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20180123_140859
If you ever walked around campus or anywhere in Wilmington and looked up to the trees you have probably noticed a gray looking moss plant. This plant is called Spanish Moss, but it actually is not a moss at all. It's a member of the same taxonomic family as pineapples. Spanish Moss absorbs nutrients and water through the air and rainfall, and although Spanish Moss does not normally kill the tree it is on, it can completely cover a tree and lower the growth rate of the tree.
20180123_140859
If you ever walked around campus or anywhere in Wilmington and looked up to the trees you have probably noticed a gray looking moss plant. This plant is called Spanish Moss, but it actually is not a moss at all. It's a member of the same taxonomic family as pineapples. Spanish Moss absorbs nutrients and water through the air and rainfall, and although Spanish Moss does not normally kill the tree it is on, it can completely cover a tree and lower the growth rate of the tree.