Tillandsia usneoides

Common name: Spanish Moss

Family: Bromeliaceae

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Country of Origin: USA

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USDA Zone: 8-11

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." 

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: commelinids
• Order: Poales
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• Family: Bromeliaceae
• SubFamily: Tillandsioideae
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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. 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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