Northern Spanish Moss Limit Pictures?

[BigBilly]

On 5/20/2022 at 11:36 AM, WSimpson said:

I should try it here in western piedmont of NC . If it grows in DC I should be able to grow it especially to the left of my driveway on my neighbors property . Of course I would make sure he wanted it . There are 2 Crepe Myrtles right there on the left of my driveway that would be perfect for some moss .

Will

Did you ever get that Spanish moss? 

[Colin1110082]

I might buy a large bag of it they have 3 gallon bags for 15-20 dollars and have some inside and drape some around my 6A yard just to see what happens. I like Spanish moss and I don’t mind it being an annual. I’ll try to protect it by bringing it inside my shed and see what happens 

[SP the Don]

I’m in Moyock, NC trying to find some Spanish moss right now. Two months ago, in Juneau, Alaska… what the hell is this?? This can’t be the same Spanish moss I love and adore

[Silas_Sancona]

18 minutes ago, SP the Don said:

I’m in Moyock, NC trying to find some Spanish moss right now. Two months ago, in Juneau, Alaska… what the hell is this?? This can’t be the same Spanish moss I love and adore

If it's black like the picture above, it definitely isn't Spanish Moss, lol

[VA Jeff]

At one house of mine, it feebly grows at a few spots in the yard.  Transplants from several locales.  Isle of Wight County, VA.  It is on a large brackish marsh, and it still might prefer more humidity.  Just not worth the effort to make it commonplace in the yard, when it grows abundantly in many places I live in.

[Muslim Gardener]

Here are some images my cousin took of the Northernmost wild Spanish Moss visible from a public street, which is found in Newport News, Virginia. Easton/Eastville on Virginia's Eastern Shore has some on private property. Hundreds of years ago, it used to have a range extending as far North as the River Pocomoke, possibly Raritan Bay but not confirmed. 

[Muslim Gardener]

Spanish Moss by the Swamp Fire Trail in Newport News Park just across the county line in York County, Virginia 

[Muslim Gardener]

On 8/7/2024 at 10:57 PM, VA Jeff said:

At one house of mine, it feebly grows at a few spots in the yard.  Transplants from several locales.  Isle of Wight County, VA.  It is on a large brackish marsh, and it still might prefer more humidity.  Just not worth the effort to make it commonplace in the yard, when it grows abundantly in many places I live in.

So you have a property in IOW County and it has Spanish Moss on it you brought from several areas that survives winter? Where did you get the Spanish Moss from?

[Muslim Gardener]

On 8/5/2024 at 1:31 PM, SP the Don said:

I’m in Moyock, NC trying to find some Spanish moss right now. Two months ago, in Juneau, Alaska… what the hell is this?? This can’t be the same Spanish moss I love and adore

The stuff in the Pacific Temperate Rainforest is Usnea Lichen, often confused with Spanish Moss but it isn't. 

[VA Jeff]

On 10/25/2024 at 6:12 AM, Muslim Gardener said:

So you have a property in IOW County and it has Spanish Moss on it you brought from several areas that survives winter? Where did you get the Spanish Moss from?

It came from Virginia Beach, Columbia, SC, and Jacksonville, NC.  It survives, but doesn't exactly thrive in IOW next to a marsh near the James River.  Birds steal it for nests.  

[Muslim Gardener]

1 hour ago, VA Jeff said:

It came from Virginia Beach, Columbia, SC, and Jacksonville, NC.  It survives, but doesn't exactly thrive in IOW next to a marsh near the James River.  Birds steal it for nests.  

It survives just fine in Northern Newport News in the land between Harwood's Mill Reservoir and Lee Hall Reservoir and what lies to the West of that land between the two lakes. Even miles away from either of the lakes in the middle of that area while we are in a drought and haven't had rain for a month, it is still thriving and growing. I wonder if it's just the Spanish Moss doesn't do well for you since it isn't the local ecotype from IOW. 

[VA Jeff]

3 hours ago, Muslim Gardener said:

It survives just fine in Northern Newport News in the land between Harwood's Mill Reservoir and Lee Hall Reservoir and what lies to the West of that land between the two lakes. Even miles away from either of the lakes in the middle of that area while we are in a drought and haven't had rain for a month, it is still thriving and growing. I wonder if it's just the Spanish Moss doesn't do well for you since it isn't the local ecotype from IOW. 

