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
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
Usnea
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Usnea is a genus of fruticose lichens in the large family Parmeliaceae. The genus, which currently contains roughly 130 species, was established by Michel Adanson in 1763. Species in the genus grow li
Spanish moss
…from the coast of southeastern Virginia to Florida and west to southern Arkansas and Texas. While it superficially resembles its namesake, the lichen Usnea, it is neither a lichen nor a moss (instead being a member of the bromeliad family, Bromeliaceae), and it is not native to Spain. Spanish moss consists…
Usnea cavernosa Flickr pellaea
Usnea, as depicted in Dillenius's 1768 work Historia muscorum
Usnea dasopoga
Usnea angulata has ridged branches.