Need moss identification
Oct 18, 2014 17:07:03 #
For you botanists in the group, what kind of moss is this? I took this today near Onchiota, NY. For about a mile, it was hanging on white pine trees. We are way north, right near the Canadian border. In 50 years of living here, I've never seen this before. Is it like Spanish Moss? Just curious, thanks.
Oct 18, 2014 17:31:52 #
Oct 18, 2014 17:36:29 #
jkoar wrote:
Spanish Moss
Thanks John. I thought Spanish Moss only happened in the South. Another sign of climate change?
Oct 19, 2014 10:34:12 #
Oct 19, 2014 12:12:24 #
I ran this by a friend and his wife found a photo of the same stuff, with snow, on a pine tree at Whiteface Mountain about 50 miles away. So it's been around, does look like Spanish Moss, maybe it's moving north. Googled it, Wiki says it's a harmless "air plant" that isn't supposed to exist north of Virginia. It has commercial and folk craft uses. Curiouser and curiouser.
Oct 19, 2014 19:38:56 #
Spanish moss. I didn't know it grew that far north, but we certainly have an abundance of it here.
Don Craig wrote:
For you botanists in the group, what kind of moss is this? I took this today near Onchiota, NY. For about a mile, it was hanging on white pine trees. We are way north, right near the Canadian border. In 50 years of living here, I've never seen this before. Is it like Spanish Moss? Just curious, thanks.
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