Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Tillandsia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Tillandsia usneoides
FAMILY
Bromeliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tillandsia usneoides
FAMILY
Bromeliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 037-01-001:
Tillandsia usneoides
FAMILY
Bromeliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Dendropogon usneoides
COMMON NAME:
Spanish Moss
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JK Marlow jkm0303b_14
March Beaufort County SC
Hunting Island State Park
'usneoides' refers to its superficial resemblance to the common lichen Usnea, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm0303f_08
March Beaufort County SC
Hunting Island State Park
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Mark A. Musselman mam_spanishmosseed051906
May Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
Reproduction mainly vegetative, but reproduction by seeds does occur, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Mark A. Musselman mam_spanishmossflo051906
May Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
Flowers occur during April, May and June, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Mark A. Musselman mam_spanishmossfl060109a
June Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
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JK Marlow jkm181111_5896
November Williamsburg County SC
The stems are slender and wiry, the leaves filiform, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm181111_5897b
November Williamsburg County SC
Plants in elongate, pendulous festoons, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm181111_5897c
November Williamsburg County SC
Both stems and leaves bear numerous small silver-gray scales, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.