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American sweetgum covered with Spanish moss

Liquidambar styraciflua is a medium-sized to large tree, growing anywhere from 15–20 m (50–70 ft) in cultivation and up to 45 m (150 ft) in the wild, with a trunk up 60–90 cm (2–3 ft) in diameter, on average. Trees may live to 400 years.

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Spanish moss is an epiphytic flowering plant that often grows upon large trees in tropical and subtropical climates. Spanish moss is not parasitic (the plant has no roots): it is an epiphyte that absorbs nutrients and water through its own leaves from the air and rain falling upon it.

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