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- Tillandsia_recurvata abstract "Tillandsia recurvata, commonly known as Ball Moss, is a flowering plant (not a true moss) that grows upon larger host plants. It grows well in areas with low light, little airflow, and high humidity, which is commonly provided by southern shade trees, often the Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana). It is not a parasite like mistletoe, but an epiphyte like its relative Spanish moss. Tillandsia recurvata derives mainly physical support and not nutrition from its host; it photosynthesizes its own food, absorbing water that collects on its leaves. It obtains nitrogen from bacteria, and other minerals largely from blown dust. Though not a harmful parasite in the same sense as plants such as mistletoes that feed on the sap of the host, Ball Moss may compete with a host tree for sunlight and some nutrients, and by restricting available surface area for new branch sprouts; however, except on stressed host trees (e.g., in some urban settings) it rarely has a noticeable effect on growth or health.In habit, Tillandsia recurvata tends to form a spheroid ranging in size from a golf ball to a soccer ball. Most seedlings germinate on tiny branches and less often on vertical bark of tree hosts, which has been suggested to indicate that local spread of Ball Moss is mainly by seeds sprouting from bird droppings on stems of shrubs and trees. Rival authorities suggest that wind is the main agent of seed dispersal. Mature seeds have no apparent adhesive on the exterior, and very little nutrient supply to support sprouting, but, like many other epiphyte seeds, they are borne plentifully and are armed with fine, straight hairs that could well adhere to wet or clinging surfaces, such as rough bark. In fact, as shown in the accompanying photograph, they even grow plentifully on fences and telegraph wires, together with occasional other species. Ball Moss is sensitive to freezing, particularly when moist.Ball Moss is indigenous to the warmer regions of the Americas; it ranges from the southern United States to northern Argentina and Chile.The northernmost limit of its natural occurrence is coastal Georgia (where it is listed as a State "Special Concern" species), although it has been introduced into coastal South Carolina on landscaping trees. It has been reported in nature from Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Arizona, Mexico, most of Central and South America, and many of the islands in the West Indies.".
- Tillandsia_recurvata binomialAuthority Carl_Linnaeus.
- Tillandsia_recurvata class Monocotyledon.
- Tillandsia_recurvata division Flowering_plant.
- Tillandsia_recurvata family Bromeliaceae.
- Tillandsia_recurvata genus Tillandsia.
- Tillandsia_recurvata genus Tillandsia_subg._Diaphoranthema.
- Tillandsia_recurvata kingdom Plant.
- Tillandsia_recurvata order Commelinids.
- Tillandsia_recurvata order Poales.
- Tillandsia_recurvata synonym "*Diaphoranthema recurvata (L.) Beer)".
- Tillandsia_recurvata synonym "*Diaphoranthema uniflora (Kunth) Beer)".
- Tillandsia_recurvata synonym "*Renealmia recurvata (L.)".
- Tillandsia_recurvata synonym "*Tillandsia monostachya (W.Bartram)".
- Tillandsia_recurvata synonym "*Tillandsia pauciflora (Sessé & Moc.)".
- Tillandsia_recurvata synonym "*Tillandsia uniflora (Kunth)".
- Tillandsia_recurvata thumbnail Tillandsia_recurvata.jpg?width=300.
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- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Argentina.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Arizona.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Ball_(association_football).
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- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bromeliaceae_species.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Epiphytes.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_Central_America.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_North_America.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_South_America.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_the_Caribbean.
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- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Plants_described_in_1762.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Category:Tillandsia.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Central_America.
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- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Mexico.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Mistletoe.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Monocotyledon.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Moss.
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- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Southern_United_States.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Spanish_moss.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink Spheroid.
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- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink File:Schimper-Tafel6.jpg.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLink File:Tillandsia_recurvata_on_electricity_cables_Tamaulipas.jpg.
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLinkText "''recurvata''".
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLinkText "T. recurvata".
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLinkText "Tillandsia recurvata".
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLinkText "ball moss".
- Tillandsia_recurvata wikiPageWikiLinkText "small ballmoss".
- Tillandsia_recurvata binomial "Tillandsia recurvata".
- Tillandsia_recurvata binomialAuthority "L., 1762".
- Tillandsia_recurvata familia Bromeliaceae.
- Tillandsia_recurvata genus "Tillandsia".
- Tillandsia_recurvata hasPhotoCollection Tillandsia_recurvata.
- Tillandsia_recurvata name "Tillandsia recurvata".
- Tillandsia_recurvata name "ball moss".
- Tillandsia_recurvata ordo Poales.
- Tillandsia_recurvata regnum "Plantae".
- Tillandsia_recurvata species "T. recurvata".
- Tillandsia_recurvata subgenus "Diaphoranthema".
- Tillandsia_recurvata synonyms "*Renealmia recurvata (L.) *Diaphoranthema recurvata ( Beer) *Tillandsia monostachya (W.Bartram) *Tillandsia uniflora (Kunth) *Diaphoranthema uniflora ( Beer) *Tillandsia pauciflora (Sessé & Moc.)".
- Tillandsia_recurvata unrankedClassis Monocotyledon.
- Tillandsia_recurvata unrankedDivisio Flowering_plant.
- Tillandsia_recurvata unrankedOrdo Commelinids.