Spanish moss: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	black moss • long moss • Tillandsia usneoides • vegetable horsehair

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Spanish moss on bald cypress trees

Osprey carrying Spanish moss for use in a nest.

A tree-lined path in Savannah, Georgia, with oak trees draped in Spanish moss and blooming pink azaleas along the sides.

Summerville, S.C.

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Topics

Tillandsia

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous