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Tillandsia usneoides
Lots of it at the Oaks Preserve in Los Osos, CA:)
Found in Los Osos, CA
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I think this is actually spanish moss rather than usnea, the species of lichen known as old man's beard. Spanish moss grows on live oaks, & it's scientific name describes that it does look like usnea.