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 ...

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 is a "very opportunistic" plant in that its seeds can simply blow onto tree branches, germinate and grow into long, gray strands. It's random where it finds a host.

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.

Spanish moss, which drapes trees in the South, isn’t a moss. It’s a flowering plant that feeds deer, provides nesting material for birds and shelter for insects.

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 ...