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  2. Spanish moss - Wikipedia

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    Close-up of Spanish moss. Spanish moss consists of one or more slender stems, bearing alternate thin, curved or curly, and heavily scaled leaves 2–6 cm (0.8–2.4 inches) long and 1 mm (0.04 inches) broad, that grow vegetatively in a chain-like fashion (pendant), forming hanging structures of up to 6 m (20 feet). [7]

  3. Tillandsia - Wikipedia

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    Tillandsia have naturally been established in diverse environments such as equatorial tropical rain forests, high elevation Andes mountains, rock dwelling (saxicolous) regions, and Louisiana swamps, such as Spanish moss (T. usneoides), a species that grows atop tree limbs.

  4. Facts about Christmas cacti and how to care for the tropical ...

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    (Spanish moss is a good comparison with which you may be more familiar.) Early world travelers must have had a good eye for unusual and beautiful plants (and good climbing boots), because they ...

  5. A Stroll Through the Garden: The wisdom behind mosses as an ...

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    Tree leaves need to be removed from the moss lawn because the moss will rot faster than grass. Because moss has adapted to grow in poor soil, you will find that you will have an excellent lawn ...

  6. Bromeliaceae - Wikipedia

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    Some species of Tillandsia (e.g. Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides) are aerophytes, which have very reduced root systems and absorb water directly from the air. [9] Many terrestrial and epiphytic bromeliads have their leaves in the form of vase-shaped rosettes which accumulate water.

  7. Moss - Wikipedia

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    Chloroplasts (green discs) and accumulated starch granules in cells of Bryum capillare. Botanically, mosses are non-vascular plants in the land plant division Bryophyta. They are usually small (a few centimeters tall) herbaceous (non-woody) plants that absorb water and nutrients mainly through their leaves and harvest carbon dioxide and sunlight to create food by photosynthesis.

  8. Sterilization (microbiology) - Wikipedia

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    Microorganisms growing on an agar plate. Sterilization (British English: sterilisation) refers to any process that removes, kills, or deactivates all forms of life (particularly microorganisms such as fungi, bacteria, spores, and unicellular eukaryotic organisms) and other biological agents (such as prions or viruses) present in fluid or on a specific surface or object. [1]

  9. Why to avoid cleaning, laundry on New Year's - AOL

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    According to Britannica, people should thoroughly clean their homes around 10 days before the new year starts in a custom called "sweeping of the grounds" to remove any lingering bad luck ...