RE: Old Man's Beard

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This plant (Tillandisa) is well known as a good plant. There is even evidence that the distribution of Tillandsia usneoides is correlated with the damage created by major storms.
Tillandsia usneoides is rootless, consisting of narrow, alternate leaves arranged along a slender, wiry, silvery blue-green stem.
The biology of Tillandsia usneoides means it is a good disperser. Vegetative propagation occurs by stem fragments being carried by the wind or by birds;