"dried Spanish-moss plants are used in the manufacture of evaporative coolers, colloquially known as swamp coolers (and in some areas as ""desert coolers""). These are used to cool homes and offices much less expensively than using air conditioners. A pump squirts water onto a pad made of Spanish-moss plants. A fan then pulls air through the pad and into the building. Evaporation of the water on the pads serves to reduce the air temperature, thus cooling the building. Spanish moss Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is an epiphytic flowering plant that often grows upon larger trees in tropical and subtropical climates,"
"oaks including scrub oak (""Quercus ilicifolia""), live oak (""Quercus virginiana""), blackjack oak (""Quercus marilandica""), and dwarf chestnut oak (""Quercus prinoides""). Mature larvae enter the soil to pupate in late June and emerge between October and December as moths to mate and lay eggs. Eggs are typically laid in spiral clusters on oak twigs. In Louisiana, particularly in cities such as Baton Rouge or New Orleans, where use of live oaks as street trees is extensive, the caterpillars can become a significant nuisance for humans. The caterpillars of this moth can also be found in some areas of Virginia, such as"
"long. The moss is dioicous, having separate male and female plants. ""Hypnum cupressiforme"" is a highly variable species and numerous varieties have been described. Hypnum cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme, the cypress-leaved plaitmoss or hypnum moss, is a common and widespread species of moss belonging to the genus ""Hypnum"". It is found in all continents except Antarctica and occurs in a wide variety of habitats and climatic zones. It typically grows on tree trunks, logs, walls, rocks and other surfaces. It prefers acidic environments and is fairly tolerant of pollution. It was formerly used as a filling for pillows and mattresses; the"
"Hypnum cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme, the cypress-leaved plaitmoss or hypnum moss, is a common and widespread species of moss belonging to the genus ""Hypnum"". It is found in all continents except Antarctica and occurs in a wide variety of habitats and climatic zones. It typically grows on tree trunks, logs, walls, rocks and other surfaces. It prefers acidic environments and is fairly tolerant of pollution. It was formerly used as a filling for pillows and mattresses; the association with sleep is the origin of the genus name ""Hypnum"" (from Greek ""Hypnos""). It is a small to medium-sized moss about 2–10 cm"
"birds, and shade and cover for diverse other mammals. Young ""Q. chrysolepis"" readily available browse. Canyon live oak woodlands serve as excellent mountain lion habitat because of the large population of deer frequenting these areas. Many species forage on canyon live oak foliage including black-tailed jackrabbit, beaver, brush rabbit, red-backed vole, Sonoma chipmunk, cactus mouse, deer mouse, and porcupine. Pocket gophers often feed on the cambium of young canyon live oaks. In southern California ""Q. chrysolepis"" is the food plant of a small moth, ""Neocrania bifasciata"". Canyon Live Oak (Quercus chrysolepis) is a severe allergen. Pollination: Occurs in following seasons"
"up to in altitude. The California oak moth (""Phryganidia californica"") caterpillar subsists entirely on living and fallen leaves of the Coast Live Oak. In 8–10 year cycles, the caterpillar will appear in sufficient abundance to denude healthy trees. The trees recover, and botanists speculate that the species provide mutual benefit, possibly in the form of fertilizer for the oak. The coast live oak is also the only known foodplant of ""Chionodes vanduzeei"" caterpillars. Coastal live oak (Quercus agrifolia) is a severe allergen. Pollination: Occurs in following seasons depending on latitude and elevation: Spring. At least twelve distinct cultures of Native"
"inconspicuous. It propagates both by seed and vegetatively by fragments that blow on the wind and stick to tree limbs, or are carried by birds as nesting material. Spanish-moss is an epiphyte which absorbs nutrients and water through its leaves from the air and rainfall. While it rarely kills the tree upon which it grows, it can occasionally become so thick that it shades the tree's leaves and lowers its growth rate. In the southern U.S., the plant seems to show a preference for growth on southern live oak (""Quercus virginiana"") and bald cypress (""Taxodium distichum"") because of these trees'"
