Accession Data:
Tillandsia usneoides (L.) L.
subg. Diaphoranthema
- Common Name: Spanish Moss
- Family: Bromeliaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: USA
- Habitat: epiphyte in Live Oak tree, Middleton Place Plantation, Charleston, S. C
- USDA Zone: 8-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 200202469
- 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."
- Accession Date: 10-23-2002
- Bench: 3308 - NEOB: StarSteel 3x12
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-22-2025
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Poales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Bromeliaceae
- SubFamily: Tillandsioideae
- Tribe:
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Texas / Alabama / Arkansas / Florida / Georgia / Louisiana / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Virginia / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Bahamas / Bermuda / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Puerto Rico / Trinidad-Tobago / Venezuelan Antilles / Windward Is. / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest / Chile Central / Chile North / Paraguay / Uruguay
References (external):
- 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.
data regenerated on Tue, 20 May 2025 14:21:21 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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