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. (1) How ...

We just moved to Jacksonville from up north and I want to know if Spanish moss is harming my oak trees. There is also some kind of gray-green moss growing on the trunks. Let’s talk about Spanish moss ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Spanish moss is not Spanish, but it was almost French—and these are just a few of the secrets the moss, that’s not even really a moss, has been hiding in the swamps of ...

The dangling strands of Spanish moss commonly found hanging from live oak and crape myrtle trees in the Southeast are so alluring that some might want to bring it indoors to decorate. But scientists ...

My first experience with Spanish moss happened when I was a child visiting my aunt who lived on Old St. Augustine Road in Tallahassee. My family had driven all the way from New York. As we approached ...

It's spooky, romantic, swaying, and quintessentially Southern: Spanish moss is a plant shrouded in mystery. What follows is "Spanish Moss 101," a brief course on this fascinating epiphyte. (Don't ...

EAST TEXAS - A lady from Huntington called me this week complaining of Spanish moss in her oaks. She’s lived at her residence for over 20 years and this year was the first year that she found Spanish ...

Perhaps you’ve gazed up at Sunshine State trees and noticed long, curly strands of organic material dangling and swaying in the breeze. Maybe you’ve wondered, “What are those scraggly strings?” Or ...

Perhaps no image is more representative of the southern outdoors than a giant live oak dripping with Spanish moss. But there’s a real misconception out there that Spanish moss is bad for the trees. I ...

FLORAL CITY | Dawn Klug apparently loves Spanish moss more than anyone in Florida, if not the world. She lives in rural Citrus County, where Spanish moss hangs from every oak tree like Pa Kettle's ...