Scott Leslie / Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) amid curtain of Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides), Florida

Jack Dykinga / Flowering Yucca (Yucca sp) amongst fog-shrouded oaks draped with spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), Sierra Tamaulipas, Mexico

Lynn M. Stone / Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) perched in Bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) with flowering Cardinal air plant (Tillandsia fasciculata). Big Cypress Swamp National Preserve, Florida, USA.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees with Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides) in lake, Henderson Lake, Louisiana

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees with Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides) in swamp, Caddo Lake State Park, Texas

Ingo Arndt / Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) hanging from Oak tree, Crystal River, Florida, USA, January.

Ingo Arndt / Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) hanging from Oak tree, Crystal River, Florida, USA, January.

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Airplant (Tillandsia cyanea) flowers, Germany

Jeff Foott / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) tree covered with Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides) on the edge of pond, Osceola National Forest, Florida

Scott Leslie / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) grove with Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides), Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia

Scott Leslie / Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) grove with Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides), Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia

Scott Leslie / Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) with Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides), Florida