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  8. Airplants

subgenus

Airplants

Diaphoranthema

Includes
2 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Spanish Moss native
  • Ballmoss native
  • Tillandsia bandensis
  • Tillandsia crocata
  • Tillandsia angulosa

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native airplants All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Ballmoss Tillandsia recurvata caterpillars 1 food 2
  • Spanish Moss Tillandsia usneoides caterpillars 1 shelter 4

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