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4 unusual facts about Spanish moss


Beaulieu, Georgia

The village still retains a Deep South atmosphere, with big live oaks covered with Spanish moss.

Las Posadas

In Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco the Vallarta Botanical Gardens hosts a Las Posadas celebration on December 20 During workshops in the daytime, participants make their own nativity scenes with local natural materials including Spanish moss.

Sanford B. Dole

In Hawaiian, the pale and hair-like Spanish moss is called ʻumiʻumi-o-Dole, meaning "Dole's beard".

Usnea

Usnea looks very similar to Spanish moss, so much so that the latter plant's Latin name is derived from it (Tillandsia usneoides, the 'Usnea-like Tillandsia').



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