It's actually neither Spanish nor a moss. Spanish moss is one of those plants everyone knows at least one fun fact about. For me, growing up visiting my aunt and uncle on St. Simons Island ...

Q. Mobile, Charleston and New Orleans are noted for their magnificent live oak trees, many of which have Spanish moss hanging from their limbs. I have several questions about this gray plant.

Learn to love what grows here naturally. Embrace the Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) our area is known for.