PHOTO OF THE DAY June 18, 2005  

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Where New Orleans, Louisiana
When Date Unknown
Photographer J. Baylor Roberts

Hanging from bows and limbs of trees throughout the U.S. South, Spanish moss is not a true moss. Belonging to the plant family Bromeliacae, this iconic element of the southern landscape is more closely related to the pineapple than to peat.

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