Liquidambar and spanish moss
Bright leaves of sweetgum and spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides).
This plant's genus name Liquidambar was first given by Linnaeus in 1753 from the Latin liquidus ('fluid') and the Arabic ambar ('amber'), in allusion to the fragrant terebinthine juice or gum which exudes from the tree. Its specific epithet styraciflua is an old generic name meaning 'flowing with storax' (a plant resin).[9] The name "storax" has long been confusingly applied to the aromatic gum or resin of this species, that of L. orientalis of Turkey, and to the resin better known as benzoin from various tropical trees in the genus Styrax.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidambar_styraciflua
Spanish moss is an epiphytic flowering plant that often grows upon large trees in tropical and subtropical climates. It is not parasitic: it is an epiphyte that absorbs nutrients and water through its own leaves from the air and rain falling upon it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_moss
Riverfront park, Columbia, South Carolina. USA
Liquidambar and spanish moss
Bright leaves of sweetgum and spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides).
This plant's genus name Liquidambar was first given by Linnaeus in 1753 from the Latin liquidus ('fluid') and the Arabic ambar ('amber'), in allusion to the fragrant terebinthine juice or gum which exudes from the tree. Its specific epithet styraciflua is an old generic name meaning 'flowing with storax' (a plant resin).[9] The name "storax" has long been confusingly applied to the aromatic gum or resin of this species, that of L. orientalis of Turkey, and to the resin better known as benzoin from various tropical trees in the genus Styrax.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidambar_styraciflua
Spanish moss is an epiphytic flowering plant that often grows upon large trees in tropical and subtropical climates. It is not parasitic: it is an epiphyte that absorbs nutrients and water through its own leaves from the air and rain falling upon it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_moss
Riverfront park, Columbia, South Carolina. USA