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Thanks Ken, Eric, Kenny, Douglas, Tim, Callisto and Ted.
I've never done macro. It's a whole different world, and my attention span isn't long enough for me to... (what was I talking about?)
A bit of research was necessary for me to glean what I did.
Apparently, true "Spanish moss" (which isn't moss ) is a southeast US thing, particularly in moist areas. It has been introduced to other areas around the world- but not much in the west.
True Spanish moss and our west coast clinging lichens are members of very large and similar groups of plants.
To most of us, you'd probably have to have them side-by-side to really understand how they look different.
The first time I decided to find out the truth about how our far-western clinging lichens actually kill tree branches- was in California's Redwoods NP. The local park seasonal naturalists couldn't explain the answers to my questions, so I drove to Crescent City and spoke to the district botanist.
Even he had to use a reference book to make sure he got it right.
So if some of us have been calling it Spanish moss when in fact it isn't- then that's understandable.
As for me- I'm still calling it Spanish moss because friends like Eric, Tim Kuhn and Ted wouldn't know what I was talking about otherwise.
Because there are many times when I REALLY don't know what I'm talking about- I can't take any unnecessary chances .
Charlie
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