Tag: spanish moss

• Question of the Week – Spanish Moss

  

  What year did the Spanish introduce Spanish moss to North America? This week’s question was a trick, as Spanish moss is neither Spanish nor a moss. Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is a flowering epiphyte (a plant that grows on another plant, but is not parasitic) that is native to the Southeastern US and parts of…

  Justin Ballew

  January 22, 2026

  Question of the Week

  bromeliad, epiphyte, Question of the Week, spanish moss