Contrary to popular belief, Spanish moss doesn’t actively kill the trees on which it grows. Eventually, it can stunt their growth because if it gets thick enough, light has a hard time making ...

Epiphytes are plants that live without having roots in the soil; they live in trees or sometimes on man-made structures like fences! The most visible epiphyte for us in South Carolina is Spanish moss, ...

The plant has nothing to do with Spain and it is not a true moss. Believe it or not, the plant is closely related to the pineapple.

The severe drought in August through mid-October dried up many small plants in Door County. But since the first day of ...

A Cypress Tree covered in Spanish Moss is seen in the Maurepas Swamp in Ruddock, La., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. Credit: AP/Gerald Herbert Besides injecting much-needed nutrients and oxygen into the ...