26 MISC. PUBLICATION 101, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Lower surface ~~ 
Ke oe | \ Upper surfa 
: 
Celtis douglastiE4-F- FMW |. 
Celtis reticulata oe : 
Celtis occidental’s 
ce 
HES 
er Upper surfa 
FiGguRE 2.—Western hackberries (Celtis spp.) 
MISTLETOE FAMILY (LORANTHACEAE) 
A number of the common mistletoes (Phoradendron spp.) are 
palatable to cattle and when in reach are readily eaten. In times of 
food scarcity they are sometimes knocked off their host trees (conifers, 
oaks, buckeyes, mesquite, etc.) with poles and thus assume some local, 
though temporary, importance as emergency rations. The family is, 
of course, far more significant silviculturally than on the range. 
