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.

Spanish moss is one of those plants everyone knows at least one fun fact about. For me, growing up visiting my aunt and uncle on St. Simons Island, Georgia, I was always warned not to touch it ...

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 swamps of Louisiana.

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.

(2) Spanish moss occurs naturally in the southeastern coastal plain from Virginia to Texas. In the scientific journal Ecology, R.E. Garth states that it “does not appear to favor any one host.” ...

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 ...

It's been called both picturesque and spooky, but whatever you think of it, Spanish moss draping live oaks and bald cypress contributes a lot to the look of New Orleans and southeast Louisiana.

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.

Spanish moss most likely dies because of air pollution. ... as long as it has a structure to hang on and you to mist it with rain water once a week if it is not getting rain fall,” Graham said.

Spanish moss. Spanish moss is better allowed to grow in larger trees, like oaks or bald cypress. Crape myrtles are small growing trees and can look overwhelmed with Spanish moss growing in them.