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Spanish moss absorbs water through tiny scales on its surface, allowing it to retain more water than it needs to survive. Along with the sun it enjoys by lying and draping around the branches of large ...

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Researchers collected samples of Spanish moss and a close relative, ball moss, on Cumberland Island, Georgia, to see what was in residence. They counted a total of 3,297 bugs, including spiders ...

(3) Spanish moss serves as home to many creatures. But despite oft-repeated tales in the Deep South, I am unaware of any evidence that chiggers, aka redbugs, make it their home.

An epiphyte (“air plant”), Spanish moss uses tree branches for support. Its wiry, branching, rootless stems--up to 15-20 feet long--bear tiny leaves with numerous overlapping scales.

Spanish moss, which actually isn't a moss, can be found dangling from oak, cypress and other Floridian trees. It was named due to its curly, bristly appearance that resembles a Spanish man's beard.

Oddly enough, Spanish moss is related to the pineapple. It is an epiphyte – a plant growing on another plant – and its scientific name is Tillandsia usneoides.

"Well, it is the South. When they see magnolias and Spanish moss hanging in live oak trees. It cannot go very far to the north because of the freezing conditions so it is well established in the ...

Wrongly declared parasitic by misinformed folks, Spanish moss colonizes tree branches strictly for support. Dying trees, sometimes heavily draped with these bromeliads, are pointed to as proof ...