Flowers are solitary, terminal, fragrant, pale blue or green petals <.5 inch bracts gray, scale-like. Flowers: Flower Color: Blue Green Flower Inflorescence: Spike Flower Value To Gardener: Fragrant Flower Bloom Time: Fall Summer Flower Petals: 2-3 rays/petals Flower Size: Fruit: Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Description: Small capsuled fruit with seeds that have hairy sails to float on the wind and stick to tree branches.Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) NC Region: Coastal USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Epiphyte Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Broadleaf Evergreen Habit/Form: Weeping.Several other species of birds gather the moss for nesting material. Yellow-throated warblers and northern parulas build their nests inside clumps of living Spanish moss. Life Cycle: Perennial Recommended Propagation Strategy: Division Seed Country Or Region Of Origin: SE North America, South America Distribution: SE USA from NC to texas Wildlife Value: Several species of bats including the Seminole bat roost in clumps of Spanish moss. The fibers could be twisted into cordage that was used as rope.
Attributes: Genus: Tillandsia Species: usneoides Family: Bromeliaceae Uses (Ethnobotany): The fibers were woven into a coarse cloth that was used for bedding, floor mats and horse blankets.Tags: #full sun tolerant #houseplant #silver leaves #epiphytic #stream banks #swamps #fantz #air plants #humidity tolerant #partial shade tolerant #coastal plant See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: Leaves are cylindrical & covered with gray scales.Dense, drooping, gray moss-like clump has no roots.It can be used as mulch, a packing material, insulation or for arts and crafts. It can be grown indoors with regular mistings and humid conditions. It will need occasional pruning to prevent it from becoming too heavy and causing branch breakage or causing too much shading for the tree. It needs high humidity and pollution-free conditions to grow. The plant has no roots and the gray scales on stems and leaves are means of obtaining moisture and nutrition. The slender long stems attach themselves to trees and sometimes fences for support. It is native to the southeastern USA from NC to Texas along the coastal plain in high humidity areas. It is often found near rivers, lakes, and ponds. It is noted for its weeping silver leaves that dangle down from old or dead trees. Spanish moss is an 'air plant' in the bromeliad family. Phonetic Spelling til-LAND-see-uh us-nee-OY-deez Description
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