"cypress (""Cupressus"") species include: the Monterey cypress (""Cupressus macrocarpa""), Gowen cypress (""Cupressus goveniana""), and Sargent's cypress (""Cupressus sargentii""). Another endemic tree is the rare Torrey pine (""Pinus torreyana""), which is only native to the coastal bluffs in Torrey Pines State Reserve near San Diego, and off the coast on Santa Rosa Island. Riparian canyon bottoms can have California sycamores (""Platanus racemosa""). California oak woodlands are at many elevations in less xeric locations, with species such as the coast live oak (""Quercus agrifolia""). Valley oaks (""Quercus lobata"") once covered the adjacent sheltered plains, such in the Los Angeles basin and San"
"typically adjacent to maritime chaparral. Common pines are lodgepole pine (""Pinus contorta""), bishop pine (""Pinus muricata""), Monterey pine (""Pinus radiata""), and knobcone pine (""Pinus attenuata""). These forests are also home to several endemic cypresses, including Monterey cypress (""Cupressus macrocarpa""), Gowen cypress (""Cupressus goveniana""), and Santa Cruz cypress (""Cupressus abramsiana""). Shrub species include glossyleaf manzanita (""Arctostaphylos nummularia""), bog Labrador tea (""Rhododendron groenlandicum""), evergreen huckleberry (""Vaccinium ovatum""), salal (""Gaultheria shallon""), Pacific rhododendron (""Rhododendron macrophyllum""), and California bayberry (""Myrica californica""). Soil conditions sometimes cause these forests to take on a pygmy form. Lichens and mosses are both abundant and diverse. Maritime chaparral is"
"canescens""), and rubber rabbitbrush (""Chrysothamnus nauseosus""). Whiteflower currant (""Ribes indecorum""), California bay (""Umbellularia californica""), black sage (""Salvia mellifera""), laurel sumac (""Malosma laurina""), and deerweed (""Lotus scoparius"") may also be present. Understories may also include exotic annual forbs and grasses such as mustard (""Brassica"" spp.), oats (""Avena"" spp.), and brome (""Bromus"" spp.). In Arizona, overstories where brush mice are found are characterized by desert willow (""Chilopsis linearis""), Arizona sycamore (""Platanus wrightii""), and shrub live oak (""Quercus turbinella""). Shrub associates include evergreen sumac (""Rhus virens""), skunkbush sumac (""Rhus trilobata""), roundleaf snowberry (""Symphoricarpos rotundifolius""), New Mexico locust (""Robinia neomexicana""), common hoptree (""Ptelea trifoliata""),"
"locust (""Robinia"" spp.), prickly pear, cholla (""Opuntia"" spp.), chokecherry (""Prunus"" spp.), bricklebush (""Brickellia"" spp.), and grape (""Vitis"" spp.). In southern California, brush mice were captured on leaf mold in an oak hardwood association of coast live oak, white alder (""Alnus rhombifolia""), whiteflower currant, and sumac (""Rhus"" spp.). They were also trapped under logs and dense vegetation and on wet seepage slopes next to a creek. In coastal California, brush mice were captured primarily under coast live oak, false-willow (""Baccharis douglasii""), California buckeye, and California bay. Fallen logs and rock outcrops provide nest sites for the brush mouse. They may also"
"savanna. Oak savanna constitutes about 3% of the area, coniferous savanna about 0,196, and mixed deciduous savanna about 1.0%. Oak savannas are grassy areas with a scattering of black oaks. These areas grade black oak forest. It is often difficult to decide between black oak forest and black oak savanna. The oak forest has a canopy of pure black oak. The understory is varied. Common shrubs in the understory include: oak saplings, blackberry, blueberry, rose, and Japanese honeysuckle. Common herbs in the understory include major grasses or sedges. Bracken fern and goldenrod are occasionally significant. Species found The white-footed mouse"
"ninety-five percent of the native grasslands have been displaced by foreign invasive plants. The most common riparian (stream-related) woodland species are various willows, coast live oak, California sycamore, and Fremont's cottonwood. Less common species that are relics of the last Ice Age include white alder, bigleaf maple, and black cottonwood. On slopes, and in valleys where rainfall concentrates, groves of evergreen coast live oaks are common throughout Benedict Canyon. These evergreen oaks provide food and shelter for numerous species of wildlife. Deeper soiled areas in the Santa Susana Mountains, the Simi Hills and the Santa Monica Mountains support the deciduous"
