use them for photosynthesis. But it can't photosynthesize for long
without water - which it has to obtain from the host! So why is it
evergreen and not deciduous?

I think it is rather a primitive plant, and may still be on the stem
from which deciduous plants branched - BICBW - PA.

--
Rusty
Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk
Separator in search of a sig