Just in time for the season. . . I found boughs of Mahogany Mistletoe (Phoradendron rubrun), within reach on a path near the St. Johns River.
Mistletoe is the common name for a group of hemi-parasitic plants in the order Santalales that grow attached to and within the branches of trees or shrubs. They receive their nourishment from the host plant.
The word 'mistletoe' is of uncertain etymology; it may be related to German Mist, for dung and Tang for branch, but Old English mistel was also used for basil.