"that is located in British Columbia is different compared to the Ryhytidiadeplus loreusis because of its smaller size with a complex branch structure.The ""Oregon Beaked Moss"" or ""Kindbergia oregana"" is a yellow- light green moss compared to Lanky Moss and grows in a similar loose mat structure. The Oregon Beaked Moss is similarly a coastal moss species and grows at similar elevations on decaying logs or in an epiphytic manner like the Lanky Moss. Its major difference is that it is more contained and regular in its growth patterns compared to the Lanky Moss. The ""Slender Beaked Moss"" or ""Kindbergia"
"hammocks, also known as prairie hammocks, are a sub-type of mesic hammocks composed principally of live oak and cabbage palm trees. They also occur in central and southern Florida in prairies and floodplains, on river levees, and on slopes between dry uplands and wetlands, and are the transition between subtropical and tropical forests releves. Xeric hammocks, also known as xeric forests, sand hammocks, live oak forests, oak woodlands, or oak hammocks, grow on old sand dunes that are very well drained. The most common canopy tree in xeric hammocks is the sand live oak, (""Quercus geminata""). Other species of scrub"
"along with Risley Moss and Holcroft Moss, is also a European Union designated Special Area of Conservation, known as Manchester Mosses. The major habitats in the moss are bog, heathland, woodland and acidic grassland, subject to varying degrees of wetness depending on the local drainage. The remaining areas of bog are dominated by common cottongrass ""Eriophorum angustifolium"" and hare's-tail cottongrass ""E. vaginatum"". Bog mosses are more scarce, but ""Sphagnum cuspidatum"", ""S. recurvum"", ""S. tenellum"", ""S. fimbriatum"" and ""S. subnitens"" occur in patches. As the peat has become drier, areas have been taken over by purple moor grass ""Molinia caerulea"" and"
"forests. The broadleaf trees show more variety and are often evergreen, e.g. evergreen Oak. This type of forest is found in the Mediterranean Basin, North Africa, Mexico and the southwestern US, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the tropics, montane forests can consist of broadleaf forest in addition to coniferous forest. One example of a tropical montane forest is a cloud forest, which gains its moisture from clouds and fog. Cloud forests often exhibit an abundance of mosses covering the ground and vegetation, in which case they are also referred to as mossy forests. Mossy forests usually develop on the saddles"
"peat moss and northern bog club moss. The five-rowed peat moss (Sphagnum quinquefanum) can be recognized by its rather short and stiff branches which appear angular because of the arrangement of its closely set leaves widely angled in 5 ranks. Red peat moss (Sphagnum rubellum) is a small reddish-coloured peat moss with tongue-shaped stem leaves. And northern bog club moss (""Lycopodiella inundata"") has branches up to 10 cm high with narrow, pointed leaves 4–8 mm long. Hickory Flats provides a secluded habitat for a population of black bear (""Ursus americanus""). Since bears are shy and secretive, they are rarely seen."
"years of exposure to wind and rain. Materials which are porous and moisture retentive, such as brick, wood, and certain coarse concrete mixtures, are hospitable to moss. Surfaces can also be prepared with acidic substances, including buttermilk, yogurt, urine, and gently puréed mixtures of moss samples, water and ericaceous compost. In the cool cloudy damp Pacific Northwest, moss is sometimes allowed to grow naturally as a lawn substitute, one that needs little or no mowing, fertilizing or watering. In this case, grass is considered to be the weed. Landscapers in the Seattle area sometimes collect boulders and downed logs growing"
"which the ecoregion is famous are dominated by bald cypress (""Taxodium distichum"") and swamp tupelo (""Nyssa sylvatica"" var. ""biflora""). Bald cypress swamps are often dominated by their namesake tree, and are too wet for foot travel. Many uncommon orchids grow among the baldcypress branches. Swamp tupelo, along with water tupelo (""Nyssa aquatica""), dominate mixed-hardwood swamp forests. These grow aside water-adapted oaks that include water oak (""Quercus nigra""), swamp chestnut oak (""Quercus michauxii""), cherrybark oak (""Quercus pagoda""), willow oak (""Quercus phellos""), and overcup oak (""Quercus lyrata""). Swamp hickory (""Carya glabra"") and water hickory (""Carya aquatica"") are also found here. Pawpaw (""Asimina"
