While searching every Emory Oak twig that I encountered on the 8th for caterpillars I found another oak specialist, Wiens Oak Mistletoe (a.k.a. Cory’s Mistletoe) Phoradendron villosum ([Nuttall] Nuttall ex Engelmann) subsp. coryae. It was prevalent in the oak in the lower part of Trail 796. The mistletoe is developing seed, soon to be dispersed by the local birds.
