Tillandsia usneoides

Common name: Spanish Moss - coarse form

Family: Bromeliaceae

Synonym(s):

Country of Origin: Peru

Description: Unusually large and robust South American form.

[syn. Renealmia usneoides L., Dendropogon usneoides (L.) Raf.]

Stems slender, branching, leafy, hanging, often to 20 feet or more, hoary-gray, festooned in masses over trees; leaves scattered, very narrowly linear, to 2 inches long; flowers small, pale green or blue, solitary in axils of leaves.
Florida to Texas, south to Argentina. Common on trees in southeastern US, where it is collected for use as a packing and stuffing material. Also commonly used in the floral trade.

Uses:

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USDA Zone: 8-11

Source: Matt Opel

Provenance:

Peru

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Culture:

Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: commelinids
• Order: Poales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Bromeliaceae
• SubFamily: Tillandsioideae
• Tribe:
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References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.
3. Personal communication with Matt Opel, Sept 20, 1999

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