Spanish Moss or California Lace Lichen? — La Purisima Mission

By Molly Machin Many park visitors admire the beautiful grey-green sheaths that drape down from the branches of oak trees and sway in the wind.  Often, they mistake them for Spanish Moss.  Spanish Moss ( Tillandsia usneoides ) is a nonparasitic plant that is sup

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