Bromeliaceae FAMILY

Tillandsia usneoides

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Spanish moss is a pendant, epiphytic, evergreen shrub hanging down from the branches of trees etc and growing around 6 metres long. The leaves are covered in absorbent silver-grey or white scales[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. The plant is often grown as an ornamental plant in tropical areas. It is also commonly harvested from the wild for its use as a packing material[ 302 Title Tropical Ornamentals; A Guide Publication Author Whistler. W. Arthur. Publisher Timber Press Inc. Oregon. Year 2000 ISBN 0-88192-448-2 Description An excellent little guide to some of the more commonly cultivated ornamental plants of the Tropics, often giving some information on the plants other uses. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern S. America from Argentina, north through Central America to the Caribbean and Florida.

HabitatAn epiphyte, growing down from the crooks of tree branches[ 302 Title Tropical Ornamentals; A Guide Publication Author Whistler. W. Arthur. Publisher Timber Press Inc. Oregon. Year 2000 ISBN 0-88192-448-2 Description An excellent little guide to some of the more commonly cultivated ornamental plants of the Tropics, often giving some information on the plants other uses. ].