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. If conditions ...

Q: I have Spanish moss in my oak trees. My neighbor has his sprayed and removed. Should I do the same? I didn't think that Spanish moss got on trees that were healthy in the first place. Do you need ...

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 sweep ...

Q: Spanish moss is in my dogwood and crape myrtles. Should I spray it or leave it alone? I am afraid it will hurt the tree. A: Spanish moss is a common air plant or epiphytes that we see in the trees ...

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 moss ...

Q. There is lots of Spanish moss growing in our trees. Is it true that the moss can kill the trees? A. What would Florida be without Spanish moss draping from the trees? While it looks like it could ...

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 Florida ...

Whether dangling from limbs of oaks, bald cypress or other trees, Spanish moss is a familiar sight to Floridians. Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), totally unrelated to true mosses, is actually a ...

My Tuscarora crepe myrtle bush, near a large ash tree next door shedding Spanish moss, seems to be choking on the moss and/or gray lichen on its branches. How can I get the moss off without getting ...

The story is a nice read but has major flaws. Spanish moss is not an environmental problem. Points about Spanish moss: - It's an epiphyte, not a parasite. - It takes advantage of slow growing or ...

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) How ...