Spanish moss is symbol of the South. Apr 22 ... One of the more traditional beauties of the flora of Louisiana is Spanish moss ... When they see magnolias and Spanish moss hanging in live oak trees.

Louisianians are probably familiar with Spanish moss, but they may not be aware of ball moss. Garden News: Ball-like moss plant cropping up in Louisiana, generally not a threat to trees | Home ...

Spanish moss is a flowering plant belonging to the pineapple family (Bromeliads). The plant starts off as a feathery seed that floats on the air until lodging on a tree trunk or branch.

Extending from Georgia to Arizona and Mexico, ball moss thrives in high humidity and low-intensity sunlight. Unlike loose, fibrous Spanish moss, ball moss grows in a compact ball shape ranging in ...

Spanish moss is a "very opportunistic" plant in that its seeds can simply blow onto tree branches, germinate and grow into long, gray strands. It's random where it finds a host.

Wrongly declared parasitic by misinformed folks, Spanish moss colonizes tree branches strictly for support. Dying trees, sometimes heavily draped with these bromeliads, are pointed to as proof ...

But for healthy trees, Spanish moss just makes them look chic. I recently picked up a clump of Spanish moss blown out of a southern live oak in Beaufort, South Carolina, and found the undamaged ...

Spanish moss grows in harmony with many of our native trees and gives a "Deep South" look to our live oaks. In some cases, the moss will get extremely heavy and could break a branch.

We just moved to Jacksonville from up north and I want to know if Spanish moss is harming my oak trees. There is also some kind of gray-green moss growing on the trunks. Let’s talk about Spanish ...

Normally, I love driving down the back roads of the North Suncoast. On canopy roads, the trees arch overhead, their limbs draped with Spanish moss. In open fields, the limbs of a solitary oak ...

Spanish moss, which actually isn't a moss, can be found dangling from oak, cypress and other Floridian trees. It was named due to its curly, bristly appearance that resembles a Spanish man's beard.