Australia has 97 native mistletoes at last count. None grow in Tasmania, the author of the Wikipedia artice quotes that they died out in Tasmania during the last ice age.
Mistletoes don’t kill their hosts, though with a heavy infestation might shorten its host’s life. What I think will happen to this host.
I have not yet found the species or genus name of this one infesting the ‘big’ tree in my patch. New growth on the mistletoe is rust brown while the long eucalyptus-style leaves are a cross between sage green and grey, despite what they look like on this photo.
Nor have I seen anything that looks like a bud, flowers might give me an indication of its genus. The only field guide I know about Australian mistletoes is for the temperate southern half of the continent.
Plantnet doesn’t know it. If Mangroves to Mountains (field guide for local plants) has an online presence I might find it there. We’ll see.
Rita de Heer 