Accession Data
Tillandsia usneoides
Common Name: Spanish Moss
Family: Bromeliaceae
Country of Origin: USA
Habitat: epiphyte in Live Oak tree, Middleton Place Plantation, Charleston, S. C
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 8-11
Accession #: 200202469
Accession Date: 2002-10-23 00:00:00
Confirmed At: 2026-03-10 19:18:38
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 3308
Quantity: 2
Source: Matt Opel
Provenance:
Middleton Place Plantation, Charleston, S. Carolina, USA. Collected by Robert W.A. Opel from plants blown off of an 800 year old live oak by strong winds. Typical North American form of "spanish moss."
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
SubFamily: Tillandsioideae
Flowering Data:
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References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.
- Image #03 by Mark Smith1989 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 04, 2017.
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