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Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is an epiphytic flowering plant that often grows upon large trees in tropical and subtropical climates. It is native to much of Mexico , Bermuda , the Bahamas , Central America , South America (as far south as northern Patagonia ), [ 4 ] the Southern United States , and West Indies .
The genus Tillandsia was named by Carl Linnaeus after the Swedish physician and botanist Elias Tillandz (originally Tillander) (1640–1693). Some common types of Tillandsia include ball moss (T. recurvata) and Spanish moss (T. usneoides). The genus contains around 650 species, where 635 are considered epiphytic. [2]
Tillandsioideae is a subfamily of plants in the bromeliad family Bromeliaceae.This subfamily contains the greatest number of species (about 1,400). Most are epiphytic or lithophytic, growing in trees or on rocks where they absorb water and nutrients from the air.
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.
Tillandsia × jaguactalensis I. Ramírez, Carnevali & Chi; Tillandsia jaliscopinicola L.Hrom. & P.Schneid. (also spelt Tillandsia jalisco-pinicola) Tillandsia jequiensis L.Hrom. & H.Hrom. Tillandsia joel-mandimboensis Flores-Cruz, C.Granados & Vázq.-Hurt. Tillandsia jonesii T.Strehl; Tillandsia jucunda Castellanos; Tillandsia juerg ...
Tillandsia recurvata, commonly known as small ballmoss [3] or ball moss, is a flowering plant (not a true moss) in the family Bromeliaceae that grows upon larger host plants. It grows well in areas with low light, little airflow, and high humidity, which is commonly provided by southern shade trees, often the southern live oak ( Quercus ...
Tillandsia cannot survive in standing water, nor being planted in earth. Temperature Temperature is not critical, the allowable range being from 32°C down to 10°C. They are sensitive to frost, except for the hardiest species, T. usneoides, which can tolerate night-time frosts down to about -10°C. Feeding
Chionanthus virginicus, a tree, which is used like a medicinal plant and ornamental plant. Clematis aristata, an Australian climbing plant. Clematis vitalba, a climbing plant. Tillandsia usneoides, "Spanish moss" - a bromeliad. Usnea, a genus of lichen