Symbiotic Relationship Between Spanish Moss & Trees

Symbiotic Relationship Between Spanish Moss & Trees
By John Brennan, eHow Contributor

Spanish moss is a type of epiphyte, a plant that lives on another. Epiphytes are distinct from parasitic plants in that they make their own food, so they do not harm the host tree; the host tree neither gains nor loses by their presence. Ecologists call this kind of relationship commensalism.

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