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Muellerina eucalyptoides
Muellerina eucalyptoides, commonly known as creeping mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic aerial shrub in the family Loranthaceae. The species is endemic to Australia.
In 2017, as part of an experimental effort to increase biodiversity in Melbourne street trees, over 800 seeds of M. eucalyptoides were attached to London plane (Platanus × hispanica) trees in the Melbourne urban area. Researchers have stated that:Many birds prefer to nest in mistletoe because it provides dense shade and cover - which is important in a setting like Melbourne where many of the large urban trees are deciduous.
M. eucalyptoides was chosen for the experiment because it grows on non-native host species, whereas many other Australian mistletoes are host-specific.
Muellerina eucalyptoides hosts the butterflies: imperial Jezebel (Delias harpalyce), common Jezebel (Delias nigrina), dark purple azure (Ogyris abrota), Genoveva azure (Ogyris genoveva), golden or Sydney azure (Ogyris ianthis), mistletoe emperor moth (Opodiphthera loranthi) and the mistletoe moth (Comocrus behri).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Muellerina eucalyptoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