"live oak (""Quercus agrifolia""), California bay laurel (""Umbellularia californica""), California sycamore (""Platanus racemosa""), California walnut (""Juglans californica""), and several species of willow (""Salix"" spp.) are the most common. Non-native trees, particularly pines (""Pinus"" spp.), cypress (""Cupressus"" spp.), locust (""Robinia pseudoacacia""), and Australian eucalyptus (""Eucalyptus"" spp.) have been planted locally along the fire roads and, most notably, in the Fire Warden's Grove, established in the wake of a wildfire in 1927. Except for a tenuous link to the large wild area in the San Gabriel Mountains through Big Tujunga Wash at their northwestern end, the Verdugo Mountains are an urban wildlife"
"by one or more of three hardwood tree species – Coast Live Oak, California bay, and madrone. Coast live oak tends to be dominant in somewhat drier areas, while bay is more dominant in shadier, moister areas; madrone is abundant in certain soil types in both moist and dry spots. Oak woodlands are a more open-canopy forest dominated by coast live oak, while oak savannah has a completely open canopy and represents a mixture of coast live oak woodland and grassland. The great diversity of microclimates on Mount Tamalpais ensures a wide variety of plant communities as well. Plant communities"
"less common, though the old-growth oak forest in the Hidden Valley (see Hiking) known as A.A. Moore Memorial Grove contains all the tree species. Many oaks are 100 to 600 years old, with few younger than 50. Oak saplings have been eaten by cattle and choked by invasives for centuries. The steepest slopes are home to hard, evergreen chaparral, primarily California sagebrush, chamise, and scrub oak. The grasslands have native and nonnative plants brought by cows, though native wildflowers grow in the spring. The cattle have a feisty reputation. Black-tailed deer are abundant. Pronghorn and tule elk were extirpated in"
"understory trees and shrubs, including Canyon Live Oak (""Quercus chrysolepis""), Dogwood (""Cornus"" spp.), Mountain Misery (""Chamaebatia foliolosa""), and Manzanitas (""Arctostaphylos"" spp.). Precipitation in areas of this vegetation type is , much of this falling as snow. Growing season is about seven months, in areas with summer high temperatures of , and winter lows of . Mixed coniferous forest Mixed coniferous forest is a vegetation type dominated by a mixture of broadleaf trees and conifers. It is generally located in mountains, below the upper montane vegetation type. In the Sierra Nevada mountain range of the western United States, the mixed coniferous"
"former supporting heather, wavy hair - grass (""Deschampsia flexuosa"") and bilberry (""Vaccinium myrtillus""), and with heath rush (""Juncus squarrosus"") dominating the latter, with mat-grass (""Nardus stricta""), wavy hair-grass tormentil, (""Potentilla erecta"") and heath bedstraw (""Galium saxatile""). The moor has numerous areas of acidic flush characterised by an abundance of soft-rush (""Juncus effusus""), bog moss (""Sphagnum recurvum"") and star-moss (""Polytrichum commune""). There are also a smaller number of species-rich flushes supporting sharp-flowered rush (""Juncus acutiflorus""), common sedge (""Carex nigra""), star sedge (""Carex echinata""), marsh bedstraw (""Galium palustre""), lesser spearwort (""Ranunculus flammula"") and marsh violet (""Viola palustris""). Great Limestone outcrops support rich"
"the United States Forest Service: the escarpment live oak, ""Quercus fusiformis"" (""Q. virginiana"" var. ""fusiformis"") and the sand live oak, ""Quercus geminata"" (""Q. virginiana"" var. ""geminata""). Matters are further complicated by southern live oaks hybridizing with both of the above two species, and also with the dwarf live oak (""Q. minima""), swamp white oak (""Q. bicolor""), Durand oak (""Q. durandii""), overcup oak (""Q. lyrata""), bur oak (""Q. macrocarpa""), and post oak (""Q. stellata""). Live oak can be found in the wild growing and reproducing on the lower coastal plain of the Gulf of Mexico and lower East Coast of the"
"spruce-tamarack (""Larix laricina""), and jack pine (""Pinus banksiana"") fens and bogs of Alaska, Minnesota, and Canada and in boreal spruce-birch (""Betula"" spp.) forests of Alaska and northwestern Canada. Mosses are abundant in taiga forests of interior Alaska and Canada, forming characteristic strata in nearly every taiga forest type. Less is known of ribbed bog moss associations south and east of Minnesota, although ribbed bog moss has been noted in some swamp, coniferous and/or hardwood bog, and grassland communities. Ribbed bog moss grows in red maple (""Acer rubrum"") swamps of Long Island, New York, and Little listed ribbed bog moss as"
