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Tillandsia usneoides (L.) L.
Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2 411 1762
Family: BROMELIACEAE

Tillandsia usneoides Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
Growing on a Taxodium distichum at the Botanical Garden of Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary.

Synonyms:

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Long-moss, Vegetable Horsehair, False Horsehair, Dole's Beard, Florida Moss, Vegetable hair, Air Plant, Old man's beard, Black-moss, , Airplant, Long Hair, French Wig, Spanish Beard, Spanish Moss, Pele's hair (Hawaii)
DUTCH (Nederlands): Spaans mos
FINNISH (Suomi): Naavatillandsia
FRENCH (Français): Mousse espagnole, Fille de l'air, Barbe de vieillard, Mousse, Herbe espagnole
GEORGIAN (ქართული): ლუიზიანური ხავსი
GERMAN (Deutsch): Spanisches Moos, Feenhaar, Louisianamoos
HAITIAN CREOLE (Kreyòl ayisyen): Bab panyòl
HAWAIIAN (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi): Hinahina, Umiʻumi-o-Dole
HUNGARIAN (Magyar): Spanyol moha
LITHUANIAN (Lietuvių): Kedeninė tilandsija
NAHUATL (Nāhuatl): Pachtli
NORWEGIAN (Bokmål): Spansk mose
POLISH ( Polski): Oplątwa brodaczkowa
PORTUGUESE (Português): Camambaya
QUECHUA (Runasimi / Qhichwa simi): Qaqa wiquntuy, Sach'a sunkha, Sach'a millma
RUSSIAN (Русский): Луизиа́нский моx, Испа́нский моx, Тилла́ндсия уснееви́дная
SPANISH (Español): Barbas de úcar (Puerto Rico), Barba de Palo (Venezuela), Barba de viejo (Costa Rica), Barba español (Cuba), Paste, Heno, Cabello de hadas, Musgo español
SWEDISH (Svenska): Spansk mossa


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Tillandsia usneoides Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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Tillandsia usneoides Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr

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Tillandsia usneoides on a Taxodium distichum at the Botanical Garden of Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary. Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
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Tillandsia usneoides Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr

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Tillandsia usneoides Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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Tillandsia usneoides Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr

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Tillandsia usneoides Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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Tillandsia usneoides Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr


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