Native plant · BROMELIACEAE
Tillandsia usneoides
SPANISH MOSS
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Tillandsia usneoides. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Tillandsia usneoides
- Family
- BROMELIACEAE
- Genus
- Tillandsia
- Order
- POALES
- Classification
- Monocots
- Recorded status
- Native; FAC (NWPL)
- Florida range
- Florida Keys · Central Florida · South Florida · North Florida · Panhandle
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Monroe; Hillsborough; Collier; Alachua; Hardee; Lee; Hernando; Glades; Walton; Hendry; Seminole; Nassau; Charlotte; Pinellas; Sarasota; Citrus; Manatee; Brevard; Highlands; Calhoun; Putnam; Union; Polk; Orange; Madison; St. Johns; Okeechobee; Gilchrist; Volusia; Levy; Miami-Dade; St. Lucie; Osceola; Pasco; Escambia; Sumter; DeSoto; Jackson; Flagler; Lake; Palm Beach; Duval; Leon; Clay; Gadsden; Bay; Marion; Jefferson; Indian River; Martin; Suwannee; Baker; Washington; Broward; Lafayette; Columbia; Taylor; Bradford; Hamilton; Gulf; Liberty; Dixie; Wakulla
Where documented in Florida
Monroe; Hillsborough; Collier; Alachua; Hardee; Lee; Hernando; Glades; Walton; Hendry; Seminole; Nassau; Charlotte; Pinellas; Sarasota; Citrus; Manatee; Brevard; Highlands; Calhoun; Putnam; Union; Polk; Orange; Madison; St. Johns; Okeechobee; Gilchrist; Volusia; Levy; Miami-Dade; St. Lucie; Osceola; Pasco; Escambia; Sumter; DeSoto; Jackson; Flagler; Lake; Palm Beach; Duval; Leon; Clay; Gadsden; Bay; Marion; Jefferson; Indian River; Martin; Suwannee; Baker; Washington; Broward; Lafayette; Columbia; Taylor; Bradford; Hamilton; Gulf; Liberty; Dixie; Wakulla
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Tillandsia
- Tillandsia balbisiana — NORTHERN NEEDLELEAF; Balbis' airplant
- Tillandsia bartramii — BARTRAM'S AIRPLANT
- Tillandsia fasciculata — CARDINAL AIRPLANT; COMMON WILD PINE; STIFF-LEAVED WILD PINE
- Tillandsia flexuosa — TWISTED AIRPLANT; BANDED AIRPLANT
- Tillandsia floridana — FLORIDA AIRPLANT
- Tillandsia paucifolia — POTBELLY AIRPLANT
Related Florida Seed Bank conservation reading
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.