"hardwood forests in the eastern United States and Canada Over three hundred species of trees and shrubs are host to the gypsy moth. Gypsy moth larvae prefer oak trees, but may feed on many species of trees and shrubs, both hardwood and conifer. In the eastern US, the gypsy moth prefers oaks, aspen, apple, sweetgum, speckled alder, basswood, gray birch, paper birch, poplar, willow, and hawthorns, among other species. Older larvae feed on several species of softwood that younger larvae avoid, including cottonwood, hemlock, Atlantic white cypress, and pine and spruce species native to the east. The gypsy moth avoids"
"areas. Inland from the swamps and hydric and mesic hammocks are flatwoods. Slash pine flatwoods occur on low, poorly-drained land. Long leaf pine flatwoods occur on higher, somewhat better-drained ground. Cypress ponds, small depressions in the flatwoods which retain water almost all of the year, host both bald cypress and pond cypress. Hydric hammocks occur along rivers and streams that flow through the flatwoods, although with a smaller variety of species than are found in the larger hammocks. Sand pine scrub occurs on the relict sand dunes. Gulf Hammock was inhabited by Native Americans before the arrival of Europeans. Thirty-seven"
"several species of flora with European elements, Central European and Euro-Asian. Vegetation of forests consists of trees and shrubs: English Oak (""Quercus robur""), Common hornbeam (""Carpinus betulus""), European beech (""Fagus sylvatica""), European ash (""Fraxinus excelsior""), Turkey oak (""Quercus cerris""), Sessile Oak (""Quercus petraea""), Black Alder (""Alnus glutinosa""), European yew (""Taxus baccata""), Manna Ash (""Fraxinus ornus""), Turkish Hazel (""Corylus colurna""), European Cornel (""Cornus mas""), Eurasian smoketree (""Cotynus coggygria""), Ruscus (species of: ""Ruscus aculeatus"" or ""Ruscus hypogllosum"") or Lilac (""Syringa vulgaris""). Species of grass: orchid (""Himantoglossum caprinum""), Fritillaria (""Fritillaria montana""), yellow linum (""Linum uninerve""), Asplenium ceterach (""Ceterach officinarum""), Cephalaria (""Cephalaria laevigata""), monkey"
"mountains is considered temperate rainforest. In valleys and moist ocean-facing slopes some of the southernmost coast redwoods grow, along with coast Douglas-fir. coast live oak, Pacific madrone, Pacific wax myrtle, big leaf maple, California bay laurel, and California black oak also occur in the Santa Cruz Mountains. There do exist several small and isolated stands of old-growth forest, most notably at Henry Cowell Redwoods and Portola Redwoods State Parks and one sizeable old-growth redwood forest at Big Basin. At higher elevations and on sunny south slopes a more drought-resistant chaparral vegetation dominates: manzanita, California scrub oak, chamise, and chaparral pea."
"common (1-4% frequency) in Atlantic white-cedar (""Chamaecyparis thyoides"") swamps of southern New Jersey. Ribbed bog moss is also common in jack pine, aspen (""Populus"" spp.), and mixed-hardwood forests of the Great Lakes states and southern Canada. Ribbed bog moss grows on tallgrass prairie in Kansas and Arkansas. In the Pacific Northwest ribbed bog moss occurs in alpine, subalpine, wet and dry coniferous forest, and open peatland communities. In a survey of alpine and unforested subalpine communities of the North Cascade Range in Washington and British Columbia, ribbed bog moss occurred in graminoid, forb, heath, and willow communities. Mosses have 2"
"Mixed Grassland, Cypress Upland and Fescue Grassland. In southeast Saskatchewan are Dry Mixed Prairie of the Great Sand Hills area and the Cypress Hills. Upon the Canadian Shield and in the coolest weather, are subarctic lichen woodland. The black spruce (""Picea Mariana""), jack pine (""Pinus banksiana""), and white spruce (""Picea glauca"") are commonly occurring trees. This area is interspersed with peatlands, bogs, fens, permafrost areas, and areas of arctic tundra. Yellow and Grey Reindeer moss (""Cladonia mitis"") provide ground cover. The Subarctic Woodland corresponds to Canada's hardiness zone 0a. The circumpolar boreal forest or taiga is dominated by conifers or"