Friday, April 20, 2007

Looking Up



Take a walk around town, look up, and this might be the view...tall oaks dripping with Spanish Moss.
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9 comments:

  1. NazzarenoApril 20, 2007 at 2:57 PM

    Beautiful!Great photo.

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  2. david santosApril 20, 2007 at 3:17 PM

    Very, very nice, thank you.
    have a good weekend

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  3. isaApril 20, 2007 at 3:34 PM

    There's one right outside my bedroom window ;-) And the Cardinals are pulling on the moss strings to line their nests...Not an easy job!

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  4. AnonymousApril 21, 2007 at 8:04 AM

    I assume the moss is considered a kind of parasite except that it gets no nourishment from the Oak tree, does it?

    Abraham Lincoln
    Brookville Daily Photo

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  5. JanetApril 21, 2007 at 9:34 AM

    Thanks for the comments.
    Abraham, as usual you are correct.
    Spanish Moss is not a true parasite, because it doesn't take nutrients from the host. Mistletoe does.
    It is an epiphyte and lives on the host and can reduce growth to the host (usually oak or cypress) by reducing its sunlight. In fact, it isn't even a moss. Wikipedia says it is related to the bromeliad. Birds like it for lining their nests. Unfortunately(?) chiggers like it too!

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  6. VictoriaApril 21, 2007 at 4:54 PM

    That is a truly gorgeous photo...

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  7. AnonymousApril 22, 2007 at 12:33 AM

    Beautiful tree. Love the romantic feel of this photo - so cool and peaceful.

    (Can't seem to log in and post with my Google/Blogger password so I've given up)

    Jilly
    Menton and Monte Carlo DP.

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  8. lv2scpbkApril 22, 2007 at 7:31 AM

    Nice photo. You can almost see how big this tree is.

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  9. Waldo OiseauApril 24, 2007 at 9:34 AM

    Nice image ... and the spanish moss really invokes the feel of the South.

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