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Does Spanish moss harm live oak trees?

It's a common myth that Spanish moss damages live oak trees. Find out the truth and learn about the benefits of Spanish moss ...
Charlotte Observer

Spanish moss: Where it came from, why it’s not really moss, and what its used for

Few sights are more evocative of the South than a spreading live oak tree festooned with Spanish moss -- “hanging down from the limbs like long gray beards,” as Mark Twain wrote in Huckleberry Finn.
The Tuscaloosa News

Spanish moss is related to the pineapple - and other things you didn't know | ECOVIEWS

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 ...
WKRG

Here’s how Spanish Moss got its name

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Spanish moss is not Spanish, but it was almost French—and these are just a few of the secrets the moss, that’s not even really a moss, has been hiding in the swamps of ...
Post and Courier

Spanish moss is iconic and popular on Lowcountry trees. But it's not for decorating indoors.

The dangling strands of Spanish moss commonly found hanging from live oak and crape myrtle trees in the Southeast are so alluring that some might want to bring it indoors to decorate. But scientists ...
Post and Courier

ECOVIEWS: What is the ecology of Spanish moss?

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 ...
KLFY News 10

Here’s how Spanish Moss got its name

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – It’s almost impossible to think of the bayou state without having at least one vision of Spanish moss hanging from the outstretched, arthritic limbs of an aged live oak ...