Few sights are more evocative of the South than a spreading live oak tree festooned with Spanish moss -- “hanging down from the limbs like long gray beards,” as Mark Twain wrote in Huckleberry Finn.

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Spanish moss is not Spanish, but it was almost French—and these are just a few of the secrets the moss, that’s not even really a moss, has been hiding in the swamps of ...

Q. Mobile, Charleston and New Orleans are noted for their magnificent live oak trees, many of which have Spanish moss hanging from their limbs. I have several questions about this gray plant. (1) How ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dean Moss remembers when the Spanish Moss Trail was just an idea. Today, ten of the original scenic 16 miles envisioned by early ...

In the winter, when I’m less distracted by other plants, I’m struck by just how much Spanish moss we have in the Lowcountry. It’s hard to find a spreading live oak that isn’t draped with long, ...

Perhaps you’ve gazed up at Sunshine State trees and noticed long, curly strands of organic material dangling and swaying in the breeze. Maybe you’ve wondered, “What are those scraggly strings?” Or ...

For two months, a near-mile stretch of the Spanish Moss Trail will close to allow for the construction of a new fishing pier and fix-ups to an existing pedestrian bridge. A Beaufort County ...

The Spanish Moss Trail finally will cross Ribaut Road in Port Royal. For years, advocates have pushed for a safe Ribaut crossing for the popular pedestrian and bicycle path. And once the new crossing ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – It’s almost impossible to think of the bayou state without having at least one vision of Spanish moss hanging from the outstretched, arthritic limbs of an aged live oak ...