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 ...

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. (1 ...

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. (1) ...

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.

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Spanish moss is not Spanish, but it was almost French—and these are just a few of the secrets the moss, that’s not even really a moss, has been hiding in the ...

Near MUSC's campus, there's plenty of moss on the trees. "We're starting to see the Spanish Moss proliferate more and more get more and more abundant in a more favorable environment," said Arena.

An epiphyte (“air plant”), Spanish moss uses tree branches for support. Its wiry, branching, rootless stems--up to 15-20 feet long--bear tiny leaves with numerous overlapping scales.

Spanish moss is one of the most visible signs of our local southern ecology. In poetry and pictures, the iconic look of long clusters of the plants, dangling from tree limbs and blowing in the ...

The confusion comes, I believe, because we sometimes see Spanish moss hanging on a dead or declining tree and assume the moss is the culprit. Usually, you'll find that the plant is declining from ...

Most likely it is. Spanish moss is the most common name for this epiphytic plant, which are plants that grow on others but don’t rely on their hosts for nutrients. Some of its other names are ...