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Tillandsia usneoides
Spanish moss is an epiphyte which absorbs nutrients (especially calcium) and water from the air and rainfall. Spanish moss is colloquially known as "air plant". In the southern U.S., the plant seems to show a preference of growth on Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) or Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) because of these trees' high rates of foliar mineral leaching.
Coastal Southern Live Oak Woodlands
Spotted on Jan 18, 2010
Submitted on Oct 26, 2011
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