Spanish moss is not parasitic and only uses the bark of mostly southern live oak and bald cypress trees as a place to hang and gather minerals. The only time the epiphyte may pose a problem is if ...

Q. Mobile, Charleston and New Orleans are noted for their magnificent live oak trees, many of which have Spanish moss hanging from their limbs. I have several questions about this gray plant.

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – It’s almost impossible to think of the bayou state without having at least one vision of Spanish moss hanging from the outstretched, arthritic limbs of an aged ...

Spanish moss is not actually moss ... It can be used as an arbor roof or to hang over a chain-link fence for privacy, but because it will only live in trees, you have to replenish the supply ...

Spanish moss is an air plant, or epiphyte, hanging from the branches of living and dead trees, giving trees this hairy appearance. Tillandsia thrives in humid conditions, so it’s a perfect plant ...

Picture any iconic southern city - New Orleans, Mobile, Charleston, Natchez, Savannah - and you likely imagine Spanish moss hanging from stately trees. But the plant is typically found in extreme ...

Q. Mobile, Charleston and New Orleans are noted for their magnificent live oak trees, many of which have Spanish moss hanging from their limbs. I have several questions about this gray plant.

there seems to be less Spanish moss around today than I remember from way back when. I remember the trees being just loaded with the stuff. Now there’s a clump hanging here and there, ...

Spanish moss is eaten by deer and wild turkey, and it’s used as nesting material by egrets, mockingbirds, warblers, owls, and squirrels. It shelters a host of other animals, from spiders and ...

The dangling strands of Spanish moss commonly found hanging from live oak and crape myrtle trees in the Southeast are so alluring that some might want to bring it indoors to decorate.