Quercus virginiana
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Quercus virginiana, also known as the southern live oak, is an semi-evergreen oak tree native to the Southeastern United States Coastal Plain. Though many other species are loosely called live oak, th
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The avenue of live oaks at Boone Hall in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, planted in 1743.
A specimen at the former Protestant Children's Home in Mobile, Alabama. It has a trunk circumference of 7.0 m (23 ft), height of 19 m (63 ft) and limb spread of 43 m (141 ft).
Leaves and acorns
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
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…also grow in clay. The branches frequently support other plant species such as rounded clumps of ball moss (Tillandsia recurvata), thick drapings of Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), resurrection fern (Pleopeltis polypodioides), and parasitic mistletoe. Southern live oak is cultivated in warmer climates as a…
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