Spanish Moss in a live oak grove

Identifier:
2017  
Object ID:
998.1980.3085.702
Catalog:
Photos
Title:
Spanish Moss in a live oak grove
Description:
Oak grove draped in Spanish Moss

Note-"Spanish Moss' in a live oak grove in Central Florida. It is not a parasite but manufactures its own food from air and rain using the host tree for support only.

From the LaRue Spiker Nature Collection
Creator:
LaRue Spiker
Place:
Central Florida
Collection:
LaRue Spiker Collection

Citation

LaRue Spiker, “Spanish Moss in a live oak grove,” Mount Desert Island Historical Society, accessed March 17, 2025, https://mdihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/1651.Item 2017

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