Did you plant it off Oriana?  I used to live in Grafton.  I threw copious sabal minor seeds at least a decade ago on an island in the reservoir on the side near route 17.  Not sure if they survived.  I also threw sabal seeds near the Mariner Museum, but the palmettoes that sprung up got destroyed by their landscapers.  I know I spread palm seeds and spanish moss in other parts of York County, including old Yorktown, but at this point, I can't say if anything survived.  I don't make it up that way very often.  I have family members in my Virginia house, but I only go back once a month or so.

The Spanish moss I spread around my various Virginia yards was mostly from Virginia Beach.  I spread garbage bags full on the Eastern Shore decades ago in Kiptopeke and other parts.  Birds probably did the same.  I do believe that the largest palmetto in York County is at my old house on Daphne Drive.  It's probably at least 12 feet tall and fat by now.  Where I live now, palmettoes are kind of weedy and somewhat boring.  In Virginia, they're exotic and special.  Where I work, there are a few queen palms that are uncommon here, but two hours south, they are considered boring.

It's all relative.

Out of curiosity, are you Turkish?  I had some Turkish friends in the area, and went to some of their barbeques in Newport News Park.

[Muslim Gardener]

21 hours ago, VA Jeff said:

Did you plant it off Oriana?  I used to live in Grafton.  I threw copious sabal minor seeds at least a decade ago on an island in the reservoir on the side near route 17.  Not sure if they survived.  I also threw sabal seeds near the Mariner Museum, but the palmettoes that sprung up got destroyed by their landscapers.  I know I spread palm seeds and spanish moss in other parts of York County, including old Yorktown, but at this point, I can't say if anything survived.  I don't make it up that way very often.  I have family members in my Virginia house, but I only go back once a month or so.

The Spanish moss I spread around my various Virginia yards was mostly from Virginia Beach.  I spread garbage bags full on the Eastern Shore decades ago in Kiptopeke and other parts.  Birds probably did the same.  I do believe that the largest palmetto in York County is at my old house on Daphne Drive.  It's probably at least 12 feet tall and fat by now.  Where I live now, palmettoes are kind of weedy and somewhat boring.  In Virginia, they're exotic and special.  Where I work, there are a few queen palms that are uncommon here, but two hours south, they are considered boring.

It's all relative.

Out of curiosity, are you Turkish?  I had some Turkish friends in the area, and went to some of their barbeques in Newport News Park.

Could you please send me a screenshot or a satellite image of the Island from Google Maps or Google Earth that you Circle the island so I can find it and maybe take a boat there sometime and show you if the palm trees sprouted with a video? My Instagram is Riley_al_qarsherskiy7337 and me and my cousin's shared Facebook account is Soltan Abdul Ali (profile photo is a group of people or a monarch butterfly if I remember right).

Spanish Moss grows wild in the forests between Newport News and York County. It grows up here quite well. Used to grow all the way up to the Pocomoke River before colonization. Check out the Spanish Moss in Virginia thread on this site also. 

I am mixed race. I mainly relate with my family connections in Kurdistan and also with the Sweetgum Kriyul community. 

[VA Jeff]

It was a long time ago, but to the best of my recollection it was this island

[VA Jeff]

Where I live now, sabals are weeds.  I  don't try to grow them, but they are the nicest palm that can grow in York County, VA.  Butia

can't survive there long term.  I found that out.  I do have a jubaea x butia that is nearly 20 years old that has been in the ground for 4 years in Isle of Wight.  It does okay in winters, as long as it doesn't get much below 10F.

[Muslim Gardener]

On 11/3/2024 at 1:40 PM, VA Jeff said:

Where I live now, sabals are weeds.  I  don't try to grow them, but they are the nicest palm that can grow in York County, VA.  Butia

can't survive there long term.  I found that out.  I do have a jubaea x butia that is nearly 20 years old that has been in the ground for 4 years in Isle of Wight.  It does okay in winters, as long as it doesn't get much below 10F.

I haven't been able to get out there yet as the reservoir is being lowered and boat ramps are closed, but I hope to see many Palms still there and doing well.