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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Bromeliaceae (パイナップル科) > Tillandsia usneoides
Tillandsia L. (ハナアナナス)Saruogasemodoki (サルオガセモドキ, 猿尾枷擬/猿麻桛擬), Spanish moss, long moss, black moss, graybeard or oldman's beardcalled "air plants" used for gardening Lifeform: epiphytic perennial, occasionally becoming 7 m longDistribution: southern North America - South America Habitat: diverse, such as in mangrove near seacoasts and cloud forests in mountainous regions |
Root: degenerated Use: gardening, indicator species of air pollution Usually discarded: f. filiformis André, slim leaf in Argentina f. ferruginea André, short leaf between Argentina to Bolivia f. cretacea Mez, white leaf in Peru to Argentina |
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[1-3] at Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) located in Osaka, western Japan, on February 6 2022.