Bousillage
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Bousillage is a mixture of clay and grass or other fibrous substances used as the infill between the timbers of a half-timbered building. This material was commonly used by 18th-century French colonia
Bousillage infill between the studs
La Maison de Guibourd Historic House in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri is an example of poteaux-sur-solle construction.
A model of the Maison Bolduc showing poteaux-sur-solle construction.
Maison Bolduc is an example of poteaux-sur-solle construction.
Spanish moss
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Spanish moss is an epiphytic flowering plant that often grows upon large trees in tropical and subtropical climates. It is native to much of Mexico, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Central America, South Americ
Bousillage
…In French torchis has the same meaning or the meaning of a loaf of this material. Bousillage in south Louisiana is a mixture of clay earth and retted Spanish moss, but in the Upper Mississippi River Valley and Canada contains straw, grass or hair, used to fill in the panels in poteaux-sur-sol, poteaux-en-terre…
Spanish moss at the Mcbryde Garden in hawaii
Close-up of Spanish moss
Spanish moss flower
Spanish moss growing along the limb of a tree