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Spanish moss
Bromeliaceae (Airplant Family)

USDA Symbol: TIUS
USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

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Location: 60 m W of Horse Pens, S of Walking Path--Oakewell Farms.
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Hanging from terminals of branches of Quercus virginiana. Scarce and scattered locally.

Description: Epiphyte on Quercus. Stoutly attached in bark cracks. Slender, much branching, dangling to 1+ meter. Flowers or fruit not present.

County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Aug 19, 1987
Specimen number: 297

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0542
Accession Date: Aug 30, 1993
Accession Number: 40

Annotations: SXXRB