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§1 Plant

Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L.

vernacular small ballmoss — species · Bromeliaceae


USDA
TIRE
GBIF
2695588
Rank
species
small ballmoss (Tillandsia recurvata)
Platephotograph · igualAdrianmm junto Ramirez source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Bromeliaceae Juss.
Genus
Tillandsia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • NAV Navassa Island Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 122 counties across 7 states/territories
Legend Native · 122 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 122 counties across 7 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 1 N
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 40 N
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N
Texas view state ↗ 71 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/TIRE ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2695588 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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