Spanish moss hangs from the branches of a live oak tree overlooking Lake Ivanhoe in Orlando on Feb. 16. The bromeliad was named due to its appearance like the beard of early Spanish explorers.

But for healthy trees, Spanish moss just makes them look chic. I recently picked up a clump of Spanish moss blown out of a southern live oak in Beaufort, South Carolina, and found the undamaged ...

But for healthy trees, Spanish moss just makes them look chic. I recently picked up a clump of Spanish moss blown out of a southern live oak in Beaufort, and found the undamaged nest of a yellow ...

An epiphyte (“air plant”), Spanish moss uses tree branches for support. Its wiry, branching, rootless stems--up to 15-20 feet long--bear tiny leaves with numerous overlapping scales.

We just moved to Jacksonville from up north and I want to know if Spanish moss is harming my oak trees. There is also some kind of gray-green moss growing on the trunks. Let’s talk about Spanish ...

Charles Seabrook’s “Wild Georgia” column appears weekly in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

We just moved to Jacksonville from up north and I want to know if Spanish moss is harming my oak trees. There is also some kind of gray-green moss growing on the trunks. Let’s talk about Spanish ...

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 ...

"Well, it is the South. When they see magnolias and Spanish moss hanging in live oak trees. It cannot go very far to the north because of the freezing conditions so it is well established in the ...

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 ...