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§1 Plant
Tillandsia usneoides (L.) L.
vernacular Spanish moss — species · Bromeliaceae
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§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Bromeliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Tillandsia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 287 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 22 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 300 min.
- Precipitation
- 40–75 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–6.9
- Root depth
- 0 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- White-Gray
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Winter
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 1,200,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 287 counties across 10 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Clarke 01025
- Conecuh 01035
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Hale 01065
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Marengo 01091
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Pike 01109
- Russell 01113
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Burke 13033
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Columbia 13073
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Emanuel 13107
- Glynn 13127
- Harris 13145
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Randolph 13243
- Richmond 13245
- Taylor 13269
- Twiggs 13289
- Upson 13293
- Ware 13299
- Washington 13303
- Wayne 13305
- Worth 13321
Louisiana view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Amite 28005
- Claiborne 28021
- Forrest 28035
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Issaquena 28055
- Jackson 28059
- Jefferson 28063
- Lamar 28073
- Leake 28079
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Pearl River 28109
- Pike 28113
- Stone 28131
- Walthall 28147
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Wilkinson 28157
- Yazoo 28163
North Carolina view state ↗ 20 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Lee 45061
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Texas view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Brazoria 48039
- Caldwell 48055
- Cameron 48061
- Cass 48067
- Galveston 48167
- Gonzales 48177
- Guadalupe 48187
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Harrison 48203
- Hays 48209
- Hidalgo 48215
- Karnes 48255
- Kenedy 48261
- Liberty 48291
- Marion 48315
- McMullen 48311
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Orange 48361
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- Travis 48453
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/TIUS ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2695149 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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