Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Tillandsia usneoides
FAMILY
Bromeliaceae
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Learn more about Tillandsia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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).
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.
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.
Mark A. Musselman mam_spanishmossfl060109a
June Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
JK Marlow jkm181111_5896
November Williamsburg County SC
The stems are slender and wiry, the leaves filiform, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
JK Marlow jkm181111_5897b
November Williamsburg County SC
Plants in elongate, pendulous festoons, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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.
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