Spanish Moss Covering A Tree In Jean Lafitte Bayou Stock Photography

Spanish moss Tillandsia usneoides is an epiphytic flowering plant that often grows upon larger trees in tropical and subtropical climates, native to much of Mexico, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Central America, South America, the Southern United States, the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, West Indies and is also naturalized in Queensland Australia. It is known as `grandpas beard` in French Polynesia.[2] In the United States from where it is most known, it is commonly found on the southern live oak Quercus virginiana and bald-cypress Taxodium distichum in the lowlands, swamps, and savannas of the southeastern United States from central Delaware to Florida and west to Texas and southern Arkansas.Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve French: Parc historique national et réserve Jean Lafitte protects the natural and cultural resources of Louisiana`s Mississippi River Delta region. It is named after French pirate Jean Lafitte and consists of six separate sites and a park headquarters.