Amylotheca dictyophleba - Brush Mistletoe, Red Mistletoe

Family : Loranthaceae

lamington.nrsm.uq.edu.au/Documents/Plant/brushmistletoe.htm

There are over 85 species of mistletoe and they are all native to Australia.Of these, at least 72 species occur in NSW.
Mistletoes are air-born flowering parasitic plants which live off the sap of their hosts and thrive in almost every type of climate and soil in Australia.They can be found everywhere except Tasmania where apparently conditions do not suit..
Energy is obtained through photosynthesis but the host plant provides mineral nutrients and water.They have evolved along with other native Australian flora and fauna resulting in complex inter-relationships with other species. No introduced mistletoes are present in Australia.
Mistletoes are mainly spread by the Mistletoe bird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum).
Coastal mistletoes tend to flower in spring and summer, but many are at their flowering peak in March.

www.northwestweeds.nsw.gov.au/mistletoe.htm

This plant growing in coastal trees at Manning Point,near Harrington