Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part “What’s on my tree?” series about organisms that are commonly found growing on trees in Louisiana. Here in Louisiana, we’re all familiar with Spanish ...

A forest is really a community of plants and animals. Within this large community are smaller groups of living things that grow together. Even an individual tree often has an association of plants ...

Few sights are more evocative of the South than a spreading live oak tree festooned with Spanish moss -- “hanging down from the limbs like long gray beards,” as Mark Twain wrote in Huckleberry Finn.

Iconic, historic, mysterious, romantic even, and often misunderstood, Spanish moss really is not a moss at all. It is in truth an epiphyte. That is, it is a plant that grows on other plants, but it is ...

Moss is the tiny superstar of the plant world that not only looks great but also plays an important number of roles. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, ...

Q: My friend wants to send me Spanish moss to see if it will grow here. How do I treat it to kill the chiggers in it? Stephanie Aderholt, email A: If your friend gathers Spanish moss that’s hanging ...