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Old 05-09-2013, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by batman911 View Post
The moss will not kill the host plant. At most it may block some of the sun from getting to the plant leaves. Spanish moss feeds from the air and only uses the host plant for support to hold it up.
We have 2 crepe myrtles in our yard and there appears to be spanish moss taking root or sprouting on the trunks. Seems like that would be detrimental to the health of the plant.
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