A large part of the natural beauty of Beaufort and the rest of the South is the silver garland that hangs from our live oak trees.

Spanish Moss ~ Hanging from oak trees. So Southern. Reminds me of Charleston, South Carolina.:

Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is a flowering plant that often grows upon larger trees, commonly the southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) and bald-cypress (Taxodium distichum) in the lowlands, swamps, and savannas of the southeastern United States from Texas and Florida north through southern Arkansas and Virginia. Spanish-moss is an epiphyte which absorbs nutrients and water through its leaves from the air and rainfall.

There is nothing like strolling around Beaufort on a sunny day and being surrounded by live oak trees draped in Spanish moss - a.k.a. Mermaid Hair

Live Oak with Spanish Moss, Middleton Place, Charleston, SC © Doug Hickok All Rights Reserved Spanish moss hanging from a live oak makes a natural decorative accent.

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