Comments on: Clueless Saturday – 23

By: Sandpiper

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:25:20 +0000

Cool! I knew what it was because I had two Live Oaks in my front yard in Charleston that were covered with it.

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By: kRiZ cPEc

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:50:58 +0000

I simply don’t know what this is…

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By: bruce sc

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:20:17 +0000

Klaus says I should go ahead and guess. I’m pretty sure it’s Spanish moss, tillandsia usneoides, which grows abundantly all over the South Carolina Lowcountry where I live. He tried to trick us by showing it sideways instead of hanging down like it usually does. It’s an epiphyte, not a parasite, so it doesn’t harm the trees, except the weight sometimes. It gets all it’s nourishment from the minerals and moisture in the air.

By: bruce sc

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:00:08 +0000

Like Sandpiper, who has lived where I live now, I too know what this is as we see it everywhere here. Maybe that will be a clue to others. Or I can give the answer if you are ready for it.

By: yvonne k

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:47:44 +0000

alright, might it be a)a caterpillar ? (this will be my last post, do not wanna be a hog, lol;) or … perhaps b)wet hair of a bird